Joseph Peter Philip Iconis (born September 22, 1981) is an American

United States

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 musical theatre writer. He is a graduate of the NYU

New York University

New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

 Tisch School of the Arts

Tisch School of the Arts

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 Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. He is a recipient of the 2006 Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson

Jonathan Larson was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia explored in his work. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works, Rent and tick, tick... BOOM!...

 Award, the 2007 Ed Kleban Award, and a Backstage Bistro Award. His innovative rock musical style has brought forth several shows. He has collaborated with Robert Maddock and Reza Jacobs on “Plastic! The Musical”, and Robert Maddock on “Triumphant Baby!”

Joe is also a concert performer, performing with his musical theater family or as part of the Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree at The Laurie Beechman Theater and Joe’s Pub. As part of his “Mule Revolution Tour 2008,” Joe had several popular musical theater faces guest as part of his concerts including Anthony Rapp

Anthony Rapp

Anthony Deane Rapp is an American stage and film actor and singer best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the role in the film version and the Broadway Tour of Rent in 2009...

, Daphne Rubin-Vega

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Daphne Rubin-Vega is a dancer, singer, and actress. She is best known for originating the role of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical Rent, and the role of Lucy, in the Off-Broadway play Jack Goes Boating.-Biography:Rubin-Vega was born in Panama City, Panama, the daughter of Daphine Vega, a...

 (Original cast of Rent

Rent (musical)

Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème...

) and John Gallagher, Jr.

John Gallagher, Jr.

John Howard Gallagher, Jr. is an American actor and musician perhaps best known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening...

 (original cast of Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening is a rock musical adaptation of the controversial 1892 German play of the same title by Frank Wedekind. It features music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in late-19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of...

). Joe is closely associated with a group of actors referred to as “The Family.” Notable family members include Jason “SweetTooth” Williams, Lance Rubin, Katrina Rose Dideriksen

Katrina Rose Dideriksen

Katrina Rose Dideriksen is an actress originally from North Carolina. She lived in Durham, North Carolina as a child, Dideriksen attended Durham School of the Arts in high school. She later studied at New York University Steinhardt School of Education before attending an open call for the musical...

 (Hairspray

Hairspray (musical)

Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. The songs include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues...

), Krysta Rodriguez

Krysta Rodriguez

Krysta Rodriguez is an American actress and singer. She grew up in Orange County, California and attended the Orange County High School of the Arts.- Career :...

 (Spring Awakening, In the Heights

In the Heights

In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story explores three days in the characters' lives in the New York City Dominican-American neighborhood of Washington Heights....

), Eric William Morris, Lorinda Lisitza, Badia Farha, Lauren Marcus

Lauren Marcus

Lauren Marcus is an American stage actress. She defined the leading roles of Patty Jenkins, the "frightfully nosey" cheerleader in Joe Iconis' musical, The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, and Hope Horrishall in Rich Espey's drama Hope's Arbor...

, Matt Hinkley, Nick Blaemire, Jason Tam

Jason Tam

Jason Tam is an actor and dancer. His most notable roles include Markko Rivera on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live, Paul in the 2006 revival of the Broadway musical A Chorus Line and Shoe on the teen drama Beyond the Break...

, Sarah Glendening

Sarah Glendening

Sarah Glendening is an American actress. In 2009, she joined the cast as the fifth actress to portray Lucy Montgomery on the CBS soap As the World Turns. She played the role until the show's cancellation in September 2010...

, Jared Weiss, Jeremy Morse, Liz Lark Brown, MK Lawson, and musical theater icon Annie Golden

Annie Golden

-Career:Born in Brooklyn, New York, Golden began her career as the lead singer of The Shirts . During the early 1990s she performed as part of the duo Golden Carillo with Frank Carillo. They released three albums,Fire in Newtown, Toxic Emotion, and Back for More. She then returned to The Shirts...

 (Assassins

Assassins (musical)

Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. It uses the premise of a murderous carnival game to produce a revue-style portrayal of men and women who attempted to assassinate Presidents of the United States...

, Hair

Hair (musical)

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...

, Xanadu

Xanadu (musical)

Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 cult classic film of the same name which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth. The title is a reference to the poem, Kubla Khan, or A...

).

Iconis is also a member of a band, the Big Galoots, along with Matt Hinkley, Lance Rubin, and Jason "SweetTooth" Williams.

"The Black Suits"

Music and lyrics by Joe Iconis, book by Joe Iconis and Robert Maddock.
A rock musical about a Long Island high school garage band. Played SPF @ The Public Theater in June 2008.

“The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks”

Music, lyrics, and book by Joe Iconis.
For TheaterWorksUSA. A family rock musical about a pair of brothers who learn to respect the differences in each other and the bizarre plants they love. Based on the book of the same name

The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks

The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks is a 1988 children's novel by Nancy McArthur. The plot centers around two brothers: Michael, a messy child, and Norman, a neat freak. The book has been taught in the American school system. This often takes place during a unit on plants in the third grade, although...

 by Nancy McArthur

Nancy McArthur

Nancy McArthur is an American children's author. Living in Berea, Ohio, she is a part-time journalism professor at Baldwin-Wallace College. She has written fourteen books, nine of which form a series called The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks. The series follows the lives of two young brothers, Michael...

. Played The Lucille Lortel Theater in July through August 2008.

“ReWrite, a mini-musical triple feature”

Music, lyrics, and book by Joe Iconis.
A trio of interconnected musicals about deadlines. The three parts are entitled “Nelson Rocks!”, “Miss Marzipan”, and “The Process”. Played Urban Stages from December 2008 through January 2009.

“Things To Ruin”

Music and lyrics by Joe Iconis.
A theatrical rock concert about young people hell bent on destruction and creation. Seen in various incarnations at Ars Nova and Joe’s Pub. The final version premiered at the Zipper Factory Theater (now closed) in November 2008 and January 2009. The show returned to New York in May 2009 at the Second Stage Theatre

Second Stage Theatre

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. A cast recording will be released in September 2010 from Sh-K-Boom Records

Sh-K-Boom Records

Sh-K-Boom Records is a record label, a producer of recorded and live entertainment, and an interactive community at www.sh-k-boom.com — all devoted to the mission of bridging the gap between pop music and theater...

.

“Bloodsong of Love: The Rock'N'Roll Spaghetti Western”

Music, lyrics, and book by Joe Iconis.
In a blood-and-whiskey-soaked world of shoot 'em ups, stolen brides and kazoo-wielding villains, a rogue musician with a killer guitar is out to set things right. Directed by John Simpkins and starring a slew of Iconis regulars, "Bloodsong" played Ars Nova in the Spring of 2010. On May 3, 2010, "Bloodsong Of Love" was nominated for 3 Drama Desk Awards - Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical (Jeremy Morse), Outstanding Music (Joe Iconis), and Outstanding Book of a Musical (Joe Iconis).http://www.dramadesk.com/press098.html Also presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre in 2011.

Awards

• Jonathan Larson
  Jonathan Larson
  Jonathan Larson was an American composer and playwright noted for the serious social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia explored in his work. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works, Rent and tick, tick... BOOM!...
  
   Award (2006)
• Ed Kleban Award (2007)
• MAC/ASCAP John Wallowitch
  John Wallowitch
  John Wallowitch was an American songwriter and cabaret performer. He wrote over 2,000 songs; his works include "Bruce", "I See the World Through Your Eyes", "Back on the Town" and "Mary's Bar". For over 50 years he played and sang a catalogue of original songs at nightspots around New York City...
  
  Award (2010)
• Daryl Roth Award (2006) for PLASTIC! The Musical with Robert Maddock
• Backstage Bistro Award (2007) for TRIUMPHANT BABY! with Robert Maddock
• Nightlife Award (2007) for TRIUMPHANT BABY! with Robert Maddock

External links

• Myspace
• NYU Alumnus Bio
• New York Times Review of "Things to Ruin"
• http://www.dramadesk.com/press098.html

Songs

Joe has written the music and lyrics for many songs including:

• Albuquerque Anyway
• All the Mistakes That He Made About the Girl
• Almost (99 I-Love-Yous) (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Almost There
• Ammonia
• Angel of Grand Avenue
• Anymore
• Archie's All- American
• Ash Tray Baby
• Asleep on My Arm
• A Whole Entire Person (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• At The Science Fair
• Badlands
• Banana's Prayer
• Band Bang Bang Bang
• Band-Aids and Cigarettes
• The Bar Song
• Big Fat Ruby
• Black Suit On
• Blue Hair
• Broadway, Here I Come!
• Camden County Penitentiary (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Car Ride to Long Beach
• Celebrate Christmas With Me
• Destroyer
• Dinosaurs (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• (Do) The Slide Whistle
• Do You Wanna Go Eat Food?
• Dodge Ball
• Don't Ya Make Me Ask Ya Twice
• Eddie's Got a Color TV (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Everybody's at the Bar Without Me
• Find The Bastard
• Footprints (with Rob Rokicki)
• Geek Rock Garage King
• Get Out of Here, Move On, and Don't Look Back (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Girl, Your Days Are Numbered
• Go, Blackies, Go
• Good for You
• Guide to Success
• Haddonfield, 15 Years Later (For Judith)
• Hatchet Job
• Head Shot
• Helen's in Skin Flicks (Now)
• Honey
• I Saw it Suck Up a Sock
• I Was A Teenage Delinquent
• I Was Born This Morning (The Cicada Song)
• If I Win the Science Fair
• If You Like It
• I'm Going To Nashville
• In the Bathroom (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• It's All Good
• Joey is a Punk Rocker
• Just as Long as You and I Are in Cahoots (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Just Means
• Kevin
• Last on Land
• Life Is Good
• Lisa
• Lonely Town
• Lonely Woman
• Lovesong of Blood
• Mamma, Cut Me Deeper!
• Matilda McDort - A Hairstyle on Trial (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• McFly is Looking for a Drummer
• Nato's Song
• Nerd Love
• Never Heard Nothing (Like This Shit Here)
• Norman
• Old Records
• One Step Closer to Crazy (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Only Person in the World
• Outlaw
• Party Hat
• Penny Dreadfuls
• Pictures of Feet (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Plants Make Wonderful Pets
• Plastic! (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Poptarts
• Popular Opinion (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Rather Be
• Robot and Gorilla and the Case of the Missing Socks
• Rock 'N' Roll Band
• Rockin' The Prom
• Rosalie (Don't Go Fallin' in Love)
• (Run Away From You)
• Shoot 'Em Up
• Sing, Love, Be (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Social Worker
• Someday
• Son of A Gun
• Sorta, Kinda, Not So Bad
• Starting To Forget
• Sweet Baby Jesus
• Take You With Me
• Talk of the Town
• That's What You Get (For Falling in Love) (With Tom Hanks) (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• The Answer
• The Bone Bar
• The Calling/ Don't Ya Make Me Ask Ya Twice
• The Dirty Little Things
• The Feeling
• The Final Confrontation
• The Friendship Song
• The Goodbye Song
• The Indian Song
• The Kind That Falls (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• The Origin Story
• The Princess Song
• The Prisoner's Christmas Song
• The Protector
• The Saddest Girl in the World
• The Song
• The Vagabond
• The War Song
• The Whiskey Song
• The Woohoo! Song
• Triumphant Baby (lyrics by Robert Maddock)
• Turkey Leg
• Welcome to My Room
• When I Look In Her Eyes
• Yolanda at the Bottom of the Stairs (lyrics by Robert Maddock)