Josh Tobiessen

Originally from Schenectady, NY, Josh Tobiessen used his undergraduate degree in philosophy and training from the Improv Olympic in Chicago to start writing plays in Ireland with Catastrophe Theatre Co. After having several plays – many of them site-specific productions – performed at such venues as the Galway Arts Festival and the Dublin Fringe Festival, he returned to the States to get a playwriting MFA at the University of California, San Diego.