Sondheim: There Is No Other Way / Silly People - Joel DeCandio

Joel DeCandio is a New York-based actor working internationally in theatre and arthouse cinema. He made his film debut starring in Kenya Gillespie's 16 mm film Give (Official selection: Aesthetica 2023; Winner: Best International Short Film, New Renaissance Amsterdam 2024), followed by He Won't Belong (Official selection: Tacoma Film Festival 2023) and Barnabas Wilhelm's All the Rest Is Noise (Official selection: Berlin Short Film Festival 2023). He has recently wrapped shooting on Julian Alvarez's Delicious, Shashwat Punjabi's Fixed Memory, and Stickup directed by Muhil Vaseekaran. On stage, he has appeared in multiple productions of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tragedy of Cymbeline, as well as The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Tennessee Williams' The Rose Tattoo, and The Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra with the National Theatre of Ghana and artists of Ankara Devlet Tiyatrosu (Turkish State Theatre). In addition to his work as an actor, Joel is an accomplished pianist and vocalist specializing in the music of Astor Piazzolla, Stephen Sondheim, and Kurt Weill.