Inwood Art Works On Air

Inwood Art Works On Air


Artist Spotlight with Leslie & Joe Burby

April 07, 2022

Inwood Art Works On Air puts its spotlight on local theatermakers, Leslie and Joe Burby. 


Leslie Kincaid Burby is thrilled to be directing live theatre once again as the Covid pandemic (hopefully) winds down. Last fall she directed Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars for Pied Piper Theater of New York, an open-air production in the spectacular outdoor setting of the Audubon Terrace. The previous fall, due to pandemic restrictions, Leslie was delighted to direct the companies first film, Robin Hood, which she co-wrote and edited with husband Joseph Burby. She has also received the New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Direction for her work on Eddie Antar's Drama Desk nominated play, The Navigator, which was developed at the WorkShop Theater, where she is an Associate Artistic Director.

Joe Burby is an accomplished actor, a versatile VO guy, and wears many other hats as well. Recent stage appearances include as the character WAR in The Four Horsemen of the Internet by Duane Yancy; Will Brown in Mesquite, NV at The Workshop Theater; and Dead Tom in The Dudleys at HERE Arts Center with Loading Dock Theater.  He has provided voice talent as well as on-camera appearances for the National Road Safety Foundation's PSAs, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, among others. Joe also works as a real estate agent at New Heights Realty here in Inwood, Manhattan and also directs and writes for Pied Piper Theatre of NYC.