Michael Dix Thomas, Education Director, is a theater educator, director, and actor with 20 years of experience working with students. As a teaching artist, Michael has taught and designed programs for students with the Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Round House Theatre (MD), Signature Theatre (VA), The Theater at Monmouth (ME), and The Maine Coast Waldorf School (ME). Michael has directed students for Keene State College (NH) and the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine. As an actor, Michael has performed from Maine to North Carolina, including roles with Shakespeare & Co. (MA), Folger Theatre (DC), the Kennedy Center (DC), and Portland Stage. Michael holds a BA from Emerson College, and an MFA from the Academy for Classical Acting at the George Washington University.