Previous Theatrical Design Credits include Blue Man Group in Berlin, Wiesenthal (Off Bwy\Daryl Roth), Cecilia Bracamonte,  Candela:Fuerza Y Pasion and Sweet Charity in Lima for Pura Vibra Productions, Shimishi’s Magic Workshop (Wynn Hotel and Casino Las Vegas),Educating Rita(Huntington Theatre Company), R.Evolucion Latina Choreographer’s Festival (R.Evolucion Latina NYC), Tokio Confidential Off Bwy (Scandal Productions NYC),A Hatful of Rainin New York and Warsaw, Poland for the Strasberg Institute, Various shows aboard Azamara Cruise Lines with RWS Entertainment, Search for Signs…and Damascus (Northern Stage), Rigoletto, Tosca, and Aida (Opera Memphis), It Must Be Him(Peter J. Sharp Theatre), Camelot, Damn Yankees, Run For Your Wife, Little Shop of Horrors (Engeman Theatre), My Way, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin, and The Producers (TBTS), Caucasian Chalk Circle (The New School), F#@king Up Everything Off Bwy (Off the Leash Productions NYC), The World Goes Round (Prince Music Theatre and The Gettysburg Festival), Art Tatum : Piano Starts Here (Apollo Theatre), Ballet Encore at the Spoleto Festival USA, and Different Drums National Tour (Trinity Irish Dance Company.

Joel’s industrial and corporate work includes many projects for Ford Motor Company, Lincoln Motor Company, Netsuite, Cisco, Salesforce, World Science Forum, Quickbooks, Google, Rob Ross Design, IMCD Lighting, JKLD, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Connecticut College, Xplore Productions, Hewlett Packard, Hewlett Packard Enterprises, and SAP.

Joel’s Associate Design Credits include Blue Man Group Las Vegas at the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino,  Broadway’s Carousel, The Crucible, Betrayal, Peter and the Starcatchers, Next to Normal (Bwy and Ntnl Tour), Hair (Bwy, London, Ntnl Tour), The 39 Steps (Broadway and National Tour), Young Frankenstein, Pal Joey (Roundabout), Curtains, Grey Gardens, and Kiki and Herb:Alive on Broadway. Off Broadway, Regional, and international productions on which Joel has collaborated with Designers include Next To Normal (Second Stage\Arena Stage), the National Tour and London Production of Hair, Golda’s Balcony, Avenue Q in Las Vegas, Camelot for Live at Lincoln Center, as well as projects with Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Papermill Playhouse, Goodspeed Opera House, Theatre Under The Stars, LAByrinth Theatre Company, The Public, and the Spoleto Festival USA.

Joel was born and raised in South Carolina and trained at North Carolina School of the Arts and the University of Michigan before beginning his professional career in New York City. He now resides, with his family, back in South Carolina.