 Biography Of Tim Joyce
Since 1991 Tim Joyce has been lost and wandering on the road working comedy clubs and colleges from L.A. to New York City. He’s played in 36 states, as well as Canada, performing his comedy in major media markets as well as communities too small to warrant a dot from the makers of fine maps. On television Tim has been featured nationally on ABC (America’s Funniest People) and Comedy Central (Stand-Up Stand-Up and Short Attention Span Theatre.) He has also appeared on the regional Fox TV stand up revues Night Shift and Live At The Funny Farm.
Tim has been working professionally in the creative arts since 1980. In the Orwellian year of 1984 he received his BA in Theatre Arts from Buffalo State College. He spent six seasons acting with Buffalo’s renowned Shakespeare In Delaware Park; the longest running free professional Shakespeare festival in the U.S. His 2001 performance in Othello for Chronicles Theatre Company at the Theatre Building in Chicago marked his 20th appearance in a Shakespeare play.
In 1985 Tim left his beloved home town of Buffalo, New York and moved to Chicago to attend the Second City Training Center. Through that decade he performed with several eclectic theatre and improv groups. In 1989 he became head writer of the critically acclaimed Underground Theatre Conspiracy (UTC) sketch comedy group. He then went on to pen material for Stage Left Theatre in their late night show Big Bang; an experimental revue of political scenes and songs. Tim’s work with those groups led him to explore writing longer pieces of theatre, and in 1994 his one act play, Six Great Conversations, was featured at the Around the Coyote Festival, which led to a production by the Mary Arrchie Theatre Company in 1995. Tim’s full length play, Tell Me About Ireland, received its Equity World Premiere with Talisman Theatre Company in 1998. In March of 2002 the Canyon Moon Theatre of Sedona Arizona presented Sad Songs and Happy Wars: To Be Irish, a theatrical revue he developed and co-wrote with actor Chris Gausselin. Later that year his full length original play, A Temporary World, was premiered at Chicago’s Wing and Groove Theatre as a production of the Tri-Arts Theatre Company. June 2005 saw his one act play, Coffee On Wednesday, produced by Raven Theatre as part of their Writer’s Development Series. Along with a new piece entitled “Without A Net” it has since been optioned for a full theatrical run at Raven in June 2006, and will be presented under the title “Diner Tales.”
Along with Carl Kozlowski, Tim is co-author of the major release humor book, Life: The Final Frontier, introduced in the spring of 2001 by Andrews McMeel; the publishing house that released Chicken Soup For the Soul. Tim is a regular humor columnist for the online magazine Arriviste Press, and a collection of his poetry is featured in the Spring 2005 issue of The Willow Review. He’s written comedy material for the CEO’s of several corporations for their speeches and products, notably John Bryan of Sara Lee and Philip Terranova of Niagara Candy. Tim has taught writing, improv, and stand up comedy workshops to grade school, high school, and college groups all over the country.
Tim Joyce lives in Chicago with his wife Connie, his Hurricane Daughter Jessica, and two obese kitties named Tipper and Hillary.
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