CARSEN JOENK
Director I Designer
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CARSEN JOENK
Director I Designer
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Director I Designer
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Directing
Assistant
Affiliations / Honors
Directing Resume
Daxton on the Night Shift at 7/11 playwright: Riley Elton McCarthy
INKubator // Art House Productions
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Feast
created by Christina Tang with Anna Jastrzembski
The Tank
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The Goddamn Tooney Lunes
devised
Colt Coeur // Rat Queen Theatre Co.
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Traffic
created by Christina Tang with Anna Jastrzembski
Exponential Festival
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girl.
playwright: Megan Mostyn-Brown
Seattle University
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Unboxing
playwright: Patrick Vermillion
Cincinnati Fringe Festival (2021) // Dixon Place (2018)
Judy Doomed Us All - musical
written by: Rat Queen Theatre Co.
Ice Factory // The New Ohio
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Megan and the Bear Go Camping (to Solve Their Problems)
playwright: Zoe Jovanovich
Campfire Theatre Festival
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Miss Atomic Power
playwright: Molly Bicks
INKubator // Art House Productions
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Strindberg vs. Strindberg
written by: Molly Bicks + Carsen Joenk
Chinatown Soup
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JUDY: Live in Concert
written by: Rat Queen Theatre Co.
Muchmore's + Starr Bar
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Ludlow High Presents: Pippin - musical
playwright: Mallory Muratore
Reckless Theatre
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E.T. - The Sequel
playwright: Mary Clohan
Fresh Ground Pepper
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Jimmy and the Doctor
playwright: Sydney Sainté
Brunch Theatre Co.
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Amerimart
playwright: Lee Collins // Eric Mossman
Exquisite Corpse Company
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A Stranger Came Home
playwright: Jesse Koehler
La MaMa ETC
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The Bench
playwright: Patrick Vermillion
The Secret Theatre
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The Election
playwright: CQ Quintana
Ensemble Studio Theatre
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Sleepover
written by: New Greta
The PIT
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Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Carsen Joenk
WNS
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Trout Stanley
playwright: Claudia Dey
The Melancholy Players
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The Moors
playwright: Jen Silverman
Downstage Theatre Co.
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Metamorphoses
playwright: Mary Zimmerman
Sarah Lawrence College
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The King's Wife [workshop]
book: Mêlisa Annis
music + lyrics: Jamie Floyd
director: Tamilla Woodard
Playwrights Horizons
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Bring Down the House: Parts 1 & 2
adapted by: Kate Wisniewski +
Rosa Joshi
director: Rosa Joshi
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
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Warriors Don't Cry
book by: Donnetta Lavinia Grays
director: Tamilla Woodard
TheaterWorks USA
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Monstersongs
book + music + lyrics: Rob Rokicki
director: Jenn Thompson
NAMT- Festival of New Musicals
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The Science of Stars and Fathers and Daughters
playwright: Darcy Fowler
director: Linsey Firman
Ensemble Studio Theatre
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So Proud of You
playwright: Patrick Vermillion
director: Harrison Densmore
Sarah Lawrence College
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Roundabout Theatre Company
Emerging Directors Group
2020 - 2021 + 2021-2022
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Fresh Ground Pepper
Playground PlayGroup (w. Rat Queen)
2021
New Light Theater Project
Resident Artist
Current
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival
FAIR Directing Assistantship
2020
Wingspace Theatrical Design
Directing Mentee
2019 - 2020
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SDCF
Directing Observership
2019 - 2020 + 2020 - 2021
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Access Theatre
Resident Artist
2018 - 2019
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National Alliance of Musical Theatre
Directing Observership
2018
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Second Period: A story-telling series
Co-creator // Curator
2018
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Chicago Academy for the Arts
Alumni Grant Recipient
2017
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Act One : One Act Festival
Best Direction Award
2017
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Wingspan Arts
Teaching Artist
2017- 2020
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New York Theatre Workshop
Education Intern
2016
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Lark Play Development Center
Literary Intern
2015
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