Rose Pictures, Ltd. Poetry and Publications In June 2009, Finishing Line Press published D'Alessandro's first collection of poetry entitled Supplications: Immediate Poems of Loss and Love (ISBN 1-59924-474-8). This first small collection of poems was endorsed by the Italian American Writers Association and was nominated for a PEN New England Award. A newly completed play, White Elephants Dancing The Flamenco, was inspired by an Ernest Hemingway short story. Stranger Love: Five Short Plays (ISBN 978-1599246215) was published in November 2010, and these plays are currently being taught by drama professors in five countries. In 2021, Finishing Line Press released Everything Is Something Else (ISBN 978-1-64662-365-5), new and selected poems. The collection covers poems written from 1989-2019 and concern the author’s Irish, Italian and gay identities. His books have sold over 5,000 copies and are available online and at New York City’s Drama Book Shop. Academia Since 2002, D'Alessandro has taught English and drama at public schools in New York City. He holds two master's degrees, and is a graduate of Fordham University. D'Alessandro is also an adjunct and visiting college professor of drama and writing at several universities and institutes, including summer Master Classes in Rome and other cities. After years teaching in New York City schools, D’Alessandro taught at the prestigious Bronxville School from 2015 to 2022 where he created and implemented a highly praised playwriting program for 11th and 12th graders. Awards and affiliations D’Alessandro is a three-time Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, a two-time recipient of the prestigious Edward Albee artists residency, and received many awards and residencies at the beginning of his career, including a two-time Dorset Theater Colony Residency recipient, a New Frontiers Playwright, a Cherry Lane Theatre Alternative Finalist, and a Princess Grace Award Nominee. D’Alessandro is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America (1996), The Cherry Lane Playwrights Alternative, Irish-American Writers and Artists, and the Italian American Writers Association. Personal life D’Alessandro forged close and enduring friendships with his mentors, author Joseph Papaleo, playwright Edward Albee, and actress Olympia Dukakis. D’Alessandro sits on the Advisory Boards of the EquiLibri/Piazza Navona Italian Literary Prize, where he is a poetry judge, and on the Elizabeth Seton Children’s, a home and care facility for medically complex children. D’Alessandro is gay, and much of his poetry chronicles coming out in his high school and college years. He lives with his life-partner in Westchester County, New York.