Michael Fortna
Director &
Stage Manager
RESUME
Selected Credits
Anastasia
The Lion King Jr.
Where the Wild Things Are
Director
Firebird Theatre
Director
Conshohocken Theatre in the Parks
Director & Lead Teacher
Upper Darby Arts and
Education Foundation
Broadway Backwards
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Aladdin Jr.
Stage Manager
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Director & Lead Teacher
Upper Darby Arts and
Education Foundation
Production Stage Manager
Walnut Street Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest
Pay No Attention
to the Girl
Bright Colors and Bold Patterns
Production Stage Manager
New York Classical Theatre
Production Stage Manager
Target Margin Theatre
Assistant Stage Manager
Soho Playhouse
Pippin
Awake and Sing
In The Fiddler's House
Director
Newtown Arts Company
Production Stage Manager
Atlantic Theatre Company
National Yiddish Theatre/Carnegie Hall
Assistant Stage Manager
Jersey Boys
Smokey Joe's Cafe
A Little Night Music
Production Assistant
Ogunquit Playhouse
Production Assistant
Ogunquit Playhouse/Stage 42
Assistant Director
Syracuse Opera
Sweeney Todd
From Here To Eternity
Good King Wenceslas
Assistant Director
Syracuse Opera
Production Assistant
Ogunquit Playhouse
Assistant Director
Stages On The Sound
Carousel
Dead Poets Society
Brunch in Babel
Production Stage Manager
Red House Arts Center
Production Stage Manager
EPIC Players
Director
New York Theatre Festival
Heartbreak Hotel
An American in Paris
9 Operas in 90 Minutes
Production Assistant
Ogunquit Playhouse
Production Assistant
Ogunquit Playhouse
Director
Syracuse Opera
Almost Maine
Oklahoma
Hair
Assistant Director
Red House Arts Center
Production Assistant
Ogunquit Playhouse
Production Stage Manager
Covery Theatre Company
Broadway Bares
Lyrics for Life
Porgy and Bess
Assistant Stage Manager
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Assistant Director
Kids of the Arts
Assistant Stage Manager
Syracuse Opera
The Liar
Production Assistant
Classic Stage Company
Grumpy Old Men
Production Assistant
Ogunquit Playhouse
The Marriage of Figaro
Assistant Stage Manager
Syracuse Opera
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Studies
- Associate in Applied Science in Humanities
Affiliations
• Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
• Actors Equity Association (AEA)
Further Training
Professional Stage Management Apprentice
The Juilliard School
Directing Apprentice
Broadway Dreams Foundation
Fellow
The Smithsonian Institute
Teaching Artist
Upper Darby Arts and Education Foundation