Diane Machin is a director/creator who works across the artistic mediums. Select credits include her modern adaptation of Jacques Offenbach's Bagatelle, a Christmas-themed Gianni Schicchi, and a new climate change opera A Storm We Call Progress which Machin directed, edited and created virtual sets for during the pandemic. Machin worked as an assistant director for Chautauqua Opera’s 2021 season. This spring she assistant directed The Magic Flute and the reimagined world premiere Harvey Milk at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Currently, Machin is a visiting professor and director at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.