All Things Michael

It is not unusual for the at-risk teens I work with in workshops to be reluctant to embrace the unknown and allow an improvised scene to flo...

Due to budget cuts at high schools who normally host El Camino College’s after school outreach courses, I was not offered any assignmen...

Enrollments for my high school theatre appreciation courses where students receive college credit, are typically high at the beginning ...

I was in Ottawa recently for the 40 th anniversary of the Canadian Improv Games (CIG), a nation wide program for high school student...

This semester through the Compton division of El Camino College’s offsite program I was assigned to teach Theatre Appreciation at two...

In my college workshops with at-risk high school students, I try to utilize their life experiences as much as possible when exploring th...

A little over two months ago I was struck by a car while cycling, resulting in surgery to repair a fractured collarbone. A titanium...

The danger in working with at-risk teens for as long as I have is that sometimes you forget that this is the first time they are exp...