Joe DiPietro won two Tony Awards for cowriting MEMPHIS, which also received the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical. His other plays and musicals include I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (the longest running musical revue in off-Broadway history); THE TOXIC AVENGER and THE THING ABOUT MEN (both winners of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway musical,); the much-produced comedy OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS; THE ART OF MURDER (Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Play) and the Broadway musical ALL SHOOK UP. His drama CREATING CLAIRE debuted at George Street Playhouse in 2010. His work has received thousands of productions across the country and around the world.