Currently living in Portland, OR, Josie is a creator of theater art internationally, who moves in several circles. As a proud member of the LineStorm Playwrights collective, she is the author of Petite Dames, which was nominated for The Kilroys List in 2015 and was recently workshopped at Lewis and Clark’s Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Revolutionary Struggle. Other works include Path of Glory, The Great God of the Dark Storm Cloud, Jordan’s Wisdom, Overdue, Stand by Me, and This is Message Number 13. Her short play, A Wing and a Prayer was commissioned by Portland Center Stage and featured in the nationwide Play At Home project. As an actor and musical theater performer, she's been seen in shows on Portland area stages such as: An Octoroon with Artist's Repertory Theater with which she is a Resident Artist and a member of the Mercury Company, Men on Boats with Theater Vertigo, Into the Woods with Broadway Rose Theatre Company. She is also an international arts envoy who has performed in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt.