W Joseph Matheson

Joe’s work has been seen across Canada as well as in the US. He has recently written the book and co-written lyrics for JETHRO: THE RUNAWAY PUPPY, a family musical to be workshopped at YPT in late 2024. In 2017 he wrote the book for THE TIMES THEY ARE A’CHANGIN’ – a retrospective of 60s protest music which premiered at Toronto’s HGJT with a sold-out run. It was remounted at Montreal’s Segal Centre in 2020, sadly becoming a casualty of Covid-19.
Other Writing: ON THE ROCKS, co-lyricist with Louise Pitre (Passe Muraille); LAUGHING MATTERS, lyricist/co-creator of four seasons of the topical revue (FST, Sarasota); SKETCHING SUNSHINE: AN EVENING/MORNING WITH STEPHEN LEACOCK, writer (Leacock Festival, TOV); COULD YOU WAIT…? book and original lyrics (Grand Theatre, Theatre Collingwood, TOV); HANK WILLIAMS LIVE – 1952, book (cross-Canada); THE HOUSE OF HELEN MORGAN, book and lyrics (‘The Pitch’ – REV Theatre, Auburn, NY).