Michael McGee

Director of The Petrified Forest at the Terra Cafe: Michael McGee, (SAG-AFTRA, AEA), actor, director, producer, and new to Baltimore, has previously launched several independent productions in Los Angeles and other cities. McGee developed and directed Gorky's THE LOWER DEPTHS performed on an L.A. Skid Row parking lot at 5th and San Julian. Produced by the Homeless Writers Coalition at the Stages Theater in Hollywood, the project utilized both homeless artists and professional actors. While working on Skid Row, McGee founded, Row Actors Workshop (RAW) for homeless artists. The participants performed their original pieces developed in the workshop with the Visions Project at LACE Theatre, produced by Scott Kellman and funded by the Los Angeles Cultural Arts Department. On that same Skid Row lot Michael McGee played Polonius in Bruce Beatty's production of HAMLET with actors Don Cheadle, Jesse Borrego, Michael Boatman and others. The production traveled to several venues in Los Angeles. Additionally, McGee directed/produced and acted in Matt Benjamin's CHINESE FUNERAL MARCH with William “Stan” Stanford Davis of ABC’s ABBOTT ELEMENTARY. McGee has received nominations for L.A. acting awards in film and theatre including Best Solo Performance in ST. NICHOLAS written by Conor McPherson and directed by Scott Paulin. He also received the LA Weekly Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in WAY TO HEAVEN by Juan Mayorga and directed by Ron Sossi at the Odyssey Theatre. Most recently, McGee appeared on THE MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN filmed in Pittsburgh.