Joerg Andrees

Joerg Andrees

is a director of theater, dance, music and film and performs solo and improvised work in Germany and abroad. Currently, he is a leading faculty at the Michael Chekhov Studio […]

Dawn Arnold

Dawn Arnold

Dawn Arnold is an actress, deviser/director, and teaching artist focused on the Chekhov Technique. She is the founder and Artistic Director of The Moving Dock Theatre Company and Chekhov Studio […]

Marjolein Baars

Marjolein Baars

works as an actress, clown and teacher. She is the artistic director of tiny hero PRODUCTIONS and De Stichting Koffer in Amsterdam. She teaches Michael Chekhov’s work nationally and internationally. She is a […]

Naomi Bailis

Naomi Bailis

enjoyed a twenty year career on the Theater Faculty at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, one of the top co-curricular highschool arts conservatories in the country. She was a […]

Bethany Caputo

Bethany Caputo

is an actress and a teacher in New York City. She performs regionally at such theatres as Arena Stage, The Goodman, Pittsburgh Public Theatre. Ms. Caputo studied at the  Moscow […]

Jessica Cerullo

Jessica Cerullo

is a theater maker and educator. Her creative work is socially or civically engaged. In partnership with Joanna Merlin, she has worked with MICHA since its founding in 1999; first […]

Kristi Dana

Kristi Dana

is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech in the Division of Theatre at Southern Methodist University. She is a Certified teacher of Miller Voice Method (mVm) and Knight-Thompson Speechwork, […]

Scott Fielding

Scott Fielding

is the Director of Michael Chekhov Actors Studio Boston, where he leads The Chekhov Training and Meisner Foundation Training programs. Mr. Fielding is on the faculty at Boston’s Emerson College […]

Ragnar Freidank

Ragnar Freidank

teaches at the Michael Chekhov School in Hudson (NY). He also teaches a scene study class in NYC as well as Imaginary Classes online. He is on faculty for the […]

Sol Garre

Sol Garre

trained as an actress in Spain and has been teaching Chekhov technique since 1995. She is a senior lecturer of acting at the Real Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático de […]

Anne Gottlieb

Anne Gottlieb

is an actress, director, and the founder of FortyMagnolias Productions, dedicated to new work and the exploration of the collaborative process. She is a Resident Scholar in Collaborative Theatre at […]

Ellie Heyman

Ellie Heyman

is director of theater and film. Her work is known for its emotional depth with a visually imaginative aesthetic. She is the Director in Residence of Joe’s Pub at The […]

Tia James

Tia James

is an actor, teacher, director, and vocal coach. She is currently a faculty member of UNC Professional Actor Training Program and a vocal coach and company member of PlayMakers Repertory […]

Margaret Kemp

Margaret Kemp

is an actor, a director, a multi-disciplinary performing artist, writer, and teaching artist. Within her performance practice she is questioning the how systems of scientific and social engineering manipulate voice, […]

Jobst Langhans

Jobst Langhans

is a director, actor and teacher. He co-founded the theater company, WERBUHNE BERLIN, and has been its artistic director since 1998. Mr. Langhans has performed and directed throughout Berlin and […]

Camille Litalien

Camille Litalien

trained at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in New York and at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, UK. She performed extensively throughout Europe […]

Marjo-Riikka Mäkelä

Marjo-Riikka Mäkelä

has been an inspired practitioner of the Michael Chekhov Technique for the past 25 years, and has studied with several direct students of Mr. Chekhov. She is a world renowned […]

Andrei Malaev-Babel

Andrei Malaev-Babel

is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory. At the Stanislavsky Theater Studio (STS), where he served as the Producing Artistic Director, he received a Helen Hayes Award […]

Dale March

Dale March

has been working as an actor and teacher in Sydney, Australia for the last 10 years. His teaching work has woven Michael Chekhov’s insights and exercises into the 3-year curriculum […]

Craig Mathers

Craig Mathers

is currently a Professor of Performing Arts at Emerson College where he serves as the head of the BFA Acting Studio and teaches Chekhov and Stanislavsky based approaches as well […]

Séamus Maynard

Séamus Maynard

is an actor and musician and has worked with theater companies such as Improbable Theatre (UK), The Belgian National Theater, and (since 2000) with The Actors’ Ensemble. Séamus holds a […]

Phelim McDermott

Phelim McDermott

has been directing and performing since 1984. Mr. McDermott improvises with the Comedy Store Players, is an honorary doctor of Middlesex University, and serves on MICHA’s advisory board. His company, […]

John McManus

John McManus

has worked internationally as an actor, director and teacher for 40 years. He was a founding member and artistic director of ‘Walking the dog Theater (Australia) and Shakespeare Alive! (USA). […]

Joanna Merlin – In Memorium

Joanna Merlin – In Memorium

a student of Michael Chekhov, an actor, teacher, and former casting director. Ms. Merlin is the Founder and President Emeritus of MICHA and is the last living student of Michael […]

Ulrich Meyer-Horsch

Ulrich Meyer-Horsch

is the artistic director of the Michael Chekhov International School and the Michael Chekhov Studio Hamburg. He is a founding member of Michael Chekhov Europe. A professional actor and theatre […]

Roanna Mitchell

Roanna Mitchell

is a performance-maker and movement person, co-director of the Chekhov Collective UK, and lecturer at the University of Kent, where she is course leader for the MA Physical Acting. She […]

Suzana Nikolić

Suzana Nikolić

is a full time professor at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb (ADA, UZ). She is a Founder and Artistic Director of Performing Arts Etra and STUDIO CHEKHOV.hr. […]

Hugh O’Gorman

Hugh O’Gorman

is an actor, director, author and teaching-artist active in professional theatre for 30 years; since 2002 he has been the Head of Acting at California State University Long Beach where […]

Chuk Obasi

Chuk Obasi

is a New York-based actor, writer, director, and educator. He is currently a Teaching Artist and Core Theatre Ensemble member with the People’s Theatre Project, as well as the Co-Director […]

Lenard Petit

Lenard Petit

is the Director of The Michael Chekhov Acting Studio in New York City and the author of The Michael Chekhov Handbook, for the Actor. Mr. Petit is a founding member […]

Ted Pugh

Ted Pugh

is the co-artistic director of The Actors’ Ensemble of New York and has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Regional theaters around the United States. After having trained at the Michael […]

Connie Rotunda

Connie Rotunda

is an actor, director, movement coach/director and teaching-artist. She currently serves as the Associate Chair of the Theatre Arts Department at SUNY New Paltz. She has worked regionally and Off-Broadway, […]

Sinéad Rushe

Sinéad Rushe

is an award-winning theatre director and Senior Lecturer in Acting and Movement at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. She is the author of Michael Chekhov’s Acting […]

Fern Sloan

Fern Sloan

, an actress for over 40 years, is co-founder and co-artistic director of The Actors’ Ensemble and has performed and taught the Michael Chekhov technique in the US, Canada, Europe […]

Phil Stoesz

Phil Stoesz

Phil Stoesz is a queer Mennonite facilitator, educator and creator who works at the intersection of service and imagination. He has been facilitating and teaching the Critical Response Process (CRP) for […]

Sayda Trujillo

Sayda Trujillo

is an actress, and theatre-maker/educator specializing in voice and movement, as well as devising original physical theatre performances. She is on the faculty of Dell’Arte International. Her performance and teaching […]

David Zinder

David Zinder

is an acting trainer and free-lance international director. Since 2002 he has been directing extensively at professional repertory theatres in Romania. He is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Theatre […]