Tony Sokol

Tony Sokol is an American playwright and musician. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 23, 1963. He is best known for writing the theatrical horror series La Commedia Del Sangue: Vampyr Theatre in New York City.
As a musician, Mr. Sokol played guitar, bass or sang in Queer Jesus, The Others, Busted Chops, Head First, 4Q, Death of the Party and the Abstract 4.
He wrote songs and incidental music for over a dozen films and over twenty stage productions and appeared on the Joan Rivers (TV) Show, Strange Universe, WNEW-FM, WBAI-FM, WABC-AM, WFUV-FM, WFMU-FM, BBC-Television and Radio, Britain's "The Girlie Show," bars and nightclubs throughout the tri-state area and over a dozen Manhattan Public Access TV Shows. He also wrote and produced (occasionally directed) the stageshow Vampyr Theatre, which ran 13 plays in NYC in the early 1990s; the radio play "The Excommunication of God;" two short films, more than 20 produced plays and the rock opera AssassiNation: We Killed JFK.
La Commedia del Sangue
In 1986, Sokol wrote and performed "I was thirsty and you drowned me," a vampiric ritual performance art piece at The Anarchist's Switchboard, Centerfold and other venues, along with other spoken word and musical performances throughout New York City. After writing the play, "The Summer After," for director Rosalie Triana, she asked him if there were any other theatrical works he had written. He responded by turning the vampire rituals into a series of plays "for vampires" which were staged throughout Manhattan in theatres and clubs beginning in 1992 and ending in 1997. Thirteen plays were produced, including "Let Us Prey".
AssassiNation: We Killed JFK
Beginning in November 2003, on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Sokol wrote, directed and performed the rock opera "AssassiNation: We Killed JFK" at the Bowery Poetry Club, Don Hill's and other New York and New Jersey music and theater venues.
Plays Produced
Mr. Sokol has had his plays produced by several New York theatrical troupes. Among these: "Frankenstein Walks the Wolfman", which Time Out New York favorably compared to the horror movie Scream; "Baby Jane on Training Wheels", "How You Slice It", "Death Takes a Valium", "Cosmic Inertia", "The Wack", "Factually Incorrect", "Weight Loss by Vivisection" by Creative Artists Laboratory. "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" and "Baby Jane on Training Wheels" by Spotlight On Productions; "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "The Intervention", "How to Skip Alimony Through Voluntary Manslaughter": Produced by The Irish Arts Center/Company of Impossible Dreams, NYC, 1999, and "Just Us Served".
Music for film and theater
Tony Sokol wrote the music for his short films "Don't Forget, Hire the Vet" and "970-SPIT" in 1988. It led to his writing music for such films as Jenice Malecki's "Hide Me" and "Man, Woman, Gun;" John Tranchina's "Just Beyond the Door;" David Burgos' "The Quest" and "The Gauntlet" and other independent films. He also wrote music for New Moon's production of "No Exit" and other theatrical performances. He recently contributed music to Elena Beloff's documentary on Russian immigrant women in America, "Zaritsas."

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