Michele Roberge

Michele recently retired from a long career in professional theatre, both presenting and producing. Most recently, at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, Long Beach, she served as Executive Director for nine years, following five years as General Manager, programming and overseeing all aspects of the 1100-seat theatre which presented more than 200 performances annually: professional artists and touring companies, student work and community productions. Prior to the Carpenter Center, she served as the Executive Director of the Balboa Performing Arts Theatre Foundation working to renovate a 1920's-era theatre into a 400-seat performing arts theatre in Newport Beach, CA, ran Marketing and Development departments at Irvine Barclay Theatre and the Norris Theatre for the Performing Arts, and founded a Theatre School at GroveShakespeare Theatre in Garden Grove, CA.