MICHAEL BACHMAN
Executive Director, Collaborating Artist
Michael Bachman received his B.A. in Theatre from Butler University. While attending Butler, he was the assistant director to Diane Timmerman for the world premiere of Luke’s Father and the Sled and co-directed the devised piece Memory House with Melli Hoppe. He also directed Sarah Kane’s Blasted as his senior directing project. After completing his education at Butler, Michael continued at the University College Cork in Cork, Ireland where he received his M.A. in Drama and Theatre Studies. In Cork, he participated in a company deconstruction of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar that premiered at the 2006 European Capitol of Culture. Michael also directed Beckett’s What Where and conducted workshops in Brechtian Theory and Psychophysical Acting in Cork and Dublin. Since the completion of his Masters, Michael devised Mere Eye for Butler University’s 150th Welcome Week Celebration, collaborated with Orkestra Project on a production of L’histoire du Soldat and devised FeMENism for Indianapolis-based theatre company, NoExit. Michael is proud to have devised and directed Borderline for the Indianapolis Fringe Festival 2006 and Breathe in 2007. He currently serves as the Executive Director of NoExit Performance, Inc., to which he most recently brought an election year deconstruction of Julius Caesar, to the grounds of the Crown Hill Cemetery.
Michael joined NoExit in 2006 as a guest director and continued with the company. In 2008, Michael became the Executive Director as Co-Founder Nicole Gatzimos began to transition out of the company. Michael began restructuring the company shortly after bringing Georgeanna Smith on board. The company now functions as a group of artists collaborating, working together to continue the precedence set by NoExit's co-founders.
Photo by: Michelle Pemberton of INtake
