Josh Costello is a Bay Area stage director. Recent projects include his adaptation of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother for Custom Made Theatre Company and the world premiere of Reborning by Zayd Dohrn for SF Playhouse. He directed My Children! My Africa! and the Bay Area premiere of Lovers & Executioners for Marin Theatre Company, where he runs the education programs. Other directing work includes House of Lucky at Magic Theatre, Romeo and Juliet: A Fire Ballet at The Crucible in Oakland, Hamlet at Shakespeare-by-the-Sea in LA, and his adaptation of The Rover for The Chance Theater in Orange County and for a live television broadcast on LA and Orange County’s PBS affiliate. Josh was the founder and first Artistic Director of Impact Theatre. He was the Education Director at the Marin Shakespeare Company, and has taught at ACT, Cal Shakes, SF Shakes, UC Riverside, Cal State Long Beach, South Coast Rep, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Hollywood. Josh holds a BFA in Theatre from Boston University, and an MFA in Directing from the University of Washington, Seattle.
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