Joshua May, stage director, has directed productions, workshops, and scenes programs across the United States. His productions have incorporated innovative digital projection, interactive audience experiences, and sensory friendly adaptations. His recent directing credits include mainstage and outreach productions of Amahl & the Night Visitors (Menotti), Alcina (Handel), Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck), Little Red Riding Hood (Barab), Billy Goats Gruff (Davies), Falstaff (Verdi), Don Giovanni (Mozart), Die Zauberflote (Mozart), Cosi fan tutte (Mozart) Three Little Pigs (Davies), Captain Lovelock (Duke), and many more. He has directed opera productions of Cendrillon (Viardot), Speed Dating Tonight! (Ching), Der Schauspieldirektor (Mozart), Suor Angelica (Puccini), The Light in the Piazza (Guettel), The Medium (Menotti), Hansel und Gretel (Humperdinck), contemporary operas one acts, scenes, and opera concert events at Columbus State University.

His works has received acclaim and awards from the National Opera Association and the American Prize. He is a 2024 award winner of the Charles Nelson Reilly Prize for Stage Directors in opera from the American Prize. Recent projects as a director include working as a faculty member at the Festival of International Opera, where he directed Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, and Falstaff. He also served as director for the Festival Seasons for Music on Site, Inc. directing productions of Amahl and the Night Visitors and Die Zauberflote. He also served on the directing team for a new digital projection immersive production experience of Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande at the Moss Arts Center in Blacksburg, Virginia.

He was a resident artist with Pittsburgh Festival Opera, where he served as an assistant director for their production of The Valkyrie from Johnathan Dove's English adaptation of Wagner's epic Ring Cycle. He was also an associate director for the world premiere of an opera set to the life story and music of Puccini, Scandals. He served as a faculty artist in the opera directing program with the Druid City Opera Workshop at the University of Alabama and as an opera directing fellow at the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival.

Dr. May is an Associate Professor of Voice & Opera Director at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia. Schwob Opera Theatr is a nationally award winning ensemble. Dr. May also created and developed the Schwob Opera Outreach program, which has produced touring performance and educational productions for elementary school students across the community in Columbus, GA.