Michael Polak is a Full Instructor, Associate Fight Director, certified by Dueling Arts International. Resume upon request.
Michael appeared in and Fight Directed The Illusion at North Coast Repertory.
Michael Polak
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Fight Director
As a Fight Director, I strive to create safe, fun, inventive, and dynamic moments of movement. We ground these moments in the characters’ relationships to violence and the domino effects of the actions that unfold. Through research, experience, and collaboration, I put the actors in a position to safely, effectively and creatively embrace the moments where words will not suffice.
scores bonus points
get into fisticuffs like never before.
– Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
Watch Mike lead Midsummer Rehearsal at The New Swan Shakespeare Festival
Some favorites (in no particular order):
Romeo and Juliet
directed by Paul Barnes at University Las Vegas Nevada
A Streetcar Named Desire
directed by Kari Hayter at California State University, Fullerton
Hearts Like Fists
directed by Oanh Nguyen at California State University, Fullerton
As You Like It
directed by Eli Simon at New Swan Shakespeare Festival
Hamlet
directed by Beth Lopes at New Swan Shakespeare Festival
Newsies
directed by Richard J. Hinds at La Mirada Theatre
Two Gentlemen of Verona
directed by Mark Ramont at California State University, Fullerton
Heathers: The Musical
directed by Jim Taulli at California State University, Fullerton
Tis Pity She’s a Whore
directed by Kyle Cooper at California State University, Fullerton
Henry IV, Part I
directed by David Ellenstein at North Coast Repertory Theatre & Mira Costa College
scoring points for fight choreography
that melds seamlessly with dance.
– Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
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