Joy
artistic director
Joy Donze is a Queer Scorpio. She has been a facilitator of storytelling for about a thousand years now and is inspired to continue to blow shit up and create in a way that feels freaky, revolutionary, community centered, and prolific. Joy works as an Actor, Director, Writer, and Teaching Artist. She enjoys working with kids because they are heart centered and imaginative. She enjoys working with adults because she feels inspired to nurture them throughout the process and create in a way that feels healing and liberatory, allowing them to return to the sense of play they had as children. Joy loves deeply and fully. She is a bearer of light and seeker of truth. MFA, New School for Drama
Recent acting credits: POTUS (Geffen Playhouse), TWELFTH NIGHT, AN ILLIAD, 25 ANNUAL SPELLING BEE (Pendragon Theatre) FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION (Miles Square Theatre), ACCORDING TO THE CHORUS / SHEDDING LOAD (59E59)
Recent Directing Credits: “HANDMAIDS TALE”: THE MUSICAL PARODY (The Kennedy Center) “FOREVER NOON” The Twilight Musical Parody (Littlefield) ROCKY HORROR (Pendragon Theatre- Broadway World Nom: Best Direction), IN SEARCH FOR ELAINA (Players Theatre) PARENTHESIS (Krain Theatre- Winner of “Best Two Hander & Queerly Award) MY WAY (El Barrio Arts Center) TWILIGHT/ FOREVER MOON (LittleField)
Writing: MAIDS (co-conceived with Pilar Valdes), THE MISFORTUNES OF A SPY AND HER MYSTIC (full length)