Michael Rock (writer/director) has over twenty-five year's experience in educational theatre, including writing and directing twelve original, award-winning environmentally-themed shows for Hersheypark and being on the creative team for four productions of the Slim Goodbody® Corporation. He was also the director of an extremely successful children's theatre adaptation of the improv show Theatresports which toured the Northeast for almost ten years.

In addition, Michael is an actor, playwright, director and corporate coach/facilitator. He is a lead facilitator and role-player with the theatre-based executive education company Performance of a Lifetime and has helped such clients as PwC, Booz Allen Hamilton, HSBC and the US Olympics. Michael's performing credits include Mummenschanz on Broadway, ten years with TheatreSports, Spontaneous Broadway and other improvisation companies as well as many regional, stock and touring productions where he had to actually memorize lines. Michael was recently voted "Best Director" at the Aery Theatre's 20/20 Play Festival for his staging of the premiere of A Real Live Cuban. He has directed original musicals for UPenn's Mask & Wig Club, sketch comedy for The Second City Training Center and others. He has taught improvisation for Ringling Bros. Clown College, Johns Hopkins University and Theatresports New York where he was the director of their improvisation school. He currently teaches acting and improvisation for Marymount Manhattan College, Comedysportz New York and NYU. He recently wrote a play, Musical
Chairs, which was presented at the NY International Fringe Festival, the
Pantheon Theater and Cabrini College. (http://www.michaelrock.com).

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