Joy Donley

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UP NEXT: Joy is collaborating with Bucket Brigade on a new show about the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894.  

MOST RECENTLY: Joy directed a completely sold-out run of Elf the Musical with Bunce Performing Arts at Plymouth Playhouse. Joy was nominated by Twin Cities Theatre Bloggers for "Favorite Dramatic Performance by an Individual" for her role as Vivian Bearing in "Wit" at Theater in the Round, produced by Hypnic Jerk Theatre.

Joy is a freelance director, actor, producer, theatre teacher, publicist and sometimes stage manager. After the pandemic she directed Pinata at the 2022 MN Fringe (for Nocturnal Giraffe Theatre), and before that, the sold-out Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters in Maplewood Area Historical Society's iconic barn. 

On stage, she appeared as "Becca" in Lakeshore Players' production of Rabbit Hole, the final show at the old church building.

For Open Window Theatre she directed The Lilies of the Field, Shadowlands, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, An O. Henry Christmas, James & the Giant Peach, The Wizard of Oz; stage managed Freud's Last Session, and was publicist and a youth drama teacher. For Bucket Brigade, Joy directed 'Til Death: A Marriage Musical and Amnesiac JackFor Six Points: stage management for Church and State and Natasha and the Coat

Joy’s own theatre company, Front Porch Theatre, put up many shows for the MN Fringe, including Thirst, Nibblers: A Musical With Sharks and the first-ever Twin Cities production of Seussical. The most recent Front Porch shows took place in her own Maplewood backyard with Orphie and the Book of Heroes (featuring Suzie Juul), The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood (featuring Lamar Jefferson) and an original musical called Lemony Snicket: The Musical.

Joy holds an M.A. in Theatre Education and a B.A. in Theatre Arts. She is married to Michael Pearce Donley, co-creator and actor in Triple Espresso--a highly caffeinated comedy.

Actor, Director
UNION AFFILIATIONS
Non-union

Joy Donley

UP NEXT: Joy is collaborating with Bucket Brigade on a new show about the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894.  

MOST RECENTLY: Joy directed a completely sold-out run of Elf the Musical with Bunce Performing Arts at Plymouth Playhouse. Joy was nominated by Twin Cities Theatre Bloggers for "Favorite Dramatic Performance by an Individual" for her role as Vivian Bearing in "Wit" at Theater in the Round, produced by Hypnic Jerk Theatre.

Joy is a freelance director, actor, producer, theatre teacher, publicist and sometimes stage manager. After the pandemic she directed Pinata at the 2022 MN Fringe (for Nocturnal Giraffe Theatre), and before that, the sold-out Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters in Maplewood Area Historical Society's iconic barn. 

On stage, she appeared as "Becca" in Lakeshore Players' production of Rabbit Hole, the final show at the old church building.

For Open Window Theatre she directed The Lilies of the Field, Shadowlands, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, An O. Henry Christmas, James & the Giant Peach, The Wizard of Oz; stage managed Freud's Last Session, and was publicist and a youth drama teacher. For Bucket Brigade, Joy directed 'Til Death: A Marriage Musical and Amnesiac JackFor Six Points: stage management for Church and State and Natasha and the Coat

Joy’s own theatre company, Front Porch Theatre, put up many shows for the MN Fringe, including Thirst, Nibblers: A Musical With Sharks and the first-ever Twin Cities production of Seussical. The most recent Front Porch shows took place in her own Maplewood backyard with Orphie and the Book of Heroes (featuring Suzie Juul), The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood (featuring Lamar Jefferson) and an original musical called Lemony Snicket: The Musical.

Joy holds an M.A. in Theatre Education and a B.A. in Theatre Arts. She is married to Michael Pearce Donley, co-creator and actor in Triple Espresso--a highly caffeinated comedy.

Actor, Director
UNION AFFILIATIONS
Non-union
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