Jo graduated from Flinders Drama Centre in 1995 and has since worked as an Actor, Director and Choreographer for companies in Australia and Europe. After graduating she performed in Benedict Andrews’ Information for Foreigners, Peter Greenaway’s Writing to Vermeer and Red Sun Red Earth Angela Chapman/John Romeril (Australia/ Japan production). She directed film/dance theatre piece Blue Love (Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Odeon, Melbourne’s Malthouse and Brisbane Powerhouse). The film Blue Love was nominated for best short film for the Australian Dance Awards. In Europe Jo toured for two years with Company Les Ballet C de la B in productions 9×9 and Foi, she worked as an actor/dancer with the Schaubuhne-Berlin and danced for Vera Mantero and Guests in Montpellier, Vienna Tanz Quartier, Pompidou Centre Paris and Kai Teater Brussels. Since 2002 Jo collaborated with Director Paulo Castro on Stone/Castro productions, writing, directing and performing their own contemporary works internationally. Since living back in Adelaide (2006) Jo performed Stone/Castro production B-File at LaMama Melbourne (which was nominated for 3 Green Room Awards 2007- including Jo Stone as Best Outstanding Performer).

In Adelaide Jo has worked with companies Slingsby, LadyKillers and Brink Productions and as a director, has created works for No Strings Attached, Dance North-Townsville, AC Arts, and directed Private Lives for the Feast Festival. Jo received a Triennial Project Grant from Arts SA to create ‘uperheroes presented in 2010 inSPACE and Arts House Melbourne and worked with Geordie Brookman as movement director for the State Theatre Co on their production Metro Street in which she was nominated for a Helpmann Award 2009. She recently played a role in the film Double Happiness with Nicholas Hope due to screen in April 2012, and has recently returned from working in Portugal with Bando/Portuguese National Theatre as Choreographer and Assistant Director on Death of a Clown for Odesseia International Festival Porto.