Michael Hunter received his PhD in Drama and Directing from Stanford University. His directorial work in the Bay Area and the UK has included Calderòn, Orton, Genet, Ionesco, and Kushner, as well as his own plays, which he has presented at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Michael was also a co-founder of the theater company Collected Works and is currently a Senior Lecturer at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco.