PERFORMER * WRITER * COMIC * SONGWRITER
joe
gautier
Writer, performer, comic, musician and producer Joe Gautier has spent four decades creating work across New York theatre, Disney's EPCOT, television, film and recorded music—all grounded in character, musicality, sharp comedy and story.
The District at Willow Park - November 5th
Fort Worth Songwriter Festival, Low Doubt Bar on Thursday, November 12, at 10:30 PM.
Fred's Cafe
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
The State Fair of Texas - Fiesta de Marionettas.
That's me under the sombrero de charro.
WHERE'S FRANK?
youtube series coming soon...
WRITING AGAIN & AGAIN
Songs and performances
SUNO and AI productions have their place in songwriting, but it's not writing songs. Writing songs is like dancing with bees. The best songwriters are pearl divers by trade. They don't grab things from the ocean's bottom. They don't cut and paste - the best ones are patient, meticulous and, dare I say it, artisans. A song either lives or dies on the page, long before SUNO churns out the candy coating. DEMOs - yes, absolutely, but WE still have to supply the SOUL - with lyrics that move us and hooks that carry us through the hardest days and loneliest nights. AI has no soul. Copy cat songsters and food processors are alike in this. My passion is to write the perfect song - it is a sacred calling.Click the song title below to listen....may require SUNO signup.
Dramatic Character / Storytelling
Contemporary character study — intimate dramatic performance
COWMAN, THE MOOSICAL
Cowman, the Moosical - A hilarious and heartfelt one-man show about growing up in America dreaming of becoming a cowboy, a fireman or a gastroenterologist—and discovering (finally) who you were meant to be. Hailed as “the funniest show in Branson” by Branson legend Jon Dutton. Now in development as an independent feature film from the producers of Fly Away Home.
A Child's Gift of Bedtime Stories - Producer /Narrator (Target Stores)
Bliss Bliss - Field of Daisies - Co-writer
TRIPLE ESPRESSO - A Highly Caffeinated Comedy
For nine years, Joe performed with Triple Espresso, the phenomenally successful long-running comedy, appearing in extended engagements in Minneapolis, San Diego, Denver, Austin, Des Moines and Detroit.Nine years onstage with Triple Espresso became one of the defining chapters of his career: comedy, music, improvisation and the nightly challenge of making a well-established show feel completely spontaneous.NINE YEARS • SIX CITIES • HUNDREDS OF PERFORMANCES
BHV — Bible Hits Video -Integrity Kids.
A strong example of the work I love most: producing, songwriting and performing music created specifically for kids. BHV combined memorable songs, comedy, characters and high-energy performance into commercially successful children’s entertainment. The original video masters have aged, but the music survives digitally—and still represents the kind of accessible, funny, highly produced family entertainment I do best.
Four decades. A lot of stages, studios, scripts, songs and collaborations. What’s here is only a sampling — the archive is still opening.
SELECTED CREDITS •
Disney / EPCOT — Writer/ Performer, The Menace of Venice (Italian Rialto - Writer)
Sony/EMI — Published songwriter, “Baby’s Got Me Doing (All Kinds of Things)”
Al Green — Operation Angel Wings
Pam Tillis — Writer, Wonderbread Women of Country
Buddy & David Sheffield SNL— Comedy writing collaboration
Broadway Children's Series -Videosyncrasies
Sheffield Ensemble - 600 shows!! (Beans, Feats & Videosyncrasies)
Garry Marshall — Happy Days: The Musical early workshop/development.
Peter Engel — Saved by the Bell: The Musical early songwriting/developmentOpening-act performances:
The Pointer Sisters, M.C. Hammer, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith,
& Larry CarltonBrentwood Music Publishing / Brentwood Kids — Published songwriter, writer, producer and performer; Tommy’s Treehouse, Radio H.A.L.O. and other projects
Victoria Jackson (SNL Alum) - follow-up album to “Ukelele Lady” - songwriter.
HAPPY DAYS: THE MUSICAL — Garry Marshall
Early Development / Workshop — Songwriter
Invited into an early developmental workshop and initially engaged to develop songs for the project.
SAVED BY THE BELL: THE MUSICAL — Peter Engel
Original Development — Songwriter
Brought into development of the proposed stage musical and wrote original material for the project.
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