JOEL RODRIGUEZ

ACTOR | SOUND DESIGNER | ACCENT COACH

DiMELO. i’M JOEL.

I am an Afro-Caribbean theatre artist and educator hailing from the BBQ capital of the world, Kansas City, Missouri, where I earned two bachelor’s degrees, one in Music and the other in Theatre. I am now based in South Florida.

Most recently, I’ve become a Certified Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork, a skills-based approach to learning accents for actor training. In 2024, I finished my MFA in Acting and I now freelance as an actor, musician, sound designer, accent coach, and adjunct professor.

As a composer/arranger, my works have been premiered globally on Apple Music and Spotify as part of my debut EP entitled “Journey”. They have also been performed at performing arts centers and at commencement ceremonies. In fact, I have recently finished writing and composing the music for my new musical, Donner: An American Musical Tragedy, which I co-wrote alongside my dear friend Cait Siobhan Kiley. It debuted at the 2025 Owl New Play Festival, and we look forward to submitting it to other festivals in the near future.

In my personal life, I enjoy being surrounded by music, good company, and even better food.

UP next: Sound design

PERFORMANCE GALLERY

TWELFTH NIGHT…

Duke Orsino, 2024

LADy from the sea

Dr. Arnholm, 2023

PETER and the starcatcher

Smee, 2024

musical comedy murders of 1940

Michael Kelly, 2023

sweat

Oscar, 2023

XANADU

Sonny Malone, 2024

Reading of Donner

Co-writer/Composer, 2025

“Found/tonight”

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SOUND Design GALLERY

FREAKY FRIDAY: THE MUSICAL

Sound Designer, Florida Atlantic University, 2025

RUMORS

Sound Designer, Florida Atlantic University, 2025

IMpossible task of today

Associate Sound Designer, Theatre Lab, 2025

Love finds judy garland

Sound Designer, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 2025

1776

Sound Designer, Florida Atlantic University, 2025

FIREBRINGER

Sound Designer, Florida Atlantic University, 2024

LABRATS

Sound Designer, Theatre Lab, 2025

LAST yiddish speaker

Associate Sound Designer, Theatre Lab, 2024

Audio engineering GALLERY

TRue/false film festival

Audio Technician, Missouri Theatre, 2022

found/tonight recording

Singer/Assistant Engineer

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All the spaces recording

Assistant Engineer, Hitt St Studios, 2021

“For good” recording

Assistant Engineer/Singer

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MU ALMA MATER REcording

Composer/Ass. Eng./Singer

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PBS: Great performances

Assistant Engineer

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America’s National churchill museum

Assistant Engineer

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This is a video recording for America’s National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO. Starring two of my colleagues, I assisted in the audio and visual production of this video.
This is an audio recording of “Someday” from Hunchback of Notre Dame. I was the orchestrator, music director, and assistant engineer for this project.

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