Joy Mincey Powell:
CLASS OF 1985
Kennedy High SchoolClass of 1985
Cedar rapids, IA
Gerald W. Kirn Junior High SchoolClass of 1982
Council bluffs, IA
Harding Middle SchoolClass of 1982
Cedar rapids, IA
Parkside Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Columbus, IN
Lewis & Clark Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Council bluffs, IA
Joy's Story
Life
I've enjoyed pushing the boundaries of the performing arts as a wheelchair user. In case you didn't know, I had a spinal cord injury in 1987!
I've also always been involved in political activism, including non-profit work, advocacy and community organizing.
College
I hold a BFA in Theater Arts from the University of Minnesota, and further studied at NYUÂs Tisch School of the Arts and LAÂs Stella Adler Academy. I've mentored under & performed with such artists as director Anne Bogart with the Saratoga International Theater Institute (SITI), performance artists Holly Hughes and Karen Finley, and choreographer Naomi Goldberg-Hass.
Workplace
Actress and Dancer, West Hollywood, CA
Read my professional bio below, or just Google "Joy Mincey Powell"!
BIO:
"Joy Mincey Powell's film credits include The Homecoming of Jimmy White Cloud, Tricor Entertainment, and the Emmy-nominated, Sundance award-winning When Billy Broke His HeadÂ
and Other Tales of Wonder PBS (ITVS/DreamWorks).
On television, she currently has a recurring guest star on Lifetime's "The Division". Other TV credits include co-stars on "The Parkers" UPN, "Dharma & Greg" ABC and "The Hughleys" UPN, as well as a music video for LeAnn Rimes' "Commitment" TNN.
AMC profiled her Hollywood career in the biography "Against All Odds".
As a seasoned stage actress in Los Angeles, she recently performed with 20 theatre companies in the protest production of Lysistrata at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, also frequently performing for Theatre of NOTE's Hollywood Performance Marathon, as well as the Getty Center and the Armand Hammer Muse...Expand for more
um. She has been artist-in-residence for the Mark Taper ForumÂs Other Voices Lab, co-creating/starring in Anne Finger's Helen and Frida, produced at the Falcon Theater for the Mark Taper Forum's New Work Festival by DreamWorks SKG, and at UCLA for the ASK Common Ground Festival produced by the Mark Taper Forum. She has also performed internationally with Open Door Theatre at the Royal Museum in Brussels, Belgium. Before moving to LA, she performed frequently in Minneapolis at such venues as the Guthrie Theater and the Walker Art Center.
As a dancer, she has been a company member with Los Angeles Modern Dance and Ballet, and continues to collaborate independently with LAMD&B Founder/Artistic Director, Naomi Goldberg-Hass. LAMD&B has premiered Immediate States and Twelve Dancing Princesses (co-producer Corey Madden, Associate Artistic Director, Mark Taper Forum).at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood. Her "signature" dance with Ms. Goldberg-Hass is a tango which they tour nationally, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Amaryllis Theater (Philadelphia, Prince Music Theater) and the California Governor's Committee Youth Leadership Forum. In LA they performed the tango for the Mark Taper ForumÂs 35th Anniversary "Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On", at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Media Access Awards at the Beverly Hills Hilton.
Currently, she serves on the editorial board for "Opening Stages", a quarterly publication of the Kennedy Center dedicated to helping professional performing artists with disabilities pursue their careers."
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