 Among Messina's other biographical works, there is "Cirque Jacqueline", about the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which was written by and starred Andrea Reese, and The Accidental Pervert, an autobiographical one man show written and performed by Andrew Goffman and directed by Messina.In 1999, "Actor Found Dead", a one-act play written and directed by Messina about actor James Hayden (who Messina, as a child, had seen in American Buffalo), debuted at the John Houseman Studio Theatre in New York City.The play starred Khalid Gonçalves as Hayden, with Andrew I. Mones and David B. Martin.