Biography

SFCM productions include The Fantasticks, The Threepenny Opera, Very Good Eddie, and La bohème. An avid arts educator, Michael was on the inaugural creative team of Handful Players, which provides free performing arts programs for children. His production of Three Little Birds with Bay Area Children’s Theatre was seen by over 9000 children and adults, bringing Bob Marley’s messages of positivity to new audiences. Also for BACT, he choreographed the world premiere of She Persisted, based on Chelsea Clinton’s book of the same name. He is an Artist-in-Residence with the Theatre Department of the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and is on faculty at the College of Marin and the Community Music Center. Michael is a doctoral candidate at Teacher’s College, Columbia University in the Music and Music Education department. His research is based on finding the intersections between opera and musical theatre and the role of diversity and inclusion in performance practice. He holds degrees from Columbia University (BA in Music and History/Sociology) and SFCM (MM in Vocal Performance). Michael also works as a stage director and performer. Highlights of his directing work include Song of the Nightingale (Town Hall Theatre), The Full Monty (American Conservatory Theater, MFA program) and Loving Repeating (Lesbian Gay Chorus of San Francisco). As a performer, Michael is equally at home in opera and musical theatre. His roles include the title role in Handel’s Orlando, Spirit/ First Witch (Dido & Aeneas), Fatty (The Rise and Fall of…Mahagonny), and Mitch (The 25th Annual…Spelling Bee).