Giuseppe Della Misericordia

Giuseppe Della Misericordia

Giuseppe Della Misericordia is an Italian award-winning playwright, novelist, and author. His plays
are regularly performed by professional and amateur productions all over Italy and Europe.
His play La Mia Famiglia Online won the Premio Nazionale Teatrale Achille Campanile in 2021.
38 Giorni Per Cambiare Vita (A Million Dollar Couple) was given a Special Mention by the Jury of the 2020...
Giuseppe Della Misericordia is an Italian award-winning playwright, novelist, and author. His plays
are regularly performed by professional and amateur productions all over Italy and Europe.
His play La Mia Famiglia Online won the Premio Nazionale Teatrale Achille Campanile in 2021.
38 Giorni Per Cambiare Vita (A Million Dollar Couple) was given a Special Mention by the Jury of the 2020 Premio Nazionale Teatrale
Achille Campanile and premiered at Teatro Artemisio-Gian Maria Volontè in Velletri during the 2022 edition
of the “Rassegna Nazionale di Teatro e Letteratura Campaniliana”. In 2018, Le Stelle Sono Belle was selected for the “Belli Corti” Playwriting Competition and premiered at Nuovo Teatro San Paolo in Roma. In 2016, Volevo Solo Cambiare Il Mondo was shortlisted for the “Premio Teatro e Disabilità” and subsequently premiered at the Vittoriano Complex of Rome. In 2014, Ti Presento Papà (Meet My Dad) won the “ Premio Una Commedia in Cerca di Autori ” and premiered at Teatro de’ Servi in Roma. The play was performed at Teatro Sociale, Bellinzona, Swiss and was selected for “Expo - World Exposition Milano 2015 – Padiglioni Teatri” and performed at Teatro Elfo- Puccini in Milano.
His plays Scambio Di Persona All’Italiana and L’Amore È Un Terrazzo Allagato, were performed in Luxembourg with the patronage and support of the Italian Embassy in 2019 and 2021. Giuseppe has written many more plays currently in production all over Italy, including Ecce Lupo, Come Non Fare L’Amore and Il Matrimonio Era Ieri.
He also regularly writes material for comedians performing live, on the web, in some of the most popular Italian comedy tv shows (Zelig, Colorado, Stand up, Natural Born Comedians) and award winning (Premio Charlot, Premio Alberto Sordi, Premio Manzoni Derby Cabaret, Festival Cabaret Modena). His material is regularly performed by celebrated comedians at corporate events for prestigious businesses (Barilla, Ricola, RedPublic,Crodino, BCCI Inclusive Finance, Swatch, Bosch Retrox, Athlon, Groupm.)
He also published the novels IlCommissario Daltonico. Due strabilianti indagini (Augh! Edizioni) and Uomini all’asta (Il Camaleonte Edizioni;Cento Autori), which won him the “ Premio Inedito – Colline di Torino” in 2018.
He holds a degree in Philosophy from the Università degli Studi di Milano and has worked as an academic researcher. He is a member of Dramatists Guild of America and of SIAE (Italian Society of Authors and Publishers).

Plays

  • Meet My Dad
    Meet My Dad is about an awkward first meeting between a father and his daughter’s boyfriend. Father and boyfriend unknowingly meet earlier in the day when they have an unfortunate overlap while visiting the local sex worker. When the boyfriend meets his girlfriend’s parents that evening the event can only be described as awkward, the reasons for which remain a complete mystery to mother and daughter who seek to...
    Meet My Dad is about an awkward first meeting between a father and his daughter’s boyfriend. Father and boyfriend unknowingly meet earlier in the day when they have an unfortunate overlap while visiting the local sex worker. When the boyfriend meets his girlfriend’s parents that evening the event can only be described as awkward, the reasons for which remain a complete mystery to mother and daughter who seek to make sense of their partners’ behaviors while simultaneously revealing their own quirky personalities. The play then takes another unexpected turn when the daughter’s friend shows up and turns out to be the sex worker that both men had met with earlier that day.
    This is a play of learning and becoming: the moment of encounter create the fire that blows up the status quo of the characters, allowing them to grow and ultimately accept one another for who they are and what they need.
    Meet My Dad’s intergenerational humor is multi-faceted, and ranges from a comedy of the unexpected, subtle physical comedy, absurdist comedy, and a linguistic humor that spans the length of the piece.
    The play was so successful in Italy that it was translated into English by Julia Heim. The italian title is Ti Presento Papà.
  • The Truth
    The truth hurts, we all know it. And sometimes to save people from the pain of the truth we have to fake that very same pain ourselves. This brief sketch is a window into the ironies that divide truths from lies, and dictate our choices of when to opt for which
  • They're Just Thoughts
    They're Just Thoughts is an insightful look into the loving hypocrisies of partnership, as it unearths what lies within the minds of those couples that believe theirs is a stronger love than most. This typical end of evening scenario brings together menial tasks, deep understanding and appreciation for one's partner, and the brutal honesty of our internal homicidal desires. Viewers will most certainly relate.
  • A Horse in the Audience
    "The first time that I noticed him it was because of a neigh. A neigh in the theater, yep! While I was reciting my monologue in front of an audience!"
  • A Million Dollar Couple
    Lisa’s life is a mess: she has a bunch of dead-end jobs, a dump of an apartment, and is newly single. Just as she’s resigned herself to a solitary life of gloom and disappointment, a million dollars appears in her bank account. When she blows most of the money on a wild shopping spree, her extravagant spending catches the eye of a banker who is set on retrieving the money and making things right. Banker Fabio...
    Lisa’s life is a mess: she has a bunch of dead-end jobs, a dump of an apartment, and is newly single. Just as she’s resigned herself to a solitary life of gloom and disappointment, a million dollars appears in her bank account. When she blows most of the money on a wild shopping spree, her extravagant spending catches the eye of a banker who is set on retrieving the money and making things right. Banker Fabio is a solid dependable man who’s committed to his job and to restoring justice. With Lisa and Fabio’s clashing personalities and differing life goals, reconciling their plans and morals is simply impossible…. Or is it?