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!
By Trixie Mattel & Katya Zamolodchikova
Director: Tim Drucker
Choreographer: Laganja Estranja
Produced by Five Senses Reeling/PEG
Associate Director: Joyah Love Spangler
Radio City Music Hall & Global Tour
A 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.
INto THe Woods
Into The Woods
By Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine
Director/Choreographer: Joyah Love Spangler
Musical Director: Jonathan Gorst
Set Design: Vincent Gunn
Lighting Design: Ania Parks
Costumes: Meghan O’Berine
Produced by RFKT
Paramount Hudson Valley Theater
Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood and other well-known fairytale characters are interwoven with the story of a baker and his wife – whose longing for a child is thwarted by the witch who lives next door.
Advent Carolnder Live
By Julia Mattison & Joel Waggoner, Featuring Noel Carey
Director: Tim Drucker
Associate Director: Joyah Love Spangler
Chelsea Music Hall & Joe’s Pub
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
Director: Tim Drucker
Associate Director: Joyah Spangler
Choreographer: Brooke Engen
Associate Choreographer: Tiffany Engen
Produced by Tim Drucker & Jim Lanahan
The Midnight Theatre and West Coast Tour
An Infinite Ache
By David Schulner
Director: 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
Director: Samuel French
Choreographer: Joyah Love Spangler
Musical Director: 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
Director: Tim Drucker
Choreographer: Billy Griffin
Musical Director: 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
Director: Nikki DiLoreto
Choreographer: Joyah Love Spangler
Musical Director: Genevieve 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
Director: Nikki DiLoreto
Choreographer: Joyah Love Spangler
Musical Director: 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
Director: Alexis Powell
Choreographer: 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
Director/Choreographer: Joyah Love Spangler
Inspired by The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Devised with Reckless Ensemble Members
Produced by Jenny Gorelick & Donald Chang
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
Director/Choreographer: 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
Director: Nikki DiLoreto
Choreographer: Joyah Love Spangler
Original Score: 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