Joan is an accomplished artist, and has been a member of Bergen County Players since 2001.  In that time she has run sound board for several productions such as 1776, Gingerbread Lady, and Pinocchio.  Joan then moved to set décor working on the sets of  Summer Brave, Book of Days, The Fourth Wall, Jack & the Beanstalk, Sideman, Anything Goes, Art, Lucky Stiff, and The Wizard of OZ.   In her spare time she is grandmother to 7 grandchildren.   Her artwork hangs in many public and private collections.