Joe Coffey(VII)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Joe is a Boston native, born in Charlestown and having grown up in the Irish neighborhood of West
Roxbury. He spent most of his youth playing ice hockey, and working as a landscaper, stagehand and hockey coach. Joe attended Boston Latin, and then Stonehill College for theatre. In 2005, he was an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival under artistic director Roger Rees. He then studied at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in Waterford, CT as part of the ensemble of the National Theatre Institute. He continued his training when the University of Florida offered him a full-scholarship for acting. His MFA thesis role was Shelley Levene in "Glengarry Glen Ross" by David Mamet, directed by one of his professors and mentors, Tim Altmeyer. Most recently Joe is working on a one-man play, BULGER BOYS, an origin story about Whitey and Billy Bulger of South Boston, which will premier at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in June 2024 and then Edinburgh Fringe in August.