Joseph Saulter is an African-American musician, actor, and video game designer. He is the co-Founder of The Urban Video Game Academy and is currently the President of the DeKalb Council of the Arts, Chairman of the Diversity Advisory Board at the International Game Developers Association

International Game Developers Association

International Game Developers Association is the professional society for over 10,000 video and computer game developers worldwide.It is incorporated in the United States as a non-profit organization....

, and a full time faculty member at the Art Institute of Atlanta

Art Institute of Atlanta

The Art Institute of Atlanta is one of The Art Institutes, a system of over 40 For-Profit Colleges located in major cities throughout North America, all owned and operated by Education Management Corporation...

 in the field of Audio Production. Saulter is also the CEO of Entertainment Arts Research which is the first African American owned 3D Video Game Development Company in the United States. Saulter is probably best known for his work as a Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...

 actor and musician. Saulter's Broadway credits include Hair

Hair (musical)

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...

, Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...

, and I Love My Wife

I Love My Wife

I Love My Wife is a musical with a book and lyrics by Michael Stewart and music by Cy Coleman, based on a play by Luis Rego.A satire of the sexual revolution of the 1970s, the musical takes place on Christmas Eve in suburban Trenton, New Jersey, where two married couples who have been close friends...

for which Saulter won a Drama Desk Award

Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards, which are given annually in a number of categories, are the only major New York theater honors for which productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway compete against each other in the same category...

. Saulter also wrote the Drum book for Doug Henning

Doug Henning

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's Broadway hit The Magic Show

The Magic Show

The Magic Show is a one-act musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by Edgar Lansbury, it opened in May 1974 at the Cort Theatre and ran for 1,920 performances, closing on December 31, 1978...

and is the co-author of the popular Twilight 22 Album with the record charts hit Electric Kingdom. Saulter is a professional jazz drummer and still performs today.

Saulter was featured in the October 2006 issue of Ebony magazine as "Who's Who in the Technology Boom,". He is also the author of the book "Introduction to Game Design and Development" published by McGraw-Hill.