Joseph Henson (Theatre Manager/Producer/President/Artistic Director) is an experienced
producer, writer and director of numerous film, television and stage productions for over 35
years. He has managed the California Theatre of the Performing Arts for over 26 years, has
managed the Sturges Center for the Performing Arts from 2010 to 2021 and has produced a
season of shows thru Theatrical Arts International Foundation Inc for 27 years at the California
Theatre of the Performing Arts, separately at the Pechanga Resort and Casino, The Sturges
Center for the Arts, The Kodak (Now Dolby Theatre) in Los Angeles, The Wilshire Ebell in
Beverly Hills, the Gardiner Spring Auditorium in Ontario and the Center for the Arts in
Escondido.

Feature films include The Jungle Book (Writer/Director) Court of Appeals (Writer/Director)
Hercules Houdini Holmes (Writer/Director) The Invisible Man (Producer/Writer/Lead
Director),The Enchanted Cottage (Lead Director, Producer Writer) viewed by over 30 million
people (Winner F.A.M.E. US International Film Fest, Riverside International Film Festival,
Noho International film Festival), Lady Windermere’s Fan (Producer, Lead Director), The
Woman in Black (Producer), Shadows (Producer, Director, Writer).

His television producing credits for Showtime include Ian Bagg: Getting to F**king Know You,
Monique Marvez: Not Skinny, Not Blonde, Bill Belamy’s Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour,
Melanie Cormarcho: Hello!, Anthony Clark: Ambiguous, Steve Trevino: Grandpa Joe’s Son,
Willie Barcena: I Gotta Be Honest, Jay Mohr: Funny for a Girl, Rita Rudner and 3
potential ex-husbands, Snoop Dogg presents The Bad Girls of Comedy, Louie
Anderson Presents, Caroline Rhea & Friends, Tom Arnold: That’s My Story and
I’m Sticking to it, The Payaso Comedy Slam, The Latin Divas of Comedy.

Producing and directing credits for over 525 stage productions include Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kodak Theatre), Pirates of Penzance (National Tour), HMS
Pinafore, (National Tour), The Mikado (National Tour), Richard Paul Evans The
Christmas Box (National Tour), Little Shop of Horrors (National Tour), Caution:
Men at Work: Tap (National/International Tour), The Will Rogers Follies (National
Tour), Green Day’s American Idiot, The Producers, The Diary of Anne Frank,
Grease, Cirque Apogee, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Disney’s Mary
Poppins and hundreds of others.

 

Joseph has a BA in Humanities (Drama) from the University of
Southern California and an MA Masters in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific
University.