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Joel PE King (JPEK) is an American visual and performing artist born and raised in southern Illinois.   Establishing his company, JPEK CreativeWorks Theatre, out of St. Louis, MO, he uses this platform to originate conscious, creative content for stage, tv and film.  Whether he is performing the next creation or he's directing it, Joel PE King lives for the opportunity to live out his imagination.  He is a servant to his craft and the community in which it feeds. 

  Joel P. E. King, “JPEK”, is a native of East Saint Louis. Graduating from SIU Edwardsville, Joel attained a B.A. in Studio Arts with a minor in music and theater.King is an entrepreneur, performer, writer, director and producer.  Traveling across the nation, King “purposefully” finds himself back in St. Louis, using his artistic skills to entertain and inspire. His production company, JPEK CreativeWorks, has had great success bringing quality, original productions. As a result of his business endeavors, he has hired and assisted in developing some of St. Louis's finest talents. Through his courageous, socially driven stage plays, monumental events have been given a “fresh” voice. He has received three city proclamations, two cover stories (Riverfront Times and Zoom Magazine) and massive support for his stage works: Real Life, Issues of Love and Stand Your Ground. It has become a standard to include celebrity talents to his bill as a way of audience attraction and artist development for the performers. King is "Broadway bound" with his works being compared to the late August Wilson. 

 Joel King is a talent with Talent Plus Agency and part of the Screen Actors Guild/AFTRA, yet he still finds himself exercising his talents on stage as an performer as well.   Theater credits that precede Joel are:  Spunk, Knock Me a Kiss, Raisin in the Sun, Colored Museum, Immigrant Project, In the Blood, Dutchman….  Musical credits are:  Real Life Hip hopera, Big River, Damn Yankees, Bubblin Brown Sugar, Ain't Misbehavin, The Color Purple, The Sam Cooke Story, Complancency of Silence in which he received a Kevin Kline Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical.  Joel has world premiered in operas; Ruth and Joshua's Boots, just to name a few.  He toured with gospel show A House Divided where he performed before BET-Comic Award Winner Tyler Perry who complimented on a "job well done".  Joel King has attained leading and supporting roles in independent films such as: Pieces of a Dream to star Raz B,  Ishmeal Meet the Grave of Haagar and award winning movie Ruzzian Roulette.  His recent movie credits include MMG's "Stratosphere" and Kim Conner's "Before I Do" to also star Jensen Atwood, Omar Gooding and Andrea Kelly.  “I aim to inspire the world.” -JPEK