POIEMA ARTS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Founder and Director of Poiema Arts, Inc and PoiemArtistry, Inc / Director / Board of Directors

Michael hails from the land of the Buckeyes - Ohio. He graduated from Central Bible College in 1984 and has studied theater, mime, and dance for nearly 45 years. Prior to directing theater, he and his wife served in pastoral ministry for over 20 years in Columbus, Ohio as well as Raleigh, North Carolina. Since 2001, Michael has served on the staff of North Raleigh Christian Academy as the Director of Fine Arts, directing an award-winning theater program. The NRCA Squire Theater was one of the first private schools in the nation to produce Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins. Over the past 17 years, Michael has directed over 45 plays and musicals while helping to begin several local dance and theater groups. He is excited about the next phase of God's journey as he and his family establish both a regional school for the arts and a professional performing arts company that will help to expand God's Kingdom to the nation.