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Joël René Scoville

Joël René Scoville

Biography

Joël is a Black Mormon (yes, really), actress, writer, librettist and lyricist. Her musical 2&1: A Harlem Musical with Loose Morals with composer Jenna Gillespie Byrd, was a 2023 Eugene O’Neill Finalist and a 2022 Relentless Award Honorable Mention. Her musical Flophouse with co-writer Justin Anthony Long and composer Joanna Burns was a 2023 Rhinebeck Finalist. Her  10-minute play Ethel and Ethel had its world premiere at the Obie Award Winning, The Fire This Time Festival in 2024. She wrote and starred in, Crazy with a K! , a web series comedically depicting her mental health struggles and she is a co-writer on the upcoming, Animus for AfterShock Comics. She is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, The Dramatists Guild of America, Actors’ Equity Association and a founding member of UNTITLED Musical Writers Group. She loves Agatha Christie, Batman and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, much to the chagrin of her grown sons and her husband, whom she recently remarried…for the third time. (Yes, really).



Professional Experience

  • Regional
  • TV/Film
  • Tours

Regions

  • NYC/Tri-State Area
  • Seattle/Pacific NW

Interested in touring?

  • No

Hireable as

  • Theatrical Lyricist
  • Bookwriter/Librettist
  • Songwriter
  • Singer/Songwriter

My Instruments

  • Voice

Affiliations

  • ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA)
  • BMI
  • THE DRAMATISTS GUILD
  • MAESTRA

Pronouns

  • She/Her