Laura Bird
Ypsilanti Area

I am a theatre artist and educator. For many years, I was a one-person theatre department and so became a true theatre generalist. From selling the tickets, marketing the program, directing, designing and building the show and from planning the season to sweeping the floor, I've done it all. My greatest strengths are as a teacher and a director but I am also a quality scenic and lighting designer and technical director. I have directed over 50 productions and designed sets and lights for well over 40 shows. However, it is the quality of the productions I prize rather than the quantity. My design and directing credits feature a wide-ranging repertoire from classical (Much Ado About Nothing, Comedy of Errors, Tartuffe ) to contemporary (Proof, Curse of the Starving Class, Dancing at Lughnasa), comic (Moon Over Buffalo, The Importance of Being Earnest, Rumors) to serious(Eleemosynary, The Investigation, The Runner Stumbles) straight plays (Arms and the Man, The Playboy of the Western World, Lost in Yonkers) to musicals (Kiss Me Kate, The Mikado, The Fantasticks).

Robert Boardman
Ann Arbor Area

Freelance Conductor, specializing in rehearsing and performing symphonic works from the standard orchestral repertoire and contemporary music. Band, Chorus, and Opera as well. Interests include cross disciplinary collaborations and events of community significance.

Jessica Brater
Outside Washtenaw County

I am an Ann Arbor native and the founding Artistic Director of the Brooklyn-based theater company Polybe + Seats. Polybe + Seats produces new plays and collaboratively-developed work that experiments with images, language, structure, and storytelling. We have been making theater together since 2001. By engaging with multiple perspectives we invite our audiences to make their own connections with our work. The non-theatrical spaces in which we have produced our work have provided visual and dramaturgical inspiration; venues include a barge, a kitchenware store, a church and several galleries. We are proud members of the Alliance of Resident Theaters / New York and are a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a national arts service organization. Our work has been funded by The Brooklyn Arts Council, The Mental Insight Foundation, The Nancy Quinn Fund, The Jerome Foundation, The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, and the National Foundation for Jewish Culture. Our work has been presented by The University of Michigan, Mabou Mines / Suite, Brooklyn Fire Proof, and the Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge.

Chuck Colby
Dexter Area

4 Part Vocal Band singing music from the Mills Brothers, The Ink Spots, Elvis, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Bob Marley and other covers as well as original music. The group is noted for the 3 exceptionally tall "MEN" and the "TENOR" who stands 5 feet tall. a blend of comedy and music that is fun for all ages.

Ed Comeau
Chelsea Area

Sasha d'Or
Ann Arbor Area

Mobile theater, where for 20 minutes a volunteer stars with our troupe, receiving their lines one at a time and repeats them. Hilarious, professional theater designed around dinner.

Kristi Davis
Ann Arbor Area

Kristi is a drama therapist, choreographer, dancer, and founder of Creative Spirit Healing, LLC--a company dedicated to using creative arts therapies and holistic health education to inspire healing of mind, body, and spirit!

Carol Dunitz
Ann Arbor Area

I am currently touring in 'Bernhardt on Broadway,' a one-woman musical about Sarah Bernhardt that I researched, wrote, composed, and perform. One hundred years ago Sarah Bernhardt was the most famous woman in the world. She is often referred to as the most famous actress of all time. This is a production that is not only entertaining but authentic. It transports the audience back to the Belle Epoque through the eyes of Sarah Bernhardt. Please go to: www.BernhardtOnBroadway.com to see video and testimonials.

Dave Early
Ann Arbor Area

Theatre careerist with 14 years experience in a large variety of performing arts projects and organizations. Designer, builder, electrician, facilities and production management, director, manager, choreographer, performer, and trained combatant are all jobs/roles I have fullfilled in the pursuit of my craft.

Paul Forringer
Ann Arbor Area

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Randy Gilchrist
Ann Arbor Area

Tenor; UMS Choral Union, Christ Church Detroit Choir, Twelfth Night Singers; Actor; Birmingham Village Players

Debra Golden
Ypsilanti Area

I'm an artist at large - I paint watercolors (MFA), oils, mixed media and the occasional theatre set. I love when I meet others who overlap along with me in various art disciplines (music, theatre, fine art and design!) Current projects include murals, helping empower others through art, book illustration, painting fanciful fish, and creating 'tunnel' books.

Amanda Grazioli
Outside Washtenaw County

Amanda has recently relocated to Boston, MA and is currently seeking artistic opportunities there. Please email leads to afigrazioli@gmail.com** Amanda has worked in both artistic and administrative capacities for a variety of nonprofit and higher education organizations. She enjoys theatrical directing and facilitation and seeks to explore the ways in which applied theatre and drama can illuminate issues, spark conversation and change lives. As a director recent credits include Marsha Norman's 'night Mother (PTD Productions, Ypsilanti, MI) and Samuel Beckett's Act Without Words II (Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI). Most recently she served as Assistant Director for the University of Michigan's Educational Theatre Company. Trained in Playback Theatre and Improvisation, Amanda enjoys performing with the 6Figures Playback Company and looks forward to getting involved in the Playback community in Boston. She will be co-presenting at the Playback North America Festival in Washington DC in October. Her recent theatre facilitation projects include working with mentally ill prisoners at the Woodland Correctional Center Facility as well as devising and presenting an original interactive theatre workshop for the Michigan Works! Jobs, Education and Training Program. With several years of development and event planning experience, Amanda is also a well-seasoned fundraiser. She believes that strong, informed administrators are vital to the survival of organizations that bring the performing and visual arts to communities. Amanda holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Boston College, a MA in Arts Administration from Eastern Michigan University, and earned her MA in Applied Drama and Theatre for the Young (also from Eastern Michigan University) in December 2011.

Rebecca Groeb-Driskill
Saline Area

Theater Manager for Ellen A. Ewing Perfforming Arts Center/Artistic Director/Drama Teacher

Sanders Hamson
Ann Arbor Area

John Hill
Ann Arbor Area

Imelda Hunt
Outside Washtenaw County

Dr. Imelda Hunt is, artistic director and founder of New Works Writers Series (New Works). She has an academic background in African American theatre, history, and culture. New Works is a non-profit 501(c) 3 community theatre organization, specializing in stage performances, poetry readings, and collaborations by artists who work in various mediums. For more than twenty years, New Works has provided a creative outlet and opportunity for the exchanging of ideas among students, professionals and community residents and hosted such artists as Sonia Sanchez, and Jessica Care Moore. New Works have staged performances or held workshops at Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and numerous other community institutions. Hunt is a playwright, director, and poet and has been a member of Black Theatre Network and the National Conference on African American Theatre. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities 2009 Fellowships and is currently teaching at Owens College in Toledo, Ohio. Hunt is an educator, playwright and poet. Her dissertation for the completion of her doctoral program at Bowling Green State University was “The Oral History of Art Tatum in Toledo, Ohio 1910-1932.” She was worked as a principal and teacher in the Toledo area for more than twenty-five years. She brings a wealth creative and educational knowledge to the classroom experience. She is the recipient of a number of community awards including National Endowment for the Humanities 2009 Fellowships and UT Upward Bound Summer Program Best Teacher 2010.

Molly Indura
Ann Arbor Area

julie jaffee nagel
Ann Arbor Area

Musician/psychotherapist. Clinical work and presentations, consultations, on performance anxiety and music as pathway into emotions. General private practice in Ann Arbor. Many awards for work and publications

Maria Jones
Outside Washtenaw County

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Eon Kim
Ann Arbor Area

Jim Leija
Ann Arbor Area

Jim Leija has been the Public Relations Manager for UMS since 2008. In this capacity, Jim manages the more traditional aspects of public and media relations, as well as coordinating UMS’s social media strategies and online community engagement (including overseeing UMS’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, managing UMS’s Google AdWords account, and producing original audio, video, and blog content). Over the past year, he has served as the project manager for the UMS Lobby Project (www.umsLOBBY.org), created through an "Innovation Lab" grant awarded by EmcArts with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. As a part-time consultant with NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work), Jim interfaces with a diverse array of clients in Metro Detroit’s nonprofit sector. He holds three degrees from the University of Michigan: a Master of Fine Arts in Art & Design, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He lives in Ann Arbor with his husband and their two rescue dogs, Maisie and Olive.

Mark Loeb
Ann Arbor Area

I organize creative and exciting festivals. I help on large projects like the Detroit Jazz Festival and smaller ones like Royal Oak Clay, Glass and Metal Show. I can help create the perfect distinctive festival event for your organization or community.

Ken MacGregor
Ypsilanti Area

I write, direct and act in a sketch comedy company, though my recent thrust has been to write, direct and act in movies.

Jeanne Mackey
Ann Arbor Area

Lifelong musician, community-builder. Former director of Sacred Song, co-founder of Transition Ann Arbor. These days, I'm doing autobiographical writing (stories and songs), creating a performance piece on the occasion of turning 60.

Keith Paul Medelis
Outside Washtenaw County

Jeff Meyers
Ann Arbor Area

Irena Nagler
Ann Arbor Area

Irena Nagler is a writer of fiction, poetry and essay, visual artist, and a director and performer with Nightfire Dance Theater, an eclectic dance theater troupe with participants of all ages. She teaches creative writing, creative dance and movement meditation, including environmental dance in rhythm with elements in nature. Her work blends mythic sensibility with reverence for the living earth and stars and the interconnection of the many worlds we participate in.

Debbie Nichols
Milan Area

I am a music teacher, soprano and I love being involved with theater.

Brenda Oelbaum
Ann Arbor Area

Feminist, Activist, Artist, Independent Curator and Arts Administrator.

Kristala Pouncy
Ann Arbor Area

Russ Schwartz
Ann Arbor Area

I do a lot of writing. I tend to be happiest when that writing takes the form of plays, but it has, on occasion, taken the form of articles, press releases, advertising, essays and technical manuals. How about that?

Renae Skoog
Ann Arbor Area

Costume Stock Administrator for University Productions at University of Michigan.

Dave SmilingSun
Chelsea Area

Shelly Smith
Ann Arbor Area

I am a comedy writer, performer, show producer and emcee. Aaaaaand sometimes director, back up singer, videographer, blogger, creator of things. Wanting to collaborate with illustrators, videographers, and animators. Call me!

Summer sMTH
Outside Washtenaw County

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Ann Stofflet
Saline Area

I am a writer (playwright, short story), photographer and vocalist. I also enjoy stone carving and sculpture, drawing and watercolor. I have an MBA in Marketing and Communications and Media Management.

Trevor Stone
Chelsea Area

I use art as a philosophical learning tool, to practice inventive thinking, to entertain others and myself, to bring communities together, and as a means of social outreach.

Barrett Streu
Dexter Area

Sarah Nicole Tanner
Ann Arbor Area

Painter, Sculptor, Muralist, Set and Exhibit Designer, Teacher

Martha Travers
Manchester Area

My path is to assist individuals in accessing their creativity and life-vision. To do this, I teach contemplative practice (sitting meditation, tai chi, working with color, etc) and nature-based contemplative practice. I teach a 'Writer and Contemplative Practice' retreat at the GilChrist retreat center as well as a nature & mysticism retreat. I also teach these retreats in Northern Michigan in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park. Open to all who want to quest for deep vision with the assistance of the natural world. My work pertains to all the arts.

Mike Vickers
Dexter Area

Songwriter and arts supporter

Kathy Waugh
Ann Arbor Area

David Wolber
Ann Arbor Area

I am the Artistic Director of Performance Network, Ann Arbor's professional theatre. I am also an actor, director and artists.

Stephanie Wottreng
Ann Arbor Area

Suzanne Young
Ann Arbor Area

Costume designer with over 30 years experience in the performing arts. 2011 Wilde Award nominee.