Mary Michell
Artistic Director
Mary Michell first performed with ShawChicago Theatre Company in 1999, and fell in love with Shaw’s wit, precision, powerful themes, and unique challenges for actors. She had the good fortune to work with and learn from Robert Scogin and his accomplished ShawChicago ensemble until the company’s last season in 2018, for which she directed Arms and the Man. In Chicago, she has appeared at Oak Park Festival Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Bailiwick Repertory, Drury Lane, The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, Illinois Theatre Center, The Ivanhoe Theatre and The Academy Playhouse and Ravinia. Regional work includes The Arena Stage (DC); Actors Theatre of Louisville; Mummers Theatre (Oklahoma City) Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City MI). As Artistic Director for Misalliance Repertory, Mary hopes to continue Bob Scogin’s legacy of honoring playwrights through deep exploration of their words, which allows us to give full voice to all the richness, clarity and humor the writer intended.