tHE MOE GREEN POETRY DISCUSSION hosted By Rafael F J ALVARADO

ç is a native of New York and has studied and worked both in Italy (Rome and Siena) and New York City. D'Alessandro has had sixteen professional international, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and Regional productions of his work. His 2002 Off-Broadway hit “Roman Nights” explores the artist/muse paradigm, vis-à-vis the tumultuous and dramatic lives of stage and screen legends Anna Magnani and Tennessee Williams. This play went on to further critical and commercial success in London in 2004. It opened in Prague in 2006 where it has been sold-out for over three years and will go on to be produced in Rome, Madrid, Buenos Aires, and Moscow in 2010-11. D’Alessandro has also written the screenplay for a future film to be made of “Roman Nights”. Franco is the author of several other plays: “The Shattering”; Maximum Happiness, featuring two inter-connecting two-act plays, "Venice, Again" and "One Hundred Dollars Worth of Change"; The Museum Hours, three one-act plays which examine the healing and transcendent powers of art. A new work entitled “White Elephants Dancing The Flamenco” is inspired by the work of Ernest Hemingway. By 2010 D'Alessandro's plays will have been translated into six languages and performed in seven countries. In addition to his work as a writer, D'Alessandro holds a Master's Degree in English Education and teaches drama, theatrical text analysis, and creative writing in New York City schools and several universities in the U.S. and internationally. He lectures and gives master classes on Tennessee Williams, Anna Magnani, Italian cinema, and American drama. Franco D’Alessandro’s poetry has been published in various literary journals and most recently has been featured two years in a row in Balancing The Tides: Art and Poetry Journal; SUPPLICATIONS is his first collection of poetry. In 2010 a collection of plays will be ready for publication that will cover 1995-2010, the author’s first fifteen years.