Joseph Stearns is a founding member and Managing Artistic Director of Signal Ensemble Theatre. Credits with the company include Horatio in Hamlet, Brendan in The Weir (Jeff Citation nomination - Ensemble), Ben in The Dumb Waiter, Peter in The Zoo Story, Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Col. Cathcart in Catch-22, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, and Glenn in Learning to Fly. Other Chicago credits include A Devil Inside (Right Brain Project), the new musical Practical Anatomy (Sansculottes), The Sleeper (Theatre 521), Hamlet, All's Well That Ends Well, As You Like It (Velvet Willies). A musician and composer, he has written music for productions with Chase Park, Inequity Theatrical Collaboration and Velvet Willies. He is a graduate of the Columbia College theater department.

Joseph Stearns appears in The Birthday Party this season.

PRODUCTIONS

The Birthday Party - Stanley
1776 - Richard Henry Lee
Hamlet - Horatio
The Weir - Brendan
The Zoo Story - Peter
The Dumb Waiter - Ben
She Stoops to Conquer - Tony Lumpkin
Waiting for Godot - Pozzo
Catch-22 - Col. Cathcart, Doctor, Old Woman, C.I.D. Man
Much Ado About Nothing - Don Pedro
Learning to Fly - Glenn