Jim Joseph was born and raised in The Bronx, NY and was most recently the Director of Operations for the Alliance of Resident Theatres for New York (A.R.T./New York), an arts service organization working to support the nonprofit NYC theatre community. He is currently a substitute Theatre Manager for the Shubert Organization, owner and operator of 17 Broadway Theaters.
He was the House Manager on the inaugural staff of The New Victory Theater, the city’s first theater dedicated to kids and family programming. He was part of the team that created The New Vic Usher Corps – a groundbreaking, youth development program for NYC youth.
Over 9 seasons as the Theatre Manager at The Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, the Broadway home of Manhattan Theatre Club, he welcomed 27 different Broadway shows into the space, including the Tony Award winning production of August Wilson’s Jitney.
He is a graduate of the Arts Leadership Institute (2010) and the Commercial Theatre Institute (2014). He is a member of the Venue Committee of the Broadway Green Alliance and has served on the Broadway Security Steering Committee and the Broadway League's Diversity & Inclusion Committee. In 2018, he presented at TEDx Broadway, speaking on diversity and inclusion on Broadway.
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