Actor
Josh graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design (MFA Performing Arts), and West Chester University of Pennsylvania (BA Acting and Directing). They completed additional training with SITI Company at the 2013 Summer Intensive, and in Bali with the master teachers of Bali Taksu: The Power of Clown in 2017.
Josh has appeared as:
* Hedwig directed by Tara Moses, in a Brown/Trinity studio production
* Ba’homa in the developmental reading of Dillon Chitto’s Pueblo Revolt at The Goodman Theatre
* In Phoenix Theatre Ensemble's productions of Judas, The Cult Play, and Hot, Young, and Dickensian.Additional productions include off-off-broadway at Dixon Place, 13th Street Repertory, Stage Left Studio, The Gnome Haus, and regionally at Montgomery Theatre, the Media Theatre, Savannah Stage Company, Collective Face Ensemble, and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Josh’s solo show Orgullo Boricua premiered at 13th Street Repertory in February 2017.
They have performed as a singer with choir trips to Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and Ireland. Film work includes numerous SCAD student films, an Adult Swim short, and the official music video for Coheed and Cambria’s ‘Island’. Listen to some of Josh’s VoiceOver work in the Creature Conserve Audio Tour, or in the Who, When, Wow series hosted by Rebecca Sheir.Proud Member Actors Equity Association.
Proud Member Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors.
Resident Ensemble Member Phoenix Theatre Ensemble.
Coach
Josh is an experienced Voice and Dialect Coach represented by United Talent Agency. Josh has coached for CNN’s Harry Enten, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Profile Theatre, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, The Billie Holiday Theatre, Savannah Stage Company, Savannah Shakes, Garden of Voices, and others.
Josh currently works as:
* Assistant Professor at Kean University's Theatre Conservatory
* A Senior Consultant for the Strictly Speaking Group
Additional experience includes: Fulbright Specialist on the Fulbright Program's Specialist's Roster; Interim Head of Voice and Speech at Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company MFA Acting and Directing Program from 2019-2022; Faculty at HB Studios, The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, La MaMa ETC/Trinity College, SCAD, PACE, and others.
Currently, Elisa Gonzales, Josh, and Adi Cabral are co-authoring a book with the working title ‘Performing Accents and Dialects of the Spanish Speaking Diaspora’. The book and its accompanying website are slated for publication in 2025.
Click ‘Panels and Publications’ below for more of Josh’s work, including interviewing for an LA Times article on becoming a dialect coach, and the co-authored article 'Strategies for Guiding Actors' Accent and Linguistic Needs in the Twenty-First Century'.
Certified (Associate) Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®.
Certified Teacher of Knight Thompson Speechwork.
Member Voice and Speech Trainers Association.