All Things Michael

When working with at-risk youth, I often create the illusion that I’m making the session up as I go along by soliciting input from the ...

Recently I replaced a professor, who seven weeks into teaching a theatre appreciation course at El Camino College in Los Angeles, had t...

On an auditorium stage, I’m warming up a group of thirty-five high school students for my Theatre Appreciation course.   It’s 3:45pm an...

One of my favorite events from David Shepherd’s Improv Olympics, which I participated in as a teenager, was Sound Swim.   An audience m...

I frequently tell my students that there’s nothing I’m going to make them do, that I’m not willing to do myself.    This statement is...