Michael G. Chin

Michael is recognized as a Fight Master, Fight Director and Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. He served as Fight Coordinator on Broadway for the internationally acclaimed hit show "Festen". Locally, he has taught/choreographed/consulted in NYC for Pan Asian Repertory, Murder-To-Go, Theatreworks USA, La Mama ETC, National Asian American Theatre Co, The Public, The Vineyard, Henry Street Settlement, The Drama League, Classical Theatre of Harlem/Harlem School of The Arts, New York Renaissance Festival, White Horse, Julliard, NYU, Montclair State Univ, Pace University, and Brooklyn College.

Nationally he has worked at The Barter (VA), Celebration Barn (ME), Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre (FL), University of Tulsa (OK), The Crossroads (NJ), Brown University (RI), Cape Cod Community College (MA), The Hangar (NY), Dickinson College (PA), Louisiana Tech (LA), NY State Theatre Inst. (NY), Tennesee Rep (TN), Merrimack Theatre (MA), Muhlenberg Summer Festival (PA), Yale School of Drama (CT) and The Havana Theatre Festival (Cuba).

Mr. Chin is a student of Northern Style Shaolin Long Fist Kung Fu and currently is on adjunct faculty at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in NYC. In 2005 he won the Outstanding Fight Direction Award from the New York Theatre Fringe Festival for his work on "The Lizards".