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The Jovialities Entertainment Co., Ltd.
In 1989, J. R. joined Jack Palur's Jovialities Entertainment Services as an actor performing various roles in weekend and one night mysteries for the company. By 1991, J. R. was Jovialities' number two writer. Before purchasing the company from Jack in 1996, J. R. had written 6 murder mystery weekends and 3 one night mysteries.
Since taking over the company in 1996, J. R. has written an additional 8 one night mysteries and a comedy wedding.
All Jovialities Entertainment Co. scripts are available for licensing to producing organizations anywhere in the United States and Canada. If you are interested in producing one of J. R.'s mysteries, please contact him personally at jovialities@excite.com or click here to order a perusal copy  NOW AVAILABLE! |
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SIBLINGS - A ONE ACT PLAY
Siblings - A One Act Play by J. R. Simons was an Honorable Mention in the Writers' Digest National Writing Competition Script's Division in 1995. This 40 minute play watches two brothers and a sister come to grips with their lives and their love for their deceased alcoholic father as they clean out his apartment after his death.
Reading copies of Siblings are no longer available for purchase online at eNovel.com since eNovel.com has closed its doors. Siblings has been submitted to Playscripts, Inc. (www.playscripts.com) for review. Since this process will take many months before Playscripts makes a decision, J. R. will be self-publishing Siblings through Lulu, Inc. (order script copies at www.lulu.com/jovialities) and handling amateur production rights himself through Jovialities Entertainment (www.jovialities.8m.com). Please email J. R. at jovialities@excite.com for further details or click here to order
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
In 1989 while directing the Drama Department at Elyria High School, J. R. was looking for a smash play to produce in Spring 1990. His students wanted to perform The Phantom of the Opera. Musicals were not the forte of the EHS Drama Department (those were produced by the Music Department) and both John Kenley's and Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptations were not available for amateur production. So, J. R. set out to find a suitable non-musical adaptation.
No existing adaptation was to his liking. So, J. R. read Gaston Leroux's novel. Finding that the English translation was published in 1911, J. R. realized that the English translation of the novel had fallen into the public domain. J. R. quickly adapted the novel and in February 1990, the EHS Drama Department premiered a new adaptation of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera.
Perusal copies of J. R.'s Phantom can be ordered directly from J. R. at jovialities@excite.com. Performance rights can be requested in the same manner.
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