Michael Mendez (Ensemble) Michael is thrilled to be making his Alliance Theatre debut!  Broadway: Chaplin. Off Broadway: Hey! Look Me Over! (Encores!), Fat Camp the Musical (American Theatre of Actors).  Regional: Shrek (Arrow Rock Lyceum), Man of La Mancha (Westport Country Playhouse), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (The Old Globe), Damn Yankees (Goodspeed Opera House), Peter and the Starcatcher & The Music Man (Weston Theatre Company), Grease (North Shore Music Theatre), Billy Elliot (North Carolina Theatre), Paquito’s Christmas (The Kennedy Center). Michael received his BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Arizona and his MFA in Directing from the University of Idaho. Michael is currently an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at Marymount Manhattan College.  Special thanks to the entire team of Water for Elephants and to my amazing wife Marissa. IG: @mendezzzz