Josiah Davis
Josiah Davis is a multidisciplinary artist. A director, choreographer, designer, and performer, his work intersects expressive movement, live music, emerging technology, and ritual to breathe new life into storytelling. He asks: How do we create space for people to be in alignment while being pulled apart by invisible systems? Josiah is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and the Brown/Trinity MFA Directing Program (2020). He is a Princess Grace Award Honoraria recipient, a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellow, a National Black Theatre “Soul” Directing Resident, the recipient of the Susan Stroman Directing Award, a Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and the Associate Artistic Director of the On the Verge Theatre Festival (Santa Barbara).
Josiah Davis is a multidisciplinary artist. A director, choreographer, designer, and performer, his work intersects expressive movement, live music, emerging technology, and ritual to breathe new life into storytelling. He asks: How do we create space for people to be in alignment while being pulled apart by invisible systems? Josiah is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and the Brown/Trinity MFA Directing Program (2020). He is a Princess Grace Award Honoraria recipient, a New York Theatre Workshop 2050 Fellow, a National Black Theatre “Soul” Directing Resident, the recipient of the Susan Stroman Directing Award, a Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellow, and the Associate Artistic Director of the On the Verge Theatre Festival (Santa Barbara). Selected credits include The Importance of Being Earnest (Portland Center Stage), Mary Gets Hers (The Playwrights Realm/MCC), Omar Offendum’s Little Syria (BAM), Lessons in Survival (Vineyard Theatre), Amani (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater/National Black Theatre), Clyde’s (Alabama Shakespeare Festival/Arkansas Repertory Theatre/St. Louis Rep), and Mr. Saturday Night (Broadway, Associate). JosiahDavis.net
As of April 2026.