Joe Barros (Associate Director/Choreographer) [he/him] is an award-winning queer director, choreographer and writer, and is a pioneer of the development of original musicals globally. Broadway: Gigi (associate director). Off-Broadway: Cagney (associate director, cast album), Hard Times (which became Paradise Square, New York Innovative Theatre Award nominee), The Evolution of Mann (cast album), Bastard Jones. Nat’l Tours/Regional/Int’l: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlotte’s Web, Beaches (Chicago’s Drury Lane, associate director), Aida (Singapore), Breathe (with Matt Doyle and Max Clayton, cast album), plus Goodspeed, DC’s Signature Theatre, Broadway in Chicago, The Phoenix Theatre Company (Keynote Speaker, 2022 Festival of New American Theatre), Bucks County Playhouse, Kaixinmahua (Shanghai). Artistic Director: New York Theatre Barn - an inclusive home for original culture-shifting musicals during incubation (16 seasons). Recent Film: The Girl Who Left Home with Paolo Montalban. Barros recently directed readings of Larry Kirwan’s Iraqi Rose and McGuire & Simon’s The Bubble, and co-wrote the musical Winner with Nico Juber (London workshop). Grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Héctor and support his inspired vision. www.joebarros.com @bisforbarros