WRITER

Paul’s latest play, There’s No Bad Ravioli will enjoy a World Premiere at The Purple Rose Theatre (Artistic Director Jeff Daniels) in June of 2027. Two of his other plays; My Mother and the Michigan/Ohio War and A Jukebox for the Algonquin, also had World Premieres at PRTC in 2025 and 2023, respectively. His other work as a playwright includes Cheese Louise (with Maureen Morley), My Dinner with Arlecchino, Plane Crazy (with Cissy Conner), and Last Call at The Aardvark which is available through Next Stage Press.

Both A Jukebox for the Algonquin and Last Call at The Aardvark have been adapted into screenplays with co-writer Mike Petty.

Stroili’s writing has appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, New York Blade and for the LA Stage Alliance. His screenplay for The Beating was utilized by Columbia College in their course of study in short filmmaking.

ACTOR

Paul Stroili’s television credits include Empire, Chicago P.D., and Undercover Bridesmaid along with Malcolm in the Middle, Brother’s Keeper, Getting Personal, Chance of a Lifetime, Help Me and The Untouchables, as well as the films Only Dance Can Save Us, The Beating, Gratitude, Cold Justice, The Wrong Profile and The Real Whatever. Paul was nominated for an Ovation Award for Best Solo Performance and an LA Weekly Award for Paul Stroili’s Straight Up with a Twist, which enjoyed over 1000 performances nationwide and culminated in a twice-extended Off Broadway run.

A resident artist at The Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea, Michigan, Paul attended the State University of New York at New Paltz. His other stage credits include Doll’s House Part 2, God of Carnage, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Souffle and Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine. Other plays include The Lifespan of a Fact, Ghosts, Wonder of the World, Confessions of a Catholic Child, A Flea in her Ear, the ACE Award-winning literary parodies A Christmas Twist and Of Grapes and Nuts, as well as Under Milkwood, and Oedipus; A Requiem.

A member of the original Chicago cast of Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding, Paul directed the critically-acclaimed revival 25 years later. Recently he served as Executive Producer and portrayed the role of Frank, a rockabilly funeral home employee in the award-winning feature film, WAKE directed by Cyrus Mirakhor and starring Jo Koy, Myndy Crist and James Denton.