MICHELLE MATLOCK

Michelle Nicole Matlock a native of Washington State, graduated from the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York City. She began developing her solo show THE MAMMY PROJECT in 2001 and this summer it will be presented at the Ko Festival of Performance and The Hemispheric Institute in Argentina. It has also been presented by Performance Space 122, Round Table Ensemble, The Harbourfront Centre’s Toronto Black Culture Festival, Eastern Connecticut State University, Dixon Place, UCLA, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Milwaukee and Stetson University.

Currently Michelle is developing an original work about gender identity with the band Inner Princess called SUM OF US, which had its first reading at Dixon Place ’s 2006 HOT Festival and was their only commissioned original work at the spring 2007 Mondo Cane. Michelle has acted in productions for The New Acting Company, Moonwork Inc. Fay Simpson’s Impact Theater and Crossbreeding Productions, and has also been featured as a physical comedienne with Circus Amok, The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and in the Daredevil Opera Company's CIRCUS INFERNO. Her professional clown credits include work with The Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Krooze Komics.

Michelle was selected for the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Artist & Communities 2005 residency at The LGBT Center in New York City. She has taught numerous workshops in Solo Performance Creation at universities across the country, and also in community centers and after-school programs in NYC.