Who is Joshua N. Wright???
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Philippians 4:13"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."
Joshua Nathaniel Wright was born on August 5th 1983 in Hahn Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. He is currently a native of New Iberia, Louisiana. He is the middle son of three brothers. Joshua graduated from Westgate High School in 2002. He was a memeber of their marching band and played the trombone. He later attended the University of Louisiana-Lafayette: Home of the RAGIN CAJUNS. He graduated from there in the Fall of 2007 with a Bachelors of Liberal Arts in English minoring in Child Psychology degree. During his time at UL-Lafayette, he joined many different clubs and organizations. The UL-Lafayette Gospel Choir was one of his most memorable experiences on campus. This organization allowed Joshua to express himself through song, praise and worship, and devotion to God. The gospel choir was also the birthplace of his artist name "The GospelJukeBox". There was a fellow choir member who would always say that Joshua knew every song at practice. He would later call him a walking singing Gospel jukebox. Joshua thought this would be a nice stage and artist name for him, and has been using it since its conception.
Once Joshua departed ways from ULL, he began his journey into the Iberia Parish Public School system as a substitute teacher for Pre-K through 12th grades. He would later land a permanent position as a Para-Professional/Job Coach in the Special Educatin Department at the Alternative Center, New Iberia Senior High School, Belle Place Middle School, and the Career Services Vocational School. He would pursue those roles for four years and then leave the public school sector. In junction with teaching, Joshua found the time to attend graduate school at Liberty University where he graduated in the Spring of 2012 with a Master's of Arts in Theological Studies degree. Upon receving this degree, Joshua solidified his position as an ordained licensed minister. This was a calling he had answered at his family's church, New Zion Missionary B.C. (The late Rev. Edward Turiac), many years prior to attending seminary.
In the midst of working, Joshua never lost sight of his musical aspirations. He has appeared on many popular singing show competitions: American Idol, the Voice, Sunday Best, X-Factor, and Gospel Dream. He has aslo had the opportunity and pleasure to sing for and work with such artists as Dorinda Clark-Cole, Jason Nelson, Kurt Karr, and Vicki Winans. Joshua as sung and performed at various funtions all over to share his gift of music.
Joshua has also been fortunate to enter the challenging world of acting too. He performed in his first musical back in 2014 called "Halie: The Mahalia Jackson Story." In this musical about the singer's life, he had to sing, act, and dance. In 2015, he played Asagai in the hit Broadway adaptation of "A Raisin in the Sun". In the years to follow, Joshua would be apart of other plays: "The Funeral", "What Men Do To Women", and "What Women Do To Men". In 2023, He made his return to the stage performing in the play "Along the Nile" at UL-Lafayette as the character of the High Priest Moosa. In 2024, He had the chance to perform in the Broadway adapation of "Beautiful: The Carol King Musical", where he played and sung as one of The Drifters. He was also able to have the opportunity to teach others the art of being an actor as an Acting Coach for a few years.
Currently, Joshua is in the process of working and creating new ventures for his brand J.N. Wright Productions.