Director
joe powers
JOE HAS WORKED IN THEATRE FOR THIRTY YEARS, AS A DIRECTOR, ACTOR, PLAYWRIGHT, EDUCATOR, AND PRODUCER. HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN WELL OVER 100 PRODUCTIONS; EVERYWHERE FROM HERE TO THERE AND BACK AGAIN. HE IS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE BLUE TRUNK THEATRE COMPANY WHICH HAS PRODUCED PLAYS LOCALLY AND AT THE EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL IN SCOTLAND AS WELL AS PRODUCING AN EVENING WITH GABRIEL BYRNE AND AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH ATHOL FUGARD. THE BLUE TRUNK THEATRE COMPANY ALSO PRODUCES SHORT FILMS AND VIDEOS FOR FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS. AS A PLAYWRIGHT HIS WORKS INCLUDE: OLD ROMEO, TRESPASSES, MUSTARD SEED, TAXI DANCE, GREEN BABIES, BAILAR CON EL DIABLO, HONKY TONK BLUES, WARM REMEMBRANCES, TRAPPED IN A HOPPER, THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL, THE BEE COWBOYS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY, WELCOME HOME SONNY BOY, THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY, RUMPLESTILTSKIN, CINDERELLA, HANSEL AND GRETEL, THE GAME OF THEORY: A PHILOSOPHICAL UNDERTAKING, NYM AND THE BULL, DREAMS IN THE SAND AND OVER A DOZEN ADAPTATIONS OF SHAKESPEARE’S WORKS; SCREENPLAYS INCLUDE: OLD ROMEO, ALL MY FANS, THE TAXI DANCER AND MASKS OF VENICE; A CHILDREN’S STORY - BUFFALO JOE CODY AND THE NIGHT MARES; AND A POETRY COLLECTION: IN THE LANDSCAPE OF TIME.
HE HOLDS AN MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING AND WRITING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS [SCREENWRITING, PLAYWRITING AND POETRY] FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, AN M.A. IN THEATRE [PLAYWRITING AND DIRECTING] FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, A B.A. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IN BOTH PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY AND IS A MEMBER OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, AND THE DRAMATIST GUILD, INC. HE IS A FIVE-TIME RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS GLUCK FELLOWSHIP AWARD IN PROGRAMMING FOR THE ARTS.
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HE HOLDS AN MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING AND WRITING FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS [SCREENWRITING, PLAYWRITING AND POETRY] FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, AN M.A. IN THEATRE [PLAYWRITING AND DIRECTING] FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, A B.A. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IN BOTH PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY AND IS A MEMBER OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, AND THE DRAMATIST GUILD, INC. HE IS A FIVE-TIME RECIPIENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS GLUCK FELLOWSHIP AWARD IN PROGRAMMING FOR THE ARTS.
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PLAYWRIGHT: HTTP://WWW.DRAMATISTSGUILD.COM/MEMBERDIRECTORY/GETMEMBERSHIP.ASPX?CID=2410
HTTP://WWW.CODYPOWERSFILMS.COM/