Michelle Pauls
Stage, Film & web Actor
Grief Activist
Some of my Artist Educator Work:
Artist in Residence
at Penn State Abington
Of Mythic Proportions -
Developer & Educator
Interview of Michelle Pauls by STAGE Magazine
I created this award-winning theatre outreach program to serve teens in the urban areas of Philadelphia. We helped teens take stories from their own lives and transform them into a piece of live theatre, that they then performed for other students, and the community.
Picture by Michelle Pauls
I devised and taught workshops and courses on creating an issue-oriented play, using improv, Theatre of the Oppressed, Moment work and storytelling.
Penn State Students:
Live & Online!
Students from THEA 298/498 class: Devising A Play ,performing Live & Online during the COVID-19 Quarantine. They performed their original work: WHO I AM on Zoom and Facebook Live. Such a great night!
The Passage Project
Photo by Carol Graham
As a Teaching Artist Fellow with the Philadelphia Theatre Company, I investigated how theatre can support those on hospice care, and their families
An excerpt of the Barrymore Award-winning Of Mythic Proportions program
Video by James Jackson @raveneyes
Theatre Outreach with students from Edison High School, Philadelphia
Photo by Jeffrey Gross
Creating an anti-bullying play at Feltonville Middle School
Photo by Michelle Pauls
Working with 6,7,8th graders: helping them create a performance on issues that concern them
As a Teaching Artist Fellow, I worked with other TAs to develop and implement applied theatre work with special education students.
Family Theatre Series at Walking Fish Theatre
Photo by Stan Heleva
Leading the interactive, literature-based community outreach program I created at my home base, Walking Fish Theatre, and other sites in the community.
On the Navajo Reservation, Thoreau, NM
Photo by Michelle Pauls
Helping the teens from Thoreau, NM engage in theatre creation for the first time.