Welcome!
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” and “Use Your Words” which have screened at film festivals worldwide. In audio, she directs fiction podcasts that are downloaded millions of times each month by listeners around the world.
Upcoming Projects:
Graphic design by Billy Griffin
Blood, Sex & Fears, Tales from my 20’s by Emma Tattenbaum-Fine
Emma and I have been working on creating audio versions of some of the stories she’s told in live performance events and written about on her Substack. (Which you should subscribe to.) And they are finally making their way into the world! Written by Emma and directed by me…
Ever done something stupid with pure intentions? You’re in good company here.
In her 20’s, Emma Tattenbaum-Fine just wanted to be a good person.
The result? A collection of classic coming of age stories: lap dancing for the mafia in Times Square; passing out while donating blood and having a near death experience; losing a boyfriend's declawed, indoor cat in the wilderness.
Things that could happen to any one of us. But somehow all happened to Emma.
Here she delivers true, autobiographical audio stories. She lived them, so you don’t have to.
Subscribe here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Original music by Richard Lowenburg
Audio engineered by Doug Widick at Suite Tea Studio
Graphic design by Jay Nungesser of Big Blur Design
The Librarian Life of Margaret Hill by ME!
In the thick of the Red Scare of the 1940’s and 50’s, a librarian rallies her colleagues to fight censorship. These brilliant and enthusiastic women face alarming consequences as they take on those who would banish books rather than safeguard the freedom to read.
This audio drama that I wrote and directed is currently in post-production with a planned release late in 2026.
Michelle giving notes at the end of a run-through of Roan @ the Gates. That’s Mel House and Aaliyah Habeeb on stage.