The Gospel According to Josh: A 28-Year Gentile Bar Mitzvah (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780986033827)

Josh Rivedal is an actor, theater producer, playwright, and international public speaker. He is a regular contributor for The Huffington Post. He wrote and developed the play, The Gospel According to Josh, which has toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada. His memoir The Gospel According to Josh: A 28-Year Gentile Bar Mitzvah was published by Skookum Hill in September 2013 and was added to The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's recommended reading list for survivors of suicide. He wrote the libretto, and additional music and lyrics to a Spanish language Christmas musical Rescatando la Navidad, which opened in Miami in November 2013. He writes for the blogs The Arts Entrepreneur and The BLOGospel According to Josh. He has been published in Personal Branding Magazine and Astoria Magazine. His short story Chasing Waterfalls will be published in 2014 as part of a compilation entitled Little Book of Big Epiphanies. As an actor, Josh has lent his voice numerous national television commercials, audiobooks, and animated projects including the role of Hippo in Scholastic's Rabbit and Hippo In Three Short Tales, the narrator of Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully, and description for seeing impaired children for NBC's Tree Fu Tom. He has performed in regional theaters from New York City to Orlando, Florida to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Josh has spoken professionally about suicide prevention and mental health awareness in more than twenty-five U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. He serves on the boards of the New York City chapter of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Elijah's Journey, and YPAC for Theatre Resources Unlimited in New York City.