Oh, and I really like musicals.
Joey began his career in Los Angeles after graduating 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 playwrights and performance artists such like Lisa Dring, Wong, Steve Connell, Diana Wyenn, Joshua Silverstein, and others.
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 2017 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.
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 the theatre and began touring as the lighting supervisor with the legendary Kronos Quartet and Memphis-based ballet company, Collage Dance Collective.
In 2023 Joey became an adjunct professor in Lighting Design at Pepperdine University.
He continues to tour and design shows based out of Los Angeles, CA.
