Michael is joining the Weathervane family following 20 years of teaching college and university theatre. He holds degrees from Ohio University, The University of Kentucky and Otterbein College. He was most recently a faculty member at The University of Guam. UOG is on the island of Guam which is a US Territory in the Pacific/Micronesia. Over his 6 years on the island, he taught a wide variety of theatre courses and designed and built numerous shows including Rashomon, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike and Twelfth Night. He also directed Barefoot in the Park, Proof, and two children's musicals, Polkadots and The True Story of the Big Bad Wolf. Michael also taught at Westminster College, Huntington University, Ohio University, and Lockhaven University. Michael looks forward to the next chapter of his “life in the arts” here at Weathervane Playhouse and is glad to be back in NE Ohio close to family and friend