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Michelle is an East Coast based director who works in theater, audio and film, specializing in collaborating with writers on new scripts. She tells stories of marginalized people, stories that transform audiences and the way they see the world. She has directed many theatrical world premieres and New York premieres, and her productions have been nominated for Drama Desk, Lortel, Barrymore, and San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards, as well as the Reumert Award (the Danish Tonys). Her short films include “Idea,” which has screened at film festivals worldwide, and the recently-completed “Use Your Words.” In audio, she directs fiction podcasts that are downloaded millions of times each month by listeners around the world.

Michelle giving notes at the end of a run-through of Roan @ the Gates. That’s Mel House and Aaliyah Habeeb on stage.