Joel Derby is an actor, fight director, teacher, and dad. He recently moved back to New Orleans after spending the last six years in Boston, New York, and LA. Joel earned his MFA in acting from the ART/Harvard Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. He has performed locally with Southern Rep, The NOLA Project, The Tulane Shakespeare Festival, Elm Theatre and Le Petit. He will soon appear in Goat in the Road’s newest immersive production, The Family Line.