The directing workshop teaches the essential principles of the art of directing; script analysis, working with actors, tech, and designers. Participants will gain hands-on experience through the Stories High production--applying knowledge from the workshop to the stage.

Schedule:

Meets in person

Mondays 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

May 4, 11, 18, June 1, 8

Michelle Talgarow

is a Kalmyk/Pinay performance maker in the Bay Area for over 30 years. She is excited to facilitate the Directing workshop for Stories High this season! More so, she’s grateful for the opportunity to share back with a community that has helped shape the artist she is today. Her most recent directing credits - the all female AAPI sketch comedy group Granny Cart Gangstas, in their holiday show XXXMAS - SUCK OUR MISTLETOES, Golden Thread and Z-Space’s co-production of PILGRIMAGE by Humaira Ghilzai and Bridgette Dutta Portman, SFBATCO's, CUCKOO EDIBLE MAGIC by Reed Flores, Shotgun Player's production of THIRTY-SIX by Leah Nanako Winkler which won the Will Glickman Award in 2025 and Bindlestiff Studio's immersive rock production of DARKHEART-A Concert Narrative by Golda Sargento.

Michelle is also a proud member of Shotgun Players’ artistic company and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco.