Spotlight on ‘DMV’ playwright Zalman Velvel
Zalman Velvel is prolific amateur playwright whose credits include two award-winning Off Off Broadway plays, Honeymoon in Hell and The Unemployment Line, along with two others previously performed at Lab Theater as developmental projects, 55 and Over and The Second Book of Ruth. The former focused on the problems facing many of our elderly who, regrettably, often forced to choose between paying their rent/mortgage and utilities or buying groceries and medications. The latter centered around a non-Jewish woman 
who visits an Orthodox Jewish rabbi for conversion classes so that she can remarry her first husband. Both were well received by Lab Theater audiences, who eagerly await the opening of Velvel’s latest offering, DMV.
July 17, 2019.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.