Joe Reault (The Elaborate Ruse Co-Director) is a Brooklyn-based writer-director who creates dark, awkward, or farcical comedy about people’s inability to cope with tragedy, anxiety, and pain. As a gay artist, he tells queer stories that reflect the current confusion and loneliness many queer millennials face. New York credits: Treetops (Writer, Stand-Up Productions); The Could've-Beens (Writer/Director, Dyson Society of Fellows); COCK (Director, Pace Sketch Comedy Group); Getting There (Director, Access Theatre); Snakebit (Asst. Director, dir. Christopher Hanke, Pace Productions); Gaining Momentum (Asst. Director, dir. Rania Rashoodi, Under St. Mark’s Theatre); Dust to Dust (Assoc. Director, dir. Allie Marrotta, Stand-Up Productions); Les Liaisones Dangerueses (Asst. Director, dir. Ruis Wortendyke, Pace Productions); Uphorium! (we made this) (Deviser/Performer, Theatre Row); Super (Martin, Thespis Theatre Festival).