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Paul Stroili
Playwright

Playwright Paul Stroili is a resident artist at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre where A Jukebox for The Algonquin celebrated its World Premiere. The recipient of a Wilde Award for Best New Play of 2023, Jukebox was also a finalist in the Austin Film Festival Playwrighting competition. Stroili’s other plays include My Mother and the Michigan/Ohio War, Cheese Louise (with Maureen Morley), Plane Crazy (with Cissy Conner) and My Dinner with Arlecchino. His play, Last Call at The Aardvark is currently available through Next Stage Press. Stroili’s autobiographical solo show, Straight Up with a Twist, toured for nearly nine years, with over 1000 performances nationwide, (including here in The Kweskin Theatre), culminating in a twice extended Off Broadway run. His writing has also appeared in Los Angeles Magazine and The Chicago Tribune and his screenplay for the short film, The Beating was added to the curriculum at Columbia College in their course of study in filmmaking. Paul served as Executive Producer for the award-winning feature film WAKE, directed by Cyrus Mirakhor and starring Jo Koy. As an actor, producer and director, Paul has enjoyed a career spanning four decades in theatre, film and television.

Paul Stroili
Playwright

Playwright Paul Stroili is a resident artist at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre where A Jukebox for The Algonquin celebrated its World Premiere. The recipient of a Wilde Award for Best New Play of 2023, Jukebox was also a finalist in the Austin Film Festival Playwrighting competition. Stroili’s other plays include My Mother and the Michigan/Ohio War, Cheese Louise (with Maureen Morley), Plane Crazy (with Cissy Conner) and My Dinner with Arlecchino. His play, Last Call at The Aardvark is currently available through Next Stage Press. Stroili’s autobiographical solo show, Straight Up with a Twist, toured for nearly nine years, with over 1000 performances nationwide, (including here in The Kweskin Theatre), culminating in a twice extended Off Broadway run. His writing has also appeared in Los Angeles Magazine and The Chicago Tribune and his screenplay for the short film, The Beating was added to the curriculum at Columbia College in their course of study in filmmaking. Paul served as Executive Producer for the award-winning feature film WAKE, directed by Cyrus Mirakhor and starring Jo Koy. As an actor, producer and director, Paul has enjoyed a career spanning four decades in theatre, film and television.