Born and raised in the greater metropolitan area of New Orleans, Josh was a performer before he even set foot on a stage. In fact, his mom loves to point out that he “sang his ABC’s in ‘opera’.” Very soon after mastering the alphabet, Josh began performing as a boy soprano soloist with both the Jefferson Performing Arts Society's (JPAS) Youth Chorale the St. Louis Cathedral Boy Choir. Singing quickly led to dancing, and before long, Josh became a real hit at Gelpi’s Ballet Academy where he was the only male student! Josh made his first foray into musical theatre in JPAS’s summer children’s theatre program where he debuted in The Wizard of Oz as a munchkin, a winkie, and a dancing stalk of corn. From that moment on, he was hooked.

Josh began his vocal training with Dreux Montegut, professor of voice at Loyola University in New Orleans, and throughout his early teens, appeared regularly in community productions in the greater New Orleans area. His love for the theatre grew with each experience on stage, and in spite of the rigorous academic demands of Jesuit High School, one of New Orleans’ premier parochial schools, Josh knew he wanted serious training in things other than reading, writing, and arithmetic. He auditioned for the musical theatre program at the
New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts (NOCCA/Riverfront), enrolling first in the after school program, and finally full time in the afternoon program.

When Katrina hit New Orleans, Josh was forced to abandon the high school routine he had just put in place. He relocated to Baton Rouge where, for 6 months, he attended evening classes at a satellite high school. This lengthy evacuation was unimaginably difficult, as it was the only period in Josh’s life devoid of opportunities to perform on stage. Finally in January both New Orleans and NOCCA reopened their doors, and Josh was able to resume his musical theatre training, coming back home not only to New Orleans, but to the art of performing he loved so dearly. In his first two years at NOCCA, Josh appeared in A New Orleans Holiday Story, the regional premiere of Jane Eyre, and landed the title role of Edgar in Bat Boy.He was also one of 12 students from NOCCA asked to perform with Elton John at the National AARP Convention in Anaheim, California. 

In his junior year at NOCCA, Josh began taking voice lessons with Ron Bermingham, and continued to study dance with Blake Coheley and acting with A.J. Allegra, both faculty members at NOCCA. Josh appeared that same year as Lum Ding O’Reilly in a workshop production of Jonathan Van Dyke’s Totally Electric and played Cousin Kevin in NOCCA’s 2008 production of The Who’s Tommy.  Although Josh’s senior year found him very busy preparing for the university audition circuit, he managed to squeeze in appearances as a featured soloist and dancer in NOCCA’s 08-09 productions: The Sweetest Sounds and Swing! He was also humbled to receive from the National Arts Schools Network the Outstanding Student of the Year award in 2009 for his academic, artistic, and personal achievements.

In September 2009, Josh began BFA studies in Musical Theater at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Off to a great start, he was cast and appeared in CCM’s 2009 fall production of Hello Again, and in the spring of 2010, will appear in CCM's production of Anything Goes.

Through all the victories, all the defeats, and in spite of all the obstacles encountered along the way, Josh has remained unwavering, not only in his love of all things theatrical, but to making his own contribution to the human spirit through the revolutionary art of theatre.