Michael Socrates Moran

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Continuing Lecturer: Acting & Directing
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Michael Socrates Moran grew up in Richmond, California before attending Boston University where he pursued his BFA. He has worked as a professional actor in regional theaters in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and at an off-Broadway house in New York City. He graduated from UC San Diego’s world-renowned MFA Directing program where he founded the award-winning Oakland Theater Project (formerly Ubuntu Theater Project), a professional theater company dedicated to inspiring compassion across socio-economic and racial barriers. Michael now serves as OTP's Executive and Co-Artistic Director. Having directed over 15 productions, favorite professional credits include: Dance of the Holy Ghosts by Marcus Gardley, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, Waiting For Lefty by Clifford Odets, Othello by William Shakespeare, The Grapes of Wrath adapted by Frank Galati, Gospel of Lovingkindness by Marcus Gardley, Yellowman by Dael Oerlandersmith, Dutchman by Amiri Baraka the West Coast Premiere of TO THE BONE & Exit Cuckoo: (A Nanny in Motherland) by Lisa Ramirez, and the World Premiere of Rashomon by Phililp Kan Gotanda. Michael is a recipient of the San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics Circle Award for Best Director in the East Bay.

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