Michelle Seaton

“She searches for ‘truth’...brings compassion and humour to the collaborative environment.”

Amy Saltz, Ruetgers University

“Michelle empowers her cast to collaborate, take risks and explore the circumstances.”

- Mindi Logan, University of Portland

"...characterized by hot flashes of insight, chilling honesty and loads of lightheaded hilarity."

-Willamette Week, Johanna Droubay

“Always present in her work is an innovative eye for detail and an innate theatrical sense that never ceases to push the envelope.”

-John Basil, American Globe Theatre

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Directing

Drammy Winner for Best Acting Ensemble (2004)

M.F.A in Directing/Acting 2009, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts

The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Meritorious Achievement Award for Direction of University of Mostly Whites (2013)

Rutgers Theatre Company

Globe Theatre

Theatre Vertigo

Ensemble Studio Theatre

Profile Theater

The Eugene O'neill

Miles Square Theatre

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

Teaching

Adjunct Professor of Theatre

University of Portland

Portland Actor's Conservatory

Linfield College

Acting

B.A. in Theatre/Communications 1994 Linfield College

Portland Actors Conservatory, 1998

Irene Ryan Semi Finalist Winner (1994)

Contact Me

Based in Portland, Oregon

Productions Past

Cloud Tectonics, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Rutgers Theatre Company

Cold Comedy Concoction, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Stark Raving Theatre at CoHo Theatre

Dog Sees God, Directed by Michelle Seaton, guest director at Jameson Studo, Rutgers University

Egyptology, Directed by Michelle Seaton, guest director for Rutgers Theatre Company

ElectroPuss, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Stark Raving Theatre

Helen, Directed by Michelle Seaton for University of Portland

Love And Information, Directed By Michelle Seaton for Theatre Vertigo

Marshalls Law, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Rutgers Theatre Company

Noise Maker, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Shaking the Tree Theatre Company

Revision, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Rutgers Theatre Company

Six Characters in Search of an Author, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Portland Actors Conservatory

Bernarda Alba, Directed by Michelle Seaton for George Fox University

University of Mostly Whites, Directed by Michelle Seaton, guest director at Linfield College

Viore Dire, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Rutgers Theatre Company

Walking Shadows, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Rutgers Theatre Company

Weeping Women, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Stark Raving Theatre at CoHo Theatre

Wilde Abandon, Directed by Michelle Seaton for Rutgers Theatre Company