Josh Chenard holds a BA in performance from the University of Southern Maine and an MFA in Theatre Pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he is an adjunct faculty member. A certified instructor of the Michael Chekhov Technique, Josh was granted certification through the International Michael Chekhov Association as well as by Mala Powers, the executrix of the Michael Chekhov estate and foremost authority on Mr. Chekhov’s technique. Josh trained extensively with Mala Powers, as well as with Master Chekhov teacher Lisa Dalton, with Tony Montanaro, one of the great mime artists of the 20th century, and with international film actress and director, Emmanuelle Chaulet. Josh has taught workshops and classes all over the country including at the University of Southern Maine, at the Southeastern Theatre Conference, Richmond Shakespeare, and at the Michael Chekhov Connection in Los Angeles, California. A popular acting coach on both coasts, Josh worked with actors appearing on stage, network television, and in films directed by such notables as Martin Scorsese and Christopher Guest. As an actor, Josh has worked throughout New England and in California in Educational, Regional, and Professional Theatre including at Acadia Repertory Theatre in Bar Harbor, Maine, the AYTB Theatre Company in Boston, Massachusetts, and at the University of Southern Maine where he garnered two Irene Ryan nominations and appeared in the American Premiere of Xavier Durringer’s A Taste of the Killing on the Tip of the Tongue. Other performances include roles in Crimes of the Heart, Run For Your Wife, The Glass Menagerie, All That I Will Ever Be, The Flies, Ten Little Indians, The Marriage of Figaro and Frankenstein. Josh has directed over twenty plays including And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Prelude to A Kiss, Blithe Spirit, The Crucible, The Imaginary Invalid, and most recently La Bete at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Shafer Street Playhouse.