Josh Costello
 
Directing
 
Magic Theatre (midsize regional theater, San Francisco, CA)
  HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham
 
The Marsh (nonprofit presenter/venue, San Francisco, CA)
  HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham (coproduction with Impact Theatre)
  -Winner of Bay Area Critics Circle Awards for Original Script and Solo Performance
  -Winner of SF Bay Guardian Solo Performance Award

Shakespeare-by-the-Sea (Los Angeles, CA)
  HAMLET by William Shakespeare

The Crucible (industrial arts center, Oakland, CA)
  ROMEO AND JULIET: A FIRE BALLET

KOCE-TV: Storefront Theatre Live (Orange County PBS, broadcasts throughout LA and the OC)
  THE ROVER by Aphra Behn (new adaptation) (live television broadcast)
  -Nominated forOC Weekly Awards for Best Direction and Best Ensemble

The Met Theatre (nonprofit theater, Hollywood, CA)
  MACBETH by William Shakespeare

The Chance Theater Repertory Company (Orange County, CA)
  THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Goodrich and Hackett, adapted by Kesselman
  -Roar of the Crowd award winner, BackStage West Critic's Pick
  THE ROVER by Aphra Behn (new adaptation)
  -remounted for live broadcast on KOCE-TV
  THE EIGHT: REINDEER MONOLOGUES by Jeff Goode
  -winner of OC Weekly Award for Best Ensemble, nominated for Best Production

Shakespeare-by-the-Sea / Little Fish Theater (San Pedro, CA)
  THE MISANTHROPE by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur

The Ethnic Cultural Theatre (Seattle, WA)
  MARISOL by José Rivera
 
The Bay Shakespeare Marathon 2000 (at The Marsh, for Impact Theatre)
  HENRY IV, PART ONE

Impact Theatre  (nonprofit theatre company, Berkeley, CA)
  THE WAKE-UP CREW by Zay Amsbury (premiere)
  -winner of SF Bay Guardian award for fight choreography
  COMMEDIA 2000: SOCCER MOM VS. MONSTER BUD (premiere)
  HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham (premiere)
  PEOPLE’S PARKING: A 90’S BERKELEY COMMEDIA (premiere)
  SWEET SELF by Zay Amsbury (premiere)
  LOVE SONG LATER by Frank Wortham (premiere)
  SEXUAL PERVERSITY IN CHICAGO by David Mamet
 
New York Fringe Festival, Divine Intervention (Chicago, IL), Inspiration Conspiracy (NY, NY)
  HOUSE OF LUCKY by Frank Wortham

University of California at Riverside
  JULIUS CAESAR

University of California at Berkeley
  ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

American Conservatory Theater Young Conservatory (professional training program for actors age 14-18, San Francisco, CA)
  GALILEO by Bertolt Brecht

Vector Theatre Conservatory (professional training program for actors age 14-18, San Rafael, CA)
  THE FORCED MARRIAGE by Moliere
 
California Shakespeare Theater  (professional training program for actors age 12-18, Orinda, CA)
  AS YOU LIKE IT 
  ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL 
  THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
  HENRY IV PART ONE
  THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA   
  THE WINTER’S TALE

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (professional training program for actors age 12-18)
  JULIUS CAESAR (performed at the Zeum, San Francisco)
  TAMING OF THE SHREW (performed at John Hinkle Park, Berkeley)
 
Mira Theatre Guild  (small theatre, Vallejo, CA)
  THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
 
Dublin Theatre Company TeensAct (professional training program for actors age 14-18, Dublin, CA)
  ROMEO AND JULIET
 
University of Washington School of Drama  (as a student in the MFA Directing Program, Seattle, WA)
  ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom Stoppard (thesis)
  A LIE OF THE MIND by Sam Shepard
  THE MAN OF DESTINY by George Bernard Shaw
  THE INTERVENTION by Anne Washburn

Assistant Directing

Stephen Wadsworth, FRAULEIN ELSE, Berkeley Repertory Theater
Valerie Curtis-Newton, PORCELAIN, NorthWest Asian American Theater
Steve Pearson, NOISES OFF, University of Washington
James Bohnen, MAJOR BARBARA, Boston University
 

Training
 
Participant in 2004 Lincoln Center Directors Lab West

MFA in Directing: University of Washington School of Drama
Extensive one-on-one directing training from Jon Jory, Mark Harrison, Valerie Curtis-Newton, and Allison Narver
Acting & Suzuki from Robyn Hunt, Steve Pearson, Mark Jenkins.  Design from Bob Dahlstrom, Deb Trout, ML Geiger
 
BFA in Stage Direction and Theatre Education: Boston University School of Theatre Arts
Extensive training in Directing, Shakespeare, Dramatic Literature, Theory, and History, Voice & Speech, Acting
Theatre Administration and Technical Theatre training in conjunction with the Huntington Theatre Company
 
Internship in Theatre Education and Administration: California Shakespeare Festival
 
American Conservatory Theatre
 
Bay Area TheatreSports