JOE DIGNOTI
Joe is excited to take the stage in 2025 as Methuselah in Sight & Sound Theatre’s production of NOAH at the Strasburg, Pennsylvania location. Joe enjoyed bringing to life the role of Governor Ashkan as well as backing up the roles of Asphenaz, Shemesh, and Darius in the 2024 production of DANIEL. In 2023, Joe portrayed the roles of Jacob and Zachariah (backup) in MIRACLE of CHRISTMAS and as Jethro and Soup cook (backup) in MOSES. Joe has also portrayed Abner and Samuel (understudy) in DAVID in 2022, as Mordecai in QUEEN ESTHER in 2020 and 2021, as Ezra and Caiaphas (understudy) in JESUS, Jacob in MIRACLE of CHRISTMAS in 2019, as Ezra and Joseph of Arimathea (understudy) as well as Uncle Abram (understudy) in JESUS in 2018, as Sabba Ephrum in JONAH, and as Jacob in MIRACLE of CHRISTMAS in 2017. Joe also appeared as the Egyptian Commander and Thutmoses II in the 2016 production of Moses at the Branson, Missouri location of Sight & Sound Theatre.
Joe began working as a professional actor after having received his BFA from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. Having numerous credits to his name, some of his favorite roles include portraying King Triton in Disney’s The Little Mermaid at The Rose Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska for their 2016 season and as George Banks in Mary Poppins for their 2015 season. Joe enjoyed the opportunity to portray Mr. Stopnick in Caroline, or Change, Feldzieg in The Drowsy Chaperone, Inspector Kemp/Hermit in Young Frankenstein, Dr. Madden/Dr. Fine in Next to Normal, Javert in Les Miserables (Fonda/ McGuire award; TAG and OEA awards - Best Actor in a Musical, TAG award - Best Ensemble), Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde, Tito Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor (TAG award - Best Ensemble), and Big Jule in Guys and Dolls - all at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Other favorite stage credits include El Gallo in The Fantasticks, Alan in Come Blow Your Horn, and Porter Milgrim in Death Trap for the Northern Arizona University’s Summer Repertory Theatre program as well as Jud in Oklahoma and Smokey in Damn Yankees, both for Musical Theatre of Arizona. Joe was a member of Actors Equity Association for many years and enjoyed working professionally in theatre, film, and commercials in the Phoenix region and nationally. Joe is grateful for his beautiful wife, Karrin, and his son, Nikolai, for their endless encouragement and support of his theatrical endeavors.