Michelle Bossy is a Mexican-American film and theater director dedicated to bringing original, new work to the stage and screen. She is the Associate Artistic Director of Primary Stages, where she has worked for the past twelve years. She recently directed the short films 18, written by Courtney Baron, and She Grinds Her Own Coffee, written by Cheri Magid. Michelle produced the World Premiere of Dread Awakening and directed and produced the premieres of Cloven Tongues (by Victor Lesniewski), Un Plugged In (by Brian Pracht), South Beach Rapture (by David Caudle), Sarajevo's Child (by Katie Simon), amongst many other new plays. She directed the world premiere of Little Monsters by Maria Alexandria Beech, and created the musical High School Confidential for Primary Stages with writers Janet Reed and Dan Ahearn. She directed developmental readings of The Infinity Pond by Maria Alexandria Beech and Eat Your Heart Out by Courtney Baron (both at Perry Mansfield New Works Festival), Bicycle Girl by Rogelio Martinez (Repertory Theater of St. Louis), Gloria by Maria Alexandria Beech (EST), Mercy by Adam Szymkowicz, and May Day by Molly Smith Metzler, among many others. Michelle is the Director of the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group, where she has worked with over twenty-five emerging writers. Michelle holds the first undergraduate directing degree from Webster University's Conservatory of Theatre Arts. She is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Plum Productions. She teaches acting and playwriting for the Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA) and directing for Syracuse University's Tepper Semester. Member: Lincoln Center Director's Lab and the League of Professional Theatre Women. Upcoming: Sex of the Baby by Matthew-Lee Erlbach, and an untitled new commission written by Heidi Armbruster. www.MichelleBossy.com
Michelle Bossy