Founder, Joey Borgogna
For most of my life, story has been the lens through which I’ve connected with people and the world around me.
As an actor, producer, teacher, and facilitator, I became increasingly interested in a question that felt larger than performance:
What actually shapes human character?
Not just talent. Not image. Not achievement.
But who we become under pressure. How we make meaning. How imagination, memory, expectation, and perception shape the way we experience the world.
That curiosity eventually became the foundation for My Scripted Story™ and continues to shape the work I create through Novel Eye Productions.
Today, I serve as Executive Director of the Lincoln City Fellowship, an artist residency initiative of the Speranza Foundation that supports multidisciplinary artists through curated retreats, creative gatherings, and shared inquiry. Through this work, I help create spaces where artists can slow down, reconnect to their creative lives, and engage more deeply with themselves, one another, and the questions at the center of their work.
I also serve as Creative Producer for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, helping shape story-driven campaigns, films, and live events centered on rebuilding, dignity, and belonging across Los Angeles communities. In addition, I collaborate with the Nomadic School of Wonder to create “adventures in awe” that invite curiosity, imagination, and connection through shared experience.
For more than 25 years, my work has spanned theater, film, nonprofit storytelling, artist development, and facilitation. My path has included work as an actor, talent agent, producer, and years of study and teaching at Diana Castle’s The Imagined Life Studio. Along the way, I’ve worked one-on-one with actors, writers, directors, and other artists navigating questions of craft, purpose, and creative process.
Prior to joining Speranza, I served as Executive Director of the Creative Activist Program at Creative Visions Foundation, where I oversaw more than 200 story-driven media and arts projects across five continents in collaboration with artists, filmmakers, and cultural leaders.