Henry, the 6th

Joshua previously wrote and performed in 911 Jokes About 9/11 which debuted at DOTS 2025 Fringe Festival, a collaboration with Harvey Day-Arnett who is also directing Henry, The 6th. Joshua and Harvey own Bookmarx bookstore downtown as well as the recently opened video rental Mr Googorium’s Movie Emporium. Arnett holds degrees in journalism and secondary education, as well as a TOEFL teaching certificate. He spent just under a decade teaching English to second language learners at the English Language Institute at Missouri State University before moving on from teaching to focus on running Bookmarx full-time.

An Albuquerque native, Bryant moved to Las Vegas at the age of eighteen.  Years later, the self-proclaimed “Desert Rat” discovered seasons other than “Summer” and “Slightly Cooler Summer” when he moved to Springfield, MO in 2004 after receiving his MA in Theatre in MFA in Playwriting at UNLV under the tutelage of the late Davey Marlin-Jones. He began his Springfield theatre career by performing in several shows at many of the local venues in the city and has been lucky enough to count such roles as Prospero in The Tempest, Claudius in Hamlet, Paul in The Christians, Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Milet in Is He Dead?, and Puck in Midsummer Night’s Dream among the dozens of plays he has taken part in since finding his way to Missouri.

Also a talented playwright, he is most known for Hamlet vs Zombies: Something is Rotting in the State of Denmark, a play which one a Best Of at the San Francisco fringe.  He also has a ten-minute silent play about Kristallnacht called Shattering Crystal that won an award at the ACTF Region Eight Festival.  And had the pandemic not thrown the world into general disarray, his one-man show about his life as a carny called Anything Behind Be would have been put up at the New York One Act Play Festival. He has seen his share of directing duties as well.  Recently putting up The Real Inspector Hound, and twice having the good fortune to stage Waiting for Godot.  He has also directed numerous productions for Shakespeare at the Columns, including Titus Andronicus and Romeo & Juliet.

And finally, acting as a dramaturg since graduate school, he continues to assist new playwrights to fine tune their work and is thrilled to be a part of DOTS where new and exciting pieces of art can be brought to life and shared with an appreciative audience.

Bio coming soon.

Harvey has spent her life performing on stage as a dancer and actor, and thrilled to try on a new hat as a director. She’s especially honored to make her directorial debut with her husband’s original work.
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