Cardinal Stage is a 501c3 theater company operating under an AEA SPT 5 Regional Theater Agreement in Bloomington, Indiana. While at Cardinal, Joel managed and supervised in-house and over-hire staff of 15 in all technical theater areas, created and managed show budgets for a 5 show Mainstage and 2 show Cardinal for Kids production season, contracted designers and crew for all productions, worked with rental venues and rental houses to coordinate all aspects from load-in to load-out to ensure the safe and quick installation of all technical elements, cultivated and grew a working relationships with Indiana University Theater and Jacobs School of Music staff and students, forged a partnership with Bloomington Playwrights Project to share production resources and a Technical Director.