Steve Josephson

Background

About Steve Josephson

Steve Josephson has worked professionally as a Producer, Director, Choreographer, Author, Lyricist and Performer for the past forty years. As well as a twenty year history as a Corporate Controller, IT/IS Specialist and an Accountant.His critically acclaimed and award winning works have been seen across the USA and internationally, and include many American, European and World Premieres by renowned authors.A graduate of the University of Southern California (USC), his association with USC extended for 20 years as he became a Producer and the Resident Director/Choreographer and a Playwright in Residence with Festival Theatre USC/USA, a repertory company that attended the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe. In New York, he wrote, directed and produced the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway farce "Some Summer Night" which subsequently won the "1992 New American Musical Writers Festival".He has directed extensively in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix/Scottsdale. Working with Artistic Director, Jodie Gates, he was the Executive Director creating the caDance Festival (now renamed the Laguna Beach Dance Festival.)He was the Producer and star of Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes, which was produced in conjunction with Lucasfilm, Ltd. It had a long-running production in Los Angeles, as well as performances at Skywalker Ranch, Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), Star Wars Celebration and a finale performance at Comic-Con in San Diego.For several years, he worked with legendary writer Ray Bradbury to create Bradbury's final work; the musical Ray Bradbury’s ‘2116’, which had workshops and performances in Los Angeles, Edinburgh and Prague.In Prague, he was the Creative Director, Dramaturgue and Choreographer for Daniel Landa on the Production of Klič Králů, he produced and directed the musical RENT and was the Creative Director for the House of Lobkowicz, which includes the Lobkowicz Palace at Prague Castle.Most recently, he created a new production of Green Day’s “American Idiot” for DJKT in Pilsen.