A native Texan, Producer, Michelle Britton, has three decades of experience in the performing arts.  In the role of Artistic Director, she seeks to connect the power of live theater to make positive changes in our communities.  A passionate advocate for education in the arts, her background includes Director of stage plays and musicals,  Actor, Educator in Theater and Speech, Actor, Improv Artist/Sketch Writer, Speaker, and Theater Producer. With a B.A. in Theater Arts from University of Southern California, Michelle is proud to have studied with Robert Hartung (former producer, Hallmark Hall of Fame), John Houseman, Nina Foch, Stanley Zareff, as well as Charles Duff and Louis Fantasia (Founders of the Globe Theatre Education Programme, UK).  A former member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors' Equity Association, she has worked in over 150 stage plays, musicals, cabarets, playreadings and performance pieces. Professionally, she began her career in Los Angeles, and has additionally worked in Houston, New Mexico, New York, and the U.K. (where she created the role of Stella Deems in the British premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Follies).  Earlier this year, she was a featured conversationalist for the program, UH Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS).