As a writer, performer, designer, director, and puppeteer, Michael Sommers has created work for international festivals, leading theaters, and backyards, parks, and shelters. His deeply intricate and emotionally resonant creations have toured Mayan villages, the streets of the Czech Republic, and U.S. theaters, including the Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the Guthrie Theater, the Seattle Children's Theatre, the Denver Center for Performing Arts, and many more. Sommers is the founder and artistic director of Open Eye Figure Theatre and a professor in the Interdisciplinary Program for the Collaborative Arts at the University of Minnesota. S.B.
Portrait photo courtesy Matthew Spector
Homage to Louise Bourgeois, 1998-2007, created and performed by Michael Sommers; photo courtesy Michal Daniels
You might also like...
by Kenny Cole
Maine Arts Commission Award for Individual Artists
by Seme Jatib
NALAC Fund for the Arts
by Ryan Carter
Music At The Anthology (MATA) MATA Fellowship
by Michele O'Marah
Durfee Foundation Artists Resource for Completion (ARC) Grant
by Elise Kermani
MAP Fund Grant
by Chin Chih Yang
Franklin Furnace Fund
by Thara Memory
Regional Arts and Culture Council Individual Artist Fellowship
