Michael's Info
Michael Golding is a writer, director and improv teacher. He participated in the evolution of the Improv Olympics, the Canadian Improv Games and was the Artistic director of the Comic Strip Improv Group in New York (working with Robin Williams), and the Insight Theatre Company (a public education theatre program created by, for and about youth) for Planned Parenthood, Ottawa. He is a faculty member at El Camino College in Los Angeles, working with at-risk teens and traditional students. Michael wrote and co-produced the documentary "David Shepherd: A Lifetime of Improvisational Theatre" (available for free on YouTube) and his book, Listen Harder, a collection of essays, curriculum and memorabilia on improvisation and educational theatre, is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and CreateSpace.Michael holds a BFA degree in Drama from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts & an MA degree in Educational Theatre from NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development. He has studied improvisation with David Shepherd, Paul Sills, Martin Friedberg and Del Close, educational theatre with Gavin Bolton and Robert Landy and acting with Lee Strasberg, Elaine Aiken and Irma Sandry.
"Michael is a master when it comes to creating participatory workshops." - Jamie "Willie' Wyllie, co-creator Canadian Improv Games
"As I watch players & directors around me, I see maybe one in a hundred vault into the status of say, a Paul Sills. Michael needs very little more to take that vault." " - David Shepherd, creator of Compass & Improv Olympics
"Michael establishes rapport with students which encourages positive social interaction and active engagement. He is consistently committed and passionate about his work." - Andrew Bogen - Board Member, New Village Charter High School
