Josh Short

Josh Short is the Founder and Artistic Director of Providence's award-winning Wilbury Theatre Group, where he’s produced hundreds of workshop and full-scale productions of work by local and world-renown artists with a commitment to artistic excellence and community engagement. In addition to his work as a producer with the Group Josh has directed many productions.

In 2014 Josh led The Wilbury Group's efforts to establish FRINGEPVD The Providence Fringe Festival with 50 handpicked artists in just 5 venues throughout Providence. In the five years since, FRINGEPVD has grown to become a voting member of the United States Association of Fringe Festivals, the World Fringe Congress, and stands as the largest fringe theatre festival in New England.

In addition to his work with The Wilbury Group and FRINGEPVD, Josh has worked with Gloucester Stage Company, Perishable Theatre, The Gamm Theatre, The LaJolla Playhouse, The Gaslamp Quarter Drama Department, The Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, and The Providence Black Repertory Company, where he served as Associate Producer from 2008-2010. A proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union, he also serves as a member of Congressman James Langevin's Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, as a mentor with the Rhode Island Foundation's Emerging Leaders program, and is a graduate of the Pi II 2020 class of Leadership Rhode Island. He has been recognized by GoLocalProv among 20 Who Made in a Difference in 2020, by Providence Monthly as ​Who to Watch in 2021, and was among the recipients of the 2021 PBN 40 Under Forty Awards.

A graduate of the University of Rhode Island.