Excited to be back at the Alleyway, Josie last appeared here in THE FOLKS AT HOME in February. She directed for Alleyway’s BUFFALO QUICKIES during the pandemic - short plays produced in storefronts along Main Street with audience wearing headphones and watching from sidewalks.
Other directing includes for The Jewish Repertory Theatre (TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE, SISTERS IN LAW, THE YEAR MY MOTHER CAME BACK), Niagara University (SHAKESPEARE’S KINGS AND QUEENS). She won the Best Director Award at the NYS Theatre Festival for ELECTRA.
An award-winning actress for both stage and film, (two Artie Awards, The Best of WNY, and The 48 Hour Film Project) Josie’s acting credits include those regionally in New York, Arkansas, and Los Angeles, and locally at Jewish Repertory Theatre, Irish Classical Theatre Co., Shakespeare in Delaware Park, The Kavinoky Theatre, Lancaster Opera House and Buffalo Laboratory Theatre. Her Film credits include those in DAREDEVIL, MARSHALL, BASHIRA, PLAN B, and on TV in 24, WEEDS, CSI, BECKER, BEVERLY HILLS 90210, E.R., FRIENDS, NYPD BLUE, to name a few.
A private acting coach and higher education teacher, Josie has been an adjunct professor in Acting Styles at both Niagara University and SUNY Fredonia for the past 12 years.
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