MATTERS & MUSINGS
Joe's new book to release in Spring 2025!
Joe’s first book, Creating Ethnodrama: A Practical Approach, will release in Spring 2025 with Guilford Press. Stay tuned for information and updates!
Jenny Macdonald's solo play "Enthroned" featured in Dublin's First Fortnight Festival
Joe served as the director and dramaturg for Jenny’s play as she weaves a compelling and important story about finding a throne of your own and discovering the things we need to say and what it takes to say them. Streamed performances are available on January 14 and 16, 2021, at 2:30pm (EST). Click here to book a ticket. Post-performance discussion with Jenny and Joe on January 16!
Joe served as the director and dramaturg for Jenny Macdonald’s solo play Enthroned, part of Dublin’s First Fortnight Festival focused on the art of mental health. Streamed performances are available on January 14 and 16, 2021, at 2:30pm (EST). Click here to book a ticket. Post-performance discussion with Jenny and Joe on January 16!
Joe shared his thoughts on the 2020 debate cycle with NPR and The New York Times
Joe provided comments on the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump for NPR and in advance of the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence for The New York Times.
Joe provided comments on the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump for NPR and in advance of the vice presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence for The New York Times.
The Kavanaugh Files to be performed at Geva Theatre Center
Featuring re-enacted moments from the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings with testimony from Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, but with gender-flipped casting!
The Kavanaugh Files, a project of the Verbatim Performance Lab that explores moments from the September 27, 2018 Senate Judiciary Committee hearings that included testimony from Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, will be performed as part of The Hornets’ Nest at Geva Theatre Center. The one night only performance takes place on May 20, 2019 at 7:00pm.
Into rehearsals for the Serena Williams Project
Heading into rehearsals this weekend for the Verbatim Performance Lab’s newest project about what happened to Serena Williams at the 2018 US Open Final. Stay tuned!