Director

Choreographer

 
 

Joyah (they/she) is an accomplished director and choreographer. Their breadth of work ranges from international tours to intimate black box cabarets. Their devised ensemble pieces Bottom Gun and Recky Horror sold out with rave reviews at Reckless Theatre. A selection of Joyah’s choreography credits include Not For Resale: Queer As Performance (NYU), The Longest Road (Tank Theatre), The Dolls of New Albion (National Theatre For Student Artists) , Bubble Boy (5th Floor Theatre), Ghost Girl: The Webseries. Joyah is a proud associate member of SDC.

 
 

Trixie and Katya Live!

Directed By Tim Drucker

Choreographed By Laganja Estranja

Produced by Five Senses Reeling/PEG

Associate Director: Joyah Love Spangler

Radio City Music Hall

Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime event, where drag's dynamic duo deliver unparalleled feats of theatrical eroticism and hilarious ingenuity right before your very eyes. What critics are calling "shockingly poignant and mercifully brief" Trixie and Katya Live! is sure to be UNHhhhlike anything you've ever witnessed.

 

Advent Carolnder Live

By Julia Mattison & Joel Waggoner

Featuring Julia Mattison, Joel Waggoner & Noel Carey

Directed By Tim Drucker

Associate Director: Joyah Love Spangler

Chelsea Music Hall

Broadway veterans Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner bring their viral Christmas Caroling to Chelsea Music Hall with their first-ever live shows to get everyone in the holiday spirit. Expect to sing along to such hits as "On the Brink!," "There's a Reindeer in Our Yard (We Should Eat It)," "A Very Sondheim Christmas," and "Stable Girl," and clutch your pearls while Joel and Julia nosedive into some one-night-only improvised carols that are guaranteed to go violently off the rails.

 

MEG4N: The Unauthorized Musical Parody

By Dylan MarcAurele

Directed by Tim Drucker

Associate Director: Joyah Spangler

Choreographered by Brooke Engen

Associate Choreographer: Tiffany Engen

Produced by Tim Drucker & Jim Lanahan

The Midnight Theatre

This show has everything - demon robot dolls, queer historians, and women in STEM! See the instant cult classic horror film M3GAN as it was always meant to be seen - full out, no marking. She’s got a number in her name and she’s ready to slay. Literally.

 

An infinite Ache

By David Schulner

Directed By Michael Blatt

Associate Director: Joyah Love Spangler

Produced by Little Red Light Theatre

Nubox Theatre


A heartfelt play is about love, time and the infinite directions in which two lives can travel. Hope and Charles, a pair of lonely twenty-somethings, are about to end a mediocre first date when the myriad possibilities of their futures and a life shared together come rushing to meet them.

 

The Dolls of New Albion

By Paul Shapera

Directed By Samuel French

Choreographed By Joyah Love Spangler

Music Direction By David Carl

Produced by NTSA

York Theatre

New York Premiere

Part monster story, part origin story-- The Dolls of New Albion follows the McAllester family through four generations as they invent robot avatars to house the consciousness of the dead. But did the dead want to be brought back? And how will the world around them change when dying means nothing?

 

Friends! The Musical Parody

By Bob & Tobly McSmith

Directed By Tim Drucker

Choreographed By Billy Griffin

Music Direction By Ethan Andersen

Produced by Right Angle Entertainment

Associate Director/ Choreographer: Joyah Love Spangler

North American Tour/Off-broadway Limited Engagement

The hilarious musical that lovingly lampoons TV’s Friends, celebrating the wacky misadventures of your favorite group of 20-something pals. It’s a seemingly typical day at New York’s only coffee shop, Central Perk, until an unexpected runaway bride with beautiful hair enters the picture and kicks the whole gang out of second gear!

 

Bubble Boy

By Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio

Directed by Nikki DiLoreto

Choreographed by Joyah Love Spangler

Music Direction by Gen Wilson

Produced by 5th Floor Theatre Co.

Hudson Guild Theatre

New York Premiere

Jimmy Livingston is just your everyday average boy in bubble. When this immunocompromised boy gets a visit from his dream girl - he’s got to get out of his plastic bubble room and see her. This charming show will leave you wondering what "bubbles" might prevent you from experiencing life - even if it means having to get a little dirty along the way.

 

The Longest Road

By Samantha Evans & Casey Tucker

Directed by Nikki DiLoreto

Choreographed by Joyah Love Spangler

Music Direction by Genevieve Wilson

Produced by Ghost Girl Productions at the Tank Theatre

World Premiere

Settlers have left their homes to find salvation on the Island of Catan under the guidance of cult leader, Jeebus. Tina, currently holds the longest road, but will she for long? Build settlements, roads, and alliances while our heroes learn about the power of friendship through intense competition that brings out the worst in everyone.

 

Not For Resale: Queer As Performance

by Jess Barbagallo

Directed by Alexis Powell

Choreographed by Joyah Love Spangler

Produced by NYU Steinhardt’s Program in Drama Therapy

Dixon Place

World Premiere

What happens when queer identities are in the spotlight and how can this create understanding that better informs therapeutic treatment? Not for Resale examines queerness in socio-political environments and therapeutic spaces, grappling with questions of representation in both treatment and society at large.

 

Recky Horror

Directed & Choreographed by Joyah Love Spangler

Inspired by The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Devised with Reckless Ensemble Members

Produced by Jenny Gorelick

Reckless Theatre

I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey to pay tribute to everyone’s favorite cult classic horror film. A high-octane cast uses every inch of the theatre to time warp back to the Annual Transylvanian Convention during this interactive theatrical event. Wise up, come up to the lab and see whats on the slab — over at the Frankenstein Place

 

Bottom Gun

Conceived, Directed & Choreographed by Joyah Love Spangler

Inspired by Top Gun (1986)

Devised with Reckless Ensemble Members

Produced by Jenny Gorelick

Reckless Theatre

20 years after the release of the film, we revisit the homoerotic world of flight school and take the highway to the danger zone. A live band underscores an evening of comedy, celebration and liberation where every Maverick gets their wingman, their Iceman and their flight instructor. Low budget whimsy takes us from the volleyball pit to the sky reminding you why you never lost that loving feeling for Top Gun.

 

Ghost Girl: The Series

By Samantha Evans

Directed by Nikki DiLoreto

Choreographed by Joyah Love Spangler

Original Score by Genevieve Wilson

NYTV Festival Official Selection

Jess died in the mysterious accident that no one will talk about and the only person who can still see her is her BFFL Emma Leigh. Join this Ghost Girl as she navigates the afterlife and helps Emma Leigh through the 5 Stages of Grief with laughs, tears and catchy original songs in this award winning pilot.

 

Full Production Resume available upon request