Michael Torres, recently played Claudius and the Ghost in Jon Tracy’s adaptation of Hamlet here at Marin Shakespeare. Also under Mr. Tracy’s direction Michael played Agamemnon in his adaptation of the Iliad, In The Wound: The Salt Plays Part 1 and as Caliban in the Tempest ( Marin Shakes).   In 96, he co-founded Campo Santo where he originated roles for Dave Eggers, Denis Johnson, Jose Rivera, Jessica Hagedorn, Octavio Solis and more. An award winning actor, Michael has played at The Aurora Theatre, The San Francisco Playhouse, The Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire, Word for Word, Berkeley Repertory, Teatro Campesino, California Shakespeare,The Magic, and TheatreFirst among others and has toured the U.S.A. and Europe in shows. During the pandemic he streamed for Playground Disbelief: a Cassandra Tale playing Apollo and El Henry in Herbert Siguenza’s El Henry for ARC. He co-directed with Elena Wright The Farm by Jon Tracy for TheatreFirst. Film wise, you can see him in About Cherry as Po and as Crow in The Other Barrio. Michael is the Chair of the Laney College Theatre Arts Department where he founded The Fusion Theatre Project and DaMTspace. Michael holds a BA from San Francisco State and an MFA from the University of California at San Diego.