Jo Sisk-Purvis

​writer of fiction and music for children, young adults, and ​dreamers of all ages

News and Calendar

News

Learn more about the world of THE WATCHERS at the new TREKANA website!

THE WATCHERS has received accolades from multiple professional review sites:

Plus, a Featured Review at American Writing Awards!

 

Calendar and Events

Feb. 14, 2024

Broadway on a Budget “Love Concert” fundraiser for Stone Soup Theatre Company at The Pinhook in Chapel Hill. Details to follow!

March 22-25, 2024

Durham Savoyards presents THE GONDOLIERS by Gilbert and Sullivan at the Carolina Theater in Durham. Direction by Melissa Craib Dombrowski, Music Direction and Conducting by Joanna Sisk-Purvis.

June 5-9, 2024

The Stone Soup Theatre Company presents THE SPITFIRE GRILL by James Valcq and Fred Alley, at the Wynn Theater in Carrboro. Direction by Melissa Craib Dombrowski, Music Direction by Joanna Sisk-Purvis.

Old events:
December 6-17, 2023
Center Theater Company presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Center Theater. Production team includes Tim Seib, Tracy Bersley, Joanna Sisk-Purvis, and Jenny Latimer.
October 13-22, 2023
Stone Soup Theatre Company presents Kander and Ebb’s CABARET (1998 revival version) at the Wynn Theater in Carrboro, NC. Direction and Choreography by Melissa Craib Dombrowski, Music Direction by Joanna Sisk-Purvis.
June 8-11 and 22-25, 2023
Stone Soup Theatre Company presents RIDE THE CYCLONE by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell at the Wynn Theater in Carrboro, NC. Direction and Choreography by Melissa Craib Dombrowski, Music Direction by Joanna Sisk-Purvis.
March 30-31 and April 1-2, 2023
Gilbert and Sullivan's YEOMAN OF THE GUARD with the Durham Savoyards at the Carolina Theater in downtown Durham, NC. Directed by Melissa Craib Dombrowski, Music Direction and Conducting by Joanna Sisk-Purvis.
October 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16, 2022 at 7:00 PM
INTO THE WOODS by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, presented by the Stone Soup Theatre Company at the historic UNC Forest Theatre in Chapel Hill, NC. Directed by Melissa Craib Dombrowski, Music Direction by Joanna Sisk-Purvis.
 

January 19, 2023

Launch party, signing, and reading for THE WATCHERS  at Flyleaf Books in Chapel Hill, NC.

December 5, 2022

 
THE WATCHERS publication date!