Joy Donley
UPCOMING: Joy is producing and directing "The Tin Woman" at the Mounds Theatre in St Paul, April 4-13, 2025.
RECENT DIRECTING: "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors" with Nocturnal Giraffe Theatre, which played October 17-Nov 2, 2024 at CFPA.
RECENT ACTING: She appeared in "I'm Proud of You" at Theatre L'Homme Dieu and "Survivors of the Fire: Stories & Songs Remembering the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894" with Bucket Brigade. 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. Last Christmas she directed a completely sold-out run of ELF the Musical for Bunce Performing Arts. She directed Pinata at the 2022 MN Fringe (for Nocturnal Giraffe Theatre), and in 2019, 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 Jack. For Six Points: stage management for Church and State and Natasha and the Coat.
Joy’s own theatre company, 100 Percent Human Theatre (formerly 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.
Joy Donley
UPCOMING: Joy is producing and directing "The Tin Woman" at the Mounds Theatre in St Paul, April 4-13, 2025.
RECENT DIRECTING: "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors" with Nocturnal Giraffe Theatre, which played October 17-Nov 2, 2024 at CFPA.
RECENT ACTING: She appeared in "I'm Proud of You" at Theatre L'Homme Dieu and "Survivors of the Fire: Stories & Songs Remembering the Great Hinckley Fire of 1894" with Bucket Brigade. 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. Last Christmas she directed a completely sold-out run of ELF the Musical for Bunce Performing Arts. She directed Pinata at the 2022 MN Fringe (for Nocturnal Giraffe Theatre), and in 2019, 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 Jack. For Six Points: stage management for Church and State and Natasha and the Coat.
Joy’s own theatre company, 100 Percent Human Theatre (formerly 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.