Jozben Barrett
Teaching Artist
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Jozben Barrett
Teaching Artist
Jozben Barrett is a Los Angeles based actor, director, producer, educator, and event emcee. He is the founder and Artistic Director of 2Rhythms; a multidisciplinary arts organization that develops work focusing on the untold and under-told stories of communities of color. Jozben has performed in the world premiere production of What To Send Up When It Goes Down by Aleshea Harris, a play/pageant/ritual that responds to racial violence in America, the world premiere of SNAKES by Chris Webb at the A.C.T. Strand Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing with the Independent Shakespeare Company in Griffith Park, August Wilson’s Radio Golf directed by Fran Bennett, among many others. Some directing credits include: We Are Proud to Present… by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz, and August Wilson’s Seven Guitars.
Jozben is also an adjunct faculty in the Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is a California Institute of the Arts School of Theater MFA Acting Program graduate and holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California State University, Northridge.
Hobbies include: collecting sneakers, playing video games, supporting the work of local artists
