Dr. Tick received the M.A. from Northwestern University and the Ph.D. from New York University. He studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Bill Hickey, and directing with Richard Schechner Spalding Gray, and Adrian Hall. Before joining LSU in 1999, Michael served on the planning committee that established, in 1985, the Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts (GSA), a regional secondary arts school affiliated with the Virginia Stage Company, the Virginia Opera, the Virginia Symphony, and the Virginia Ballet Theatre. As founding chair of the GSA Department of Theatre, Michael also served on the faculty of Old Dominion University. He has taught at the University of Rhode Island, Northwestern University, Harvard University, Rend Lake College (Illinois), the University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), and Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. He has been associated with the Trinity Repertory Company, the Newport Music Festival, and the Newport Jazz Festival, where he worked in company management, production, marketing, and development. He is a member of AEA and SSDC. |
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