Joshua William Gelb

Joshua William Gelb is a director, performer, and librettist based in the Lower East Side. In residence at Abrons Arts Center, Gelb most recently co-created, directed, and performed in jazz singer, a musical interrogation of the 1927 Al Jolson film. Also at Abrons Gelb conceived and directed the 150th-anniversary reimagining of America's supposed first musical, The Black Crook, about which he has lectured at Harvard's Houghton Library. With Sinking Ship Productions he co-created/directed the Drama Desk Nominated adaptation of Kafka's A Hunger Artist, which continues to tour. Other productions have been seen at Prelude, Ars Nova, Edinburgh Fringe, The New Ohio, Incubator Arts, Joe's Pub, Polyphone Festival, and Target Margin. Gelb is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and an associate artist with Sinking Ship. As a performer Gelb has appeared with Little Lord, Theater Reconstruction Ensemble, Haruna Lee, Woodshed Collective, TeleViolet, and Catherine Galasso. www.joshuawilliamgelb.com