Joseph Henson is the President and Producer for Theatrical Arts Foundation, the largest theatre company in the Inland Empire. Mr. Henson has managed the California Theatre of the Performing Arts Center since 1999 and the Sturges Center for the Fine Arts from 2010 to 2022.

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Mr. Henson has served as presenter for numerous top headliners including Michael Bolton, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Amy Grant, Penn & Teller, Young Frankenstein, Frankie Valli, Bernadette Peters, The Producers, Rent, the Moscow Ballet and over 100 other celebrity performers.

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Along with TAF producer Allen Evenson, Mr. Henson has produced, directed,  the national and international tours of Little Shop of Horrors, HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, The Christmas Box, Beauty and the Beast, Caution: Men at Work TAP, On Golden Pond with Jack Klugman appearing in over 160 cities in the US and 5 countries as well as directed, produced and presented  525 stage productions including  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Stephen King's Misery, Footloose, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Riverdance, Grease, Drowsy Chaperone, Spring Awakening, Green Day's American Idiot, Woman in Black, Diary of Anne Frank, Peter Pan, Legend of the Dance, Fred and Ginger, 1940's Christmas, Les Miserables, Evita, Madagascar, Cinderella, Saturday Night Fever, Oliver, Scottish Christmas, Apogee with Debra Brown principal choreographer for Cirque Du Soleil, On Golden Pond with Jack Klugman, Stephen King's Misery with Susan Ruttan, Children of a Lesser God, Michael Bolton, Amy Grant, Christopher Cross, Bernadette Peters, Stephen Schwartz, Lily Tomlin, Brad Garrett, Mannheim Steamroller, Moscow Ballet, The Queen Experience, Nigh Fever, Rocketman, Starlight Express, 9 to 5, Music Man, Rat pack, La Bamba, Calendar Girls, American Hot Wax, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Chicago, Zoot Suit Riot, Jump in the Line, Sister Act, The Producers, 42nd Street, Of Mice and Men, The Gin Game, Driving Miss Daisy, My Fair lady, The Full Monty, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rock of Ages, Shrek, Dangerous Liaisons, Paris, Ragtime, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Legend of Sleepy Hollow

 

 Joseph has directed numerous productions including Zorro Live, With Zorro Productions Inc.  Disney's Little Mermaid, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Disney's Little Mermaid, Puffs, The Jungle Book, CATS, Grease, Cinderella, Secret Garden, Proof, Stephen King's Misery, Woman in Black, Titanic, Amadeus, Frankenstein, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Phantom, Beauty and The Beast, Caution: Men at Work Tap, The Snow Queen, The HMS Pinafore, The Mikado, Pirates of Penzance, Sylvia, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe,, School of Rock, Phantom, The Christmas Box, La Bamba, Madagascar, Rocketman, Amadeus, and hundreds of others. 

 

Mr. Henson has also produced numerous seasons at the Pechanga Resort and Casino, the Kodak (now Dolby) Theatre in Hollywood, the Center for the Arts Escondido, and the California Theatre of the Performing Arts.

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