Michelle Lyn Cook

Michelle Lyn Cook is happy to be returning to the Peterborough Players for her third season. She was the Technical director last year and designed the set for Around the World in 80 Days. She also choreographed the step dance for As You Like It. In 2000 when she served as assistant technical director, she designed lights for Sleuth. Michelle has just completed her third year as the Technical Director/Scenic and Lighting Designer for theatre louisiana college. This year she has designed lights and sets and choreographed for their productions of Westside Story, Gaslight, Female Transport, and Our Town. Past productions have included, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor* Dreamcoat, Wait Until Dark, Macbeth, Secret Garden, Another Antigone, and You Can't Take it With You. Other design credits include Beast on the Moon, Jesus Christ Superstar, Greater Tuna, and Have a Nice Day, at the Toledo Repertoire Theatre in Toledo, Ohio. Michelle has worked in many other professional theatres: New York Stage and Film, Dogwood Dell Festival of Arts, Meadow Brook Theatre, and The Olney Theatre. A native of Louisiana, she received her B.A. from Louisiana College in 1995. She has just received an assistantship to the University in Memphis, where she will pursue an M.F.A. in scenic and lighting design this fall. (2002)

Past Productions

Technical Director, 2002
Snow White, 2002
Technical Director, 2001
As You Like It, 2001
Around the World in 80 Days, 2001
Assistant Technical Director, 2000
Sleuth, 2000