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Instructor: Joseph C. Walsh
Dates: Saturdays, April 6-May 4th (no class April 20th)
Time: 10:00AM-1:00PM
Cost: $200

This 4 week program will explore the basics of the directing process while teaching participants to center their own voices and experiences in their theatrical practice.

Joseph is an award-winning theatre director and educator who has served as the Artistic Director of Ghost Light Theatricals, Garden Theatre in Winter Garden, Florida, Arlington Children's Theatre in Massachusetts, and Wild Oats Productions in the UK. He was Interim Director of Education at the White Plains Performing Arts Center where he also directed Ghost (starring Natalie Weiss and Steven Grant Douglas) and West Side Story. Joseph directed critically acclaimed productions of Hairspray and Singin' In The Rain for Cork Opera House in Ireland, and collaborated with West End star Linzi Hateley to devise and direct Linzi Hateley: True Colors - Life Since Carrie at Saint James Theatre in London and 54 Below in New York. He directed the Off-Broadway premiere of Sonder at The Player's Theatre, and in London's West End he served as Assistant Director on Coyote On A Fence and Resident Director on When Harry Met Sally (starring Molly Ringwald and Michael Landes). Joseph spent three seasons as the Touring Director for White Horse Theatre, the world's largest touring educational theatre company, where his work was seen across Europe and Japan. Joseph has won the Hilton Edwards Award for his direction of Lilies, and his London revival of Love Story: The Musical was nominated for an Off-West End Award for Best Musical. Other directing credits include Kinky Boots for Orlando Shakes, the 20th anniversary production of Elegies For Angels, Punks And Raging Queens, the award-winning European premiere of The Temperamentals, The Laramie Project, the London premiere of Zanna, Don't!, and the Irish premieres of The Last Five Years and Songs For A New World. As Artistic Director of the Garden Theatre, he directed Parade, Big, Man Of La Mancha, A Class Act, Godspell, Matilda, and Hello, Dolly!

At Lakewood Playhouse we believe finances should not be a barrier to participation. Please contact us for scholarship and assistance options.