Michael Fisher

Mr. Fisher currently serves as school director at the Academy for Art and Academics (A3) in Springfield, Oregon. He has been the project coordinator since the school’s inception in 2004. Before working at A3, he was the theatre director at Thurston High School in Springfield for 15 years, where he directed dozens of shows at the school as well as numerous outside productions. He is a leadership coach for the Educational Theatre Association and works with theatre directors in Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada. Mr. Fisher received The Rex Rabold Memorial Award for excellence in theatre education, the Rae Mona Reynolds Humanitarian Award for promoting excellence in theatre arts, and the Melba Day Sparks Memorial Award, Oregon’s Educational Theatre Association Hall of Fame. He has been listed in Who’s Who among American Teachers five times.