Joseph is a graduate of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where he received his BFA in Playwriting. In 2004 Joseph finished his fourth and final year as playwright-in-residence at Stark Raving Theatre where they produced world premieres of his plays “Prometheus Bound”, “Tundra”, “Cupid & Psyche”, and “Faust. Us.”. In May of 2004, Joseph received productions of his plays “The New House” at Artists Repertory Theatre and “Thunderbird” at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York. In January of 2006, Joseph returned to Artists Repertory Theatre where they produced his adaptation of Chekhov’s “The Seagull”. Joseph’s plays have also appeared at Kitchen Dog Theater, Portland Center Stage, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the Center Theatre Group. Joseph is a recipient of the Playwrights First Award, the Charlotte Woolard Award, a 2002 grant recipient from the Kennedy Center’s Fund for New American Plays and has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists in New York since 2002. In addition to playwriting Joe is a regular contributor at Babblingoftheirrational.com and has also worked as a screenwriter on many feature films that he won't mention here because frankly they were pretty bad. Joseph currently resides in Los Angeles for some reason.