JOSHUA N HSU (Director/Producer/Storyteller) Joshua N Hsu (he/him) earned his Master of Fine Arts in drama from the University of California, Irvine, and his Bachelor of Theatre from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Joshua believes in creating and facilitating theatrical experiences that are unapologetically relevant, unabashedly visceral, and joyfully dynamic. He’s worked in small and regional theaters across the United States, such as The Road Theatre Company, New Paltz Summer Repertory Theatre, South Coast Repertory, and Utah Shakespearean Festival. More recently, he’s directed at Bates College, the University of Southern Maine, and Mad Horse Theatre Company in Maine. Notable theatrical directing credits include the Maine premiere of James Ijames’ White (alongside Maya Williams), the world premiere of Lysistrata: A Reimagining by Alicia Tycer, the West Coast premieres of J. Holtham’s How to Survive an Atomic Bomb and Snakeskin Suit, and the U.S. premiere of Mark Ravenhill’s Some Explicit Polaroids. He was the founding artistic director of Framework Theatre Collective, a company devoted to reinterpreting, reimagining, and adapting classical works for theatre, radio, new media, television, and film. A co-founder of Brown-Hsu Films, he helped platform diverse performers and creators in new media. He is one of the festival co-directors for PortFringe, Maine’s Fringe Festival. Joshua recently founded Forge Theater Labs, a company devoted to encouraging and exploring innovations in theatrical direction, choreography, design, dramaturgy, and beyond. Learn more at joshuanhsu.com and forgetheaterlabs.com Follow him on Instagram at @hsunjoshua and @forgetheaterlabs