ABOUT ME

I find it difficult to write "about me" and not just make the whole thing about acting and singing, but as they say, you are not your resume, so... my name is Joseph Paul, I go by Joey, and I love acting, but I also love other things! I love my family (mom, dad, brother, bonus mom, bonus brother 1 & 2, bonus sister, bonus foreign exchange sister, dogs). I love learning. I love advocating for folks in the arts. I love reading and writing—I am currently putting in the effort to get better at journaling and writing a novel. You can always find me listening to an audiobook or podcast while starting another new project in my apartment.

I spend most of my free time with my partner, Scotty, and our way-cooler-than-me friends. I love the video game series Kingdom Hearts quite a lot, but don't play too many other video games. I love watching movies, documentaries, and video essays on YouTube. I consider myself a student of history and an amateur historian, especially of the last 125 years or so, and I love learning and reading anything and everything about how and why the world is the way it is. I love anime, and I'm currently obsessed with Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, and mid-re-watch of all of Inuyasha, but my favorite since I was 4 years old is Dragon Ball Z. My day job is as the head of marketing for Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC), a professional non-profit theatre with a focus on contemporary plays, supporting and developing living playwrights, and creating opportunities for artists in our community.

My favorite words are calliope (a Greek muse, and the instrument used to create carousel music) because it feels so nice and pretty to say, and cacophony (a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds, like plates shattering on the floor) because it is a pretty word for a not-particularly pretty thing.

As I write this, I am drinking a hot, oat milk vanilla latte with a pump of lavender because it's delicious and I think I've convinced the baristas at my local coffee shop that I order it because it's so good, not because I'm terribly pretentious, but also more than one thing can be true at the same time. That's what I can think to say about myself at the moment, and this is already far too long.

I hope I have the chance to meet you someday!

TTFN!