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Francine Michelle

Theatre Resume

*Director Member The Actor’s Studio

Theatre Experience

Director

MesmerizedGeorgetown Palace Theatre · Georgetown, TX
The Shape of ThingsZach North · Cedar Park, TX
Waiting for LeftyWhitmore-Lindley Theatre · North Hollywood, CA
WhateverWhitmore-Lindley Theatre · North Hollywood, CA
On Tidy Endings (GLAAD nomination)Whitmore-Lindley Theatre · North Hollywood, CA
Sermon in the SuicideThe Greenway Court Theatre · Hollywood, CA
Velvet MaddyThe Actor’s Studio · Hollywood, CA
SylviaCurtis Theatre · Brea, CA
HalevaiLos Angeles Jewish Theatre · Hollywood, CA
Baby With the BathwaterHollywood Fight Club · Hollywood, CA
More Than a NumberEgyptian Theatre · Hollywood, CA
TartuffeColumbia Gorge Rep Theatre · White Salmon, WA
ChessPower Center for Perf Arts · Ann Arbor, MI
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestLydia Mendelssohn Theatre
OleannaTrueblood Theatre

Assistant Director

Enter the Guardsman (dir. Michael Edwards)The Old Globe · San Diego, CA
Maiden Stakes (dir. Anthony Caldarella)The Actor’s Studio · Hollywood, CA
Side ShowColumbia Gorge Rep Theatre · White Salmon, WA
Avenue X: The A Cappella MusicalPerformance Network · Ann Arbor, MI

Casting

A Taste of Honey2100 Square Feet · Los Angeles, CA

ASM

Orson’s Shadow (Sound/Light Op)Black Dahlia Theatre · Los Angeles, CA
As You Like It (Sound Board Op)The Actor’s Co-op · Hollywood, CA
Smokey Joe’s Cafe UK TourATG Turnstyle · London, UK

Marketing Assistant

The Pajama GameATG Turnstyle · London, UK
The Rocky Horror Picture ShowATG Turnstyle · London, UK

Assistant Company Tour Manager

Smokey Joe’s CafeRichard Frankel Productions · New York, NY

TV / Film Experience

Director

Desertion (writer)Albion Entertainment (feature)
Sleep and Smile (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (music video)
When the Money Comes Around (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (music video)
Just Wanna Come Home (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (music video)
Uncloseted Skeletons (writer)Hailstone Creatives Production (short)
Solitary Confinement (writer)Liebling Productions (short)
A Little Somethin’ (w/ Kevin Farley)Sitcom Staged Reading
UnDeclared (multi-camera)New York Film Academy
Sports Night (multi-camera)

Education / Training

The Actor’s Studio Writer/Director Unit (Director Member)Hollywood, CA
Lee Strasberg Theatre InstituteNew York, NY
Viewpoints Workshop with Anne BogartAnn Arbor, MI
Directing Workshop with Robert Wilson
University of Michigan — BFA Directing, TV/Film ProductionAnn Arbor, MI

Graduated with High Honors, Golden Key National Honor Society

Other Related Experience

Television and Screenwriter; Own and operate Sony Prosumer camera; Certified Acting Instructor (New York Film Academy–Universal City, SOCAPA–Marina Del Rey, Dars Specctaculo–Salerno, Italy); Meisner, The Method, Viewpoints, and Spolin; Multi and Single Camera Directing; Script Analysis; Tri-lingual (Spanish/Italian)