August 2010
The Bridge
Project closes at The Old Vic on August 21st and travels to its final
destination Aviles, Spain. Performances will take place August 26th-28th
at Teatro Palacio Valdes Theatre.
July 2010
The reviews are in:
"In this production, the greatest love affair is between Rosalind and Celia. When Michelle Beck's vivid Celia says of Rosalind: 'I cannot live out of her company,' the line has the force of absolute truth."
-The Guardian"Michelle Beck is a saucy delight as Rosalind's best friend, Celia."
-The Hollywood Reporter
June 2010
The Bridge Project plays The Holland Festival at The Stadtschouwberg from June 2nd-6th in Amsterdam.
The Bridge Project finally lands in London. Information on the shows can be found at: http://www.oldvictheatre.com/. The shows will be in previews until June 26th when "As You Like It" and "The Tempest" open.
May 2010
The Bridge Project goes on to Madrid, Spain. Performances will be at the Teatro Espanol from April 29th- May 9th.
The Bridge Project continues to Recklinhausen, Germany. Performances will take place at Ruhrfestspiele from May 25th-30th.
April 2010
The Bridge
Project begins performances at Singapore Repertory Theater from April
2nd-10th.
More information can be viewed at: www.srt.com.sg/
The plays
then move on to perform at Theatre Marigny-Paris from April 14th- 20th.
More information can be viewed at: www.theatremarigny.fr/fr/programmation/bdd/id/24-as-you-like-it-the-tempest
March 2010
"As
You Like It" and "The Tempest" close at BAM on March 13th.
Performances resume at on March 25th at The Lyric Theater as part of the
2010 Hong Kong Arts Festival.
For more information, please visit: www.artsfestival.org/en/prog/29/
February 2010
"The Tempest" begins previews Feb 14th and officially opens Feb 25th at BAM's Harvey Theater.
January 2010
"As You Like It" begins previews Jan 12th at BAM and officially opens Jan 24th at BAM's Harvey Theater.
December 2009
Tech begins
for "As You Like It" at BAM.
Also, press info can be viewed at: www.boneaubryanbrown.com/TheBridgeProject.htm
November 2009
Information for "The Bridge Project" can be seen at http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=1179
October 2009
Rehearsals
for "The Bridge Project" begin.
Michelle does a reading of Jessica Provenz's new play "Andromeda"
at The Barrow Group on Monday, October 19th at 7pm.
September 2009
Michelle
is set to play Celia/ Iris in "As You Like It" and "The
Tempest" for The Bridge Project 2010, directed by Sam Mendes.
The cast includes Stephen Dillane, Juliet Rylance, Christian Carmargo,
Alvin Epstein, Ron Cephas Jones, Thomas Sadoski, Michael Thomas, Tony
O'Donnell, Ed Bennett, Jonathan Fried, Ashlie Atkinson, Aaron Krohn, Richard
Hansell, Jenni Barber, and Ross Waiton.
The Bridge Project will perform at BAM, the Old Vic, and various other
locations worldwide.
August 2009
Michelle
does a reading of "Karbala," written by Alan Ball, directed
by Sam Gold.
July 2009
Michelle performs in "Spoon Lake Blues" in the role of Caitlin from July18th-19th at The O'Neill Playwriting Conference. Written by Josh Tobiessen; directed by Kyle Donnelly.
June 2009
"Twelfth Night" closes on June 5th. Also, Michelle films "Start Up" in Germany.
May 2009
Michelle is set to perform in "Spoon Lake Blues" at The O'Neill Playwriting Conference this summer.
April 2009
"Twelfth
Night" opens on April 5th.
Here are some clippings:
"The key performance in a uniformly excellent cast comes from Michelle Beck, whose pitch-perfect Viola captures both the requisite attention to sexual desire and a certain geeky, spontaneous adolescent innocence, given full flight when she unleashes some of the wet stuff on the front rows."
- Chicago Tribune"Michelle Beck grounds the play with a giddy, human, and entirely lovable Viola."
- The Chicago Maroon"...Viola (the winningly fresh Michelle Beck)...“
- Chicago Sun Time
March 2009
Michelle's new film "Spinning Into Butter" will premiere on March 27th at The The Landmark Sunshine Cinema in NYC. Michelle is in the supporting cast of students at a college in New England, where a vicious hate crime forces the college to examine their prejudices. Sarah Jessica Parker starring.
Also, previews start for "Twelfth Night" from March 29th- April 3rd.
February 2009
Rehearsals
begin at Chicago
Shakespeare Theatre for "Twelfth Night". Michelle is Viola
and Josie Rourke is directing.
January 2009
Michelle does of a reading of a new screenplay with Spike Lee.
December 2008
Michelle
starts shooting "Anika" in the role of Monica.
Directed by Rudy Mungaray, starring Lauren Birriel, Malcolm Goodwin, and
Deborah LaCoy.
Michelle
does a reading "Robots vs. Fake Robots" with Clubbed Thumb in
the role of Cranberries CD.
Directed by Sam Gold, written by David Largman Murray.
Michelle
does a reading of the screenplay "Training Tim" at HBO in the
role of Kat.
Written by Siri Baruc and Alex Ballar.
November 2008
Michelle
does a reading of "The Malcontent" with Red Bull Theater, directed
by Ethan McSweeney.
Cast includes Michael Stuhlbarg, Matthew Rauch, Vivienne Benesch, Michael
Rudko, and Randy Harrison.
October 2008
Michelle does a reading of "The Way of the Buddha" with Ellen Burstyn, Brian Cox, Linus Roache, and the Venerable Rewatha. Directed by Nicole Ansari The reading will take place at 7pm on Wed, Oct 15th at The Rubin Museum of Art and celebrates the publication of a new edition of "The Way of the Buddha" by Abrams.
September 2008
Michelle
is set to play Viola in "Twelfth Night" at Chicago Shakespeare
Theater from April-June 2009.
This production will be directed by Josie Rourke (Artistic Director of
the Bush Theater in London) and features Chicago's Karen Aldridge.
August 2008
Michelle
is set to play 'Monica' in Rudy Mungary's independent film 'Anika'.
July 2008
Michelle is workshoping a new pilot called "Jackson Heights" written by Jade Wu
June 2008
Hamlet closes and Michelle is back in New York.
May 2008
"Hamlet" opens at The Carter-Barron Amphitheatre, running May 23rd-June 1st.
April 2008
Rehearsals
have started for the Shakespeare Theatre's re-mount of "Hamlet".
Michelle will reprise her role of 'Ophelia'
March 2008
Michelle goes to Berlin to play Liz in "Start Up" with German Theater Abroad, directed by Ronald Marx.
February 2008
Michelle does a reading of 'We Are Not These Hands' with German Theater Abroad.
January 2008
Michelle is back auditioning in New York City!
December 2007
Tartuffe opens and closes at Yale! Here is a clipping:
"Finally, Michelle Beck, as the much-wronged daughter, sounds a delicious note of poignancy, contrasting with the comic shenanigans of others."
November 2007
Michelle
does a reading of "The Rover" at Red Bull Theater, directed
by Eleanor Holdridge.
Rehearsals
start again for Tartuffe at Yale Repertory Theater.
October 2007
Tartuffe opens at McCarter! Here are a few clippings:
"Michelle Beck defines anguish and ardor as Orgon's comely daughter." -Variety
"As the daughter Mariane,...Michelle Beck makes the case for being both charming and willful, and looks irresistibly rich..." -Curtainup
"Michelle Beck is a charming and sympathetic Mariane." -Talkin Broadway
September 2007
Rehearsals
begin for Tartuffe with Zach
Grenier as the title character.
August 2007
Michelle
is featured in the July/August issue of American Theater magazine.
Michelle goes to Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.
July 2007
Michelle is set to play Marianne in Tartuffe, directed by Daniel Fish at McCarter Theater and Yale Rep.
June 2007
Hamlet opens! Here are a few clippings:
"Ophelia, is played here by the wonderful Michelle Beck. Beck gives her Ophelia such a powerful and memorable presence. she shows, with rare emotional fluidity, Ophelia's fragile confidence, then her painful vulnerability and finally her utter dissolution." - Metro Weekly
"Ophelia (Michelle Beck) [is] an innocent schoolgirl whose madness becomes not only understandable but ultimately unavoidable." - Talking Broadway
"Michelle Beck is a simple, vulnerable Ophelia" - Star Exponet
May 2007
Check
out Michelle in a
Playbill.com article.
April 2007
Rehearsals for Hamlet have started. We go into previews June 5th and open June 11th.
February 2007
Michelle
is set to play Ophelia in Hamlet at The
Shakespeare Theatre.
Micheal Kahn is directing with Jeffrey
Carlson (as Hamlet), Bob
Cuccioli (as Claudius), Janet Zarish (as Gertrude), Robert
Jason Jackson (as Polonius), Kenajuan Bentley (as Laertes), and Pedro
Pascal (as Horatio).
January 2007:
Michelle is officially back in New York and has signed for legit representation with Cornerstone Talent Agency.
October 2006
Michelle finishes her 10-month contract at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She has a 1 month trip to Morocco planned before heading back to New York City