Joel Pierson (playwright/director) is artistic director of Mind’s Ear Productions. He is the author of the successful audio dramas French Quarter and The Children’s Zoo, and the novelization of French Quarter. He is also the co-author of the play Hamlet Overheard: Bad Quarto, Bad!, which is a part of the permanent collection at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

His audio production company, Mind's Ear Audio, produced the official audio tour of Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C., and will soon begin production on new tours for other prominent properties managed by the Department of the Interior.

Joel directed "Cannibal: The Musical" at the Waldron, and has had several plays produced at the BPP. He writes the "Theater" column for the Herald-Times, and is also a regular contributor to the chamber's Business Network. He has served on the board and as a trainer for both the Midwest Radio Theatre Workshop, and he led the writing track at the 2007 National Audio Theatre Festival Conference.

By day, he is a book editor, and when he’s not producing audio and/or theatre, he enjoys spending time with his family, including his three wonderfully goofy Russian wolfhounds and one wonderfully goofy wife.