Joe Hoover
Actor, New York City
PLAYS-- selected
Amends
B-Side Theatre , Omaha July & Dec 2018
The Good Life
Midtown International Theatre Festival , NYC Nov. 2016
Jay and Ruby Get Religion
Davenport Theatre, NYC April 2016
The Ditch
John Houseman Studio Theatre Too, NYC June 2000
When Cotton Was King
Chekhov Theatre Ensemble, NYC April 2000
Staged Reading
In the Door (One-Act)
Love Creek Productions, NYC May 1999
Don We Now (One-Act)
The Sheltebelt Theatre, Omaha, NE February 1998
Shelter (One-Act)
The Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha, NE February 1998
An Irish Wake
The Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha, NE May 1997
ESSAY/FICTION-- selected
Orbis Books, 2020 O Death, Where is Thy Sting? A Meditation on Suffering
Best American Essays 2013 "Occupy My Heart"
-- Notable Essay
Best Spiritual Writing 2011 "A Figure in Black and Gray"
Best Catholic Writing 2006 "Merry Sunshine"
Agni "Bus"
The Cresset "Sorrowful Mysteries"
America Magazine "After the Flaw"
Thirty Six Views of O "The Wrong Place"
The History of a Day "Will You Please Wash Me, Please"