Biography
Dominic Finocchiaro’s full-length plays include angel's share, brut, cataract, complex, dress, The Found Dog Ribbon Dance, Gold Person, halfs, how it feels to fall from the sky, I Summon You, The Lucky Ladies, mother’s son, s(c)e(n)e[n], and Trees in their youth. His writing has been produced and developed around the country, including with Roundabout Theatre, the New Group, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Echo Theater, the Civilians, Clubbed Thumb, the Lark Play Development Center, the National New Play Network, Portland Center Stage, the Flea Theater, the Kennedy Center, PlayPenn, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Dixon Place, and the Amoralists. MacDowell and UCross Fellow. BA Reed College, MFA Columbia University. He teaches at the Pierrepont School and is a Lila Acheson Wallace American playwrighting fellow at The Juilliard School.
Plays Written At Juilliard
DRESS
Martin’s surprising fashion choice sets his friend group of Brooklyn hipsters into a tailspin, reopening old wounds and leading them to question the very basis of what holds them together.
HALFS
For a brief moment, Ray was on the verge of music stardom, but then it all went up in flames. Ten years later and struggling just to survive, he's forced to face his past and wrestle with his demons anew when his teenage half-brother Simon comes to stay with him.
I SUMMON YOU
The Writer has invited you to the theatre to tell a story about creating things from thin air and trying to keep them alive.
S(C)E(N)E[N]
Stan edits textbooks and vlogs about Survivor; Evelyn spends her days taking care of her infirm mother and content-moderating videos of atrocity; the Producer might just have a way for them both to change their lives forever. But what are they willing to give up in order to finally be seen by the world? A meditation on reality television, loneliness, and the dark desires of the modern audience.
CATARACT
When one of his student's work and behavior begins to point toward troubling secrets, Daniel is forced to choose between his long-held loyalties and his professional responsibilities. A portrait of complicity and toxic male relationships in a MeToo world.
THE AISLE
Mike and Jan, struggling through a rough patch in their marriage and their lives, are enervated by the arrival of a charismatic new couple in their building. As they learn more about their new friends’ lifestyles, however, they are forced to ask themselves just how much they are willing to sacrifice—perhaps literally—to bridge their differences and not rock the boat.