Joe Foust has appeared at First Folio in Jeeves at Sea, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Unnecessary Farce, The Woman in Black and Making God Laugh. Chicago acting credits include Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol (The Goodman), What the Butler Saw, Endgame (Court Theatre), Mother Courage and Her Children ( Steppenwolf), Kabuki Medea (Wisdom Bridge), The Seagull, Major Barbara (Remy Bumppo), Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Next), The Watson Intelligence, Spin, Santaland Diaries (Theatre Wit), fourteen productions with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, where favorites include The Winter’s Tale, Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Twelfth Night, and Henry IV parts 1 and 2, and three seasons with Oak Park Festival Theatre. Regional credits include playing Hamlet at Nevermore Theatre, The 39 Steps, Around the World in 80 Days, (Cleveland Playhouse) five productions with Milwaukee Shakespeare, Kabuki Achilles (People’s Light and Theatre Co), The Winter’s Tale (Missouri Rep), Romeo and Juliet (River Styx, London) and seventeen seasons acting, writing and directing with Peninsula Players. Joe is a founding member of Defiant Theatre, where credits include directing and co-writing Action Movie:the Play and Ubu Raw. TV and film credits include Parks and Recreation, Cupid, Early Edition and Normal.
