Oh, and I really like musicals.
Joey began designing lights as a teenager for theatre and dance performances at the Academy of Visual and Performing Arts at Culver City High School. He graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology.
Early in his career he designed frequently in the solo-performance space, creating shows with performance artists Lisa Dring, Wong, Steve Connell, Diana Wyenn, Joshua Silverstein, and others.
In 2017 he co-founded The Attic Collective and served as Associate Artistic Director from 2017 to 2021. The Last Croissant which he designed and produced was awarded the Top of the Fringe and Best Ensemble Award by the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2019.
Joey was the resident designer at the Rockwell Table and Stage where he designed numerous raucous musicals sending up classic Hollywood hits such as Hocus Pocus and IT, which received the 2019 Ovation Award for Best Large Musical. He also designed all productions of Bradley Bredeweg’s Scissorhands at The Rockwell.
In 2018 Joey joined LA Dance Project as Lighting Director and began touring contemporary ballet around the world with significant productions at the Luma Foundation in Arles, France, and multiple world premieres at The Theatre des Champs Elysee in Paris. He designed the rolling world premiere of Benjamin Millipede’s Bach Studies Pt. 1.
Also in 2018 Joey became an Associate Artist at Rogue Artist’s Ensemble after designing their hallmark production Woodboy Dogfish in Los Angeles.
Joey continued to light dance in Los Angeles becoming the resident designer at Mashup Contemporary Dance Company in 2019.
After a 2 year COVID pandemic hiatus, Joey returned to theatre and dance. He branched out to music as touring lighting supervisor with the legendary Kronos Quartet and Memphis-based Collage Dance Collective.
He continues to tour and design shows based out of Los Angeles, CA.
