Mike Speck

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A Master thespian

Mike Speck is a professional actor, stage manager, and fight choreographer, and an MFA graduate of Western Illinois University.  There, he trained with DC Wright in stage combat and with Bill Kincaid in Unrehearsed Shakespeare technique, before graduating in 2005.

Mike’s performances and choreography have been seen across the eastern half of the US.  Highlights include ensemble work in the Guthrie Theater’s production of Major Barbara, as well as Ko-Ko in The Mikado (Theater at Monmouth), Old Tom in The Lost Colony, and Friar Lawrence/Lord Capulet in Romeo & Juliet (GMT Productions).  He created the roles of Aaron Grigsby and John Wilkes Booth in the world premiere of Lincoln at the Lincoln Amphitheatre in Indiana.

Unrehearsed credits include Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Northumberland in Richard II, and the Bishop of Canterbury/French King in Henry V; Mike also directed/coordinated an unrehearsed production of 2 Henry IV while at the Lincoln Amphitheatre.  At the 2009 Bard in the Barn festival, he will be playing [not telling] in the production of [redacted until October!].

Mike is currently doing coursework in Project Management and Arts & Cultural Management at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota; he serves as the Mid-America Regional Representative for the Society of American Fight Directors, and as co-coordinator of the SAFD’s newest regional workshop, Carnage in the Corn.