Josef's trilogy of outdoor musicals, commissioned (earlier in the pandemic) by Open Eye Theatre in association with Minneapolis' Bakken Museum, recently concluded with a sold-out run of its final installment, "Loch Mess," a playful and loosely historical mashup of sea monsters, disaster films and "Show Boat." He is currently developing a new musical, "Whoa Nellie," about Nellie King - a real-life female horse thief who dressed in male attire and posed as a fake detective during the late 1800s - for History Theatre.  The show was featured as part of their annual "Raw Stages" festival in January 2024.