About this Artist

Michael John Garcés is a Los Angeles-based director and playwright. Previous collaborations with Marc Bamuthi Joseph include the break/s, /peh-LO-tah/, and red, black and GREEN: a blues.  Other directing credits include For the People by Ty Defoe and Larissa FastHorse (The Guthrie Theatre), Wicoun, Native Nation and Urban Rez (Cornerstone Theater Company) and Thanksgiving Play (The Geffen Playhouse) by Larissa FastHorse, The Play You Want by Bernardo Cubrias (The Road Theatre Company), The Rivers Don’t Know by James McManus (City Theatre), Highland Park is Here by Mark Valdez (Cornerstone), Seize the King by Will Power (The Alliance Theatre), and Epic by Ellen Struve (Great Plains Theatre Commons).  Plays he has written include TOWN (Theatre Horizon) and 36 Yesses (Cornerstone).

He has worked at many other theatres across the country.  Michael is the recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award, the Princess Grace Statue Award, and the Alan Schneider Director Award.  He was the artistic director of Cornerstone Theater Company, a nationally recognized community-engaged ensemble, for many years.  He is currently a professor of practice at Arizona State University; and is the executive vice president of the executive board of SDC, the theatrical union for stage directors and choreographers.