Michael Bernard
Instructor
Beginning Acting
Meet Michael BernardTen years as Associate Artistic Director for The 52nd Street Project (a Nationally
recognized company that creates theater with professionals and kids from Hell’s Kitchen
NYC). Acting roles: Stephano in The Tempest (Santa Barbara, Butrint Albania, and Bitola Macedonia) Gayev in The Cherry Orchard, (Santa Barbara and Bitola Macedonia) and Cassius in Julius Caesar (Santa Barbara, Yerevan Armenia, and Tbilisi Georgia) with the LitMoon Theater Company.
King Charles/William Scott/Lady Davenant in Or, Richard Nixon in, Nixon's Nixon, and Sorn in Stupid F-ing Bird with Elements Theater Collective. Francis in One Man Two Guvnors with The Theater Group at SBCC. Member of Immediate Theater improv company in LA. Michael teaches
in the Theater Programs at UCSB and SBCC, The Young Playwrights Festival ETC, and
Improvisation at the Creative Arts Workshop.
Education
BFA, Acting, Boston University.
MA, Educational Theater, New York University.
Courses Taught
TA 111: Beginning Acting
Philosophy
“I want the students to understand, as an actor, how to make a choice of who the character
is rather than being told by a director,”
“I love acting because you get the opportunity to play someone other than yourself
and tell a different story,”
One Man Two Guvnors