Joe Wright (He/Him) is a fight and intimacy director, movement coach, stunt performer, and actor based in Southeast Michigan whose personal mission is to make the magic of movement and storytelling accessible to everybody and every body. He is a Certified Teacher and Theatrical Firearms Safety Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors, a Certified Instructor for Fight Directors Canada, a founder/co-coordinator of the annual Mitten Mayhem Stage Combat Workshop (held in late October), and a founder/lead instructor at Theatrica Gladiatoria (which has year-round classes in stage combat). He has taught for the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance (Ann Arbor); Lake Michigan College; and Eastern Michigan University’s Department of Theatre Arts. 

Some of his latest work has been seen at Open Book Theatre (The Fantasticks, Clue), Detroit Public Theatre (Soft Target), Croswell Opera House (Bonnie & Clyde), Eastern Michigan University Theatre (The Lightning Thief), Lake Michigan College (Puffs), and The Dio (Misery, The Play That Goes Wrong). 

Joe wishes to extend deep gratitude to Amanda Buchalter. Without her assistance with this fight and intimacy work, it could not have been accomplished.