Joel P. E. King, “JPEK”, is a native of East Saint Louis. King is an entrepreneur, performer, writer, director and producer.
Musical credits include: Real Life Hip Hopera, Big River, Damn Yankees, Bubblin Brown Sugar, Ain't Misbehavin, The Color Purple, The Sam Cooke Story, and Complancency of Silence (in which he received a Kevin Kline Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical).