Josh Bickford

WIth over 35 years of directing and teaching experience, Josh began his directing journey while working at Adventure Theatre  in Washington, D.C. He recently retired as a middle school Theatre Arts Educator after 30 years in public education. Josh is also a former teacher with Institute for the Arts, a summer arts program, and the Director of Performer’s Corner Summer Workshop. He was a Director with Arena Stage’s Voices of Now program for 10 years, where he worked with teen artists to create devised theatre performances based on the artist's’ personal experiences.

Currently, Josh is also the Co-Director of the AFYP (Acting for Young People) Adventures Cast and a Lead Teacher with the AFYP Summer Camp. In 2023, Josh began working with the International Schools Theatre Association where he was a co-director of Para la Guerra Nada (For War, Nothing) in Bogota, Columbia.