Michael began working in theatre in the sixth grade in Houston, TX, but has always known that he would have a career in the arts, and continued to be active in theatre throughout high school at Houston HS in Memphis and Oakville Senior High in St. Louis.

Currently, he's a core member of a local professional company called Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble (SATE). His involvement with SATE would begin at a very inauspicious place: a 2003 community theatre production of Annie, where he played opposite future SATE founder Margeau Baue Steinau. The director of that production, Ted Gregory, would later graciously offer Michael a scholarship to Lindenwood University, where he earned a BFA in Theatre Directing and also continued to build an amazing artistic relationship with Margeau.

At Lindenwood, Michael was very active onstage and off, participating in over 20 mainstage productions, many more blackbox productions, and directed several shows including Edward Albee's The Sandbox and a modern adaptation of Richard III.

Also, Lindenwood gave him an opportunity to expand and nurture his expertise in the field of graphic arts as publicist for LU's Department of Theatre, which allowed him to grow his client list to include SATE, the Shakespeare Festival, and numerous individual freelance projects.

It was also through Lindenwood that he was given an internship with Shakespeare Festival St. Louis as an actor with the Education Tour, performing at area schools for thousands of students and garnering a 2009 Kevin Kline Award for Oustanding Production for Young Audiences in the ensemble of Quick-Brewed Macbeth.

He continues to tour with the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Education Tour, having completed work on Much A Doo-Wop About Nothing and Soothsayin': A Stylin' Julius Caesar in 2007; Me & Richard 3 and A Midsummer Night's Dream...in the Wink of an Eye! in 2008; Windsor Live! and Quick-Brewed Macbeth in 2009; and he is currently touring with Trippingly Hamlet (which he also adapted) and All the World's a Stage.