Joel Bailey(I)

Joel is a writer, producer, actor, and director affiliated with the Writers Guild of America West, Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He is a Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio. His stage acting credits include *Sweet Bird of Youth* in a supporting role with Ed Harris at the Dynarski Theatre, *69 Degrees Below* in the lead role with John Laroquette at the Powerhouse Theatre, and *A Streetcar Named Desire* in the lead role with Delta Burke at Stage Seventy-five. Additional stage credits include *The Rose Tattoo* in a supporting role with Karen Kondazian and Leo Rossi at the Beverly Hills Playhouse, *Hostile Terrain* in the lead role with Angel Salazar at The Circle Theatre, *Trendy Amour* in the lead role with Savannah Smith at The Actors Studio West (workshop), *The Strange Case of the Tenacious Suitcase* in the lead role with Michael Sabatino at Pilot Theatre, *Botticelli* in the lead role at Actors Studio West (workshop), *Blues for Mister Charlie* in a supporting role at the Odeon Theatre, *In the Boom Boom Room* at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute (workshop), and *Umpires* at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. His education in writing includes training with Robert McKee (Story Seminar), Elise Dewsberry, John Sparks, and Scott Guy (Academy for New Musical Theatre). In acting, he studied under The Actors Studio moderators Lee Strasberg, Marty Landau, Shelley Winters, and Mark Rydell, as well as Ellen Burstyn. He also attended seminars with Harold Clurman, Stella Adler, and Dominique DeFazio (Strasberg Theatre Institute), and holds a BS in Mass Communications from Florida State University. He has won an Emmy Award for Best Information Series (Los Angeles area) for *Health Fax* (Coordinating Producer, 1989). His Emmy nominations include *What A Year* (Best Primetime Special, LA area), *Emergency Room Crisis* (Best Social Issues Special, LA area), and "Steroids" (Best Information Segment, *Health Fax*, LA area). Joel is married to actor Gina Gallego, and together they have a son, Brendan E. Bailey.