Michel Hausmann

Michel Hausmann '14 is a Venezuelan-born theater director, producer and writer. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Miami New Drama, the resident company and operators of the historic Colony Theatre on Miami Beach. Michel is the bookwriter and director of The Golem Of Havana, an original musical, which premiered at La Mama in August of 2013, received it’s world premiere at Barrington Stage Company in July of 2014, and had a critically acclaimed run at The Colony Theatre with Miami New Drama. Hausmann's Off Broadway credits include the New York Premiere of Vassily Sigarev's Black Milk at East 13th Theater and the New York premiere of The Color Of Desire, by Pulitzer Prize winning author Nilo Cruz. In Caracas he was the Artistic Director of Palo De Agua, a leading Venezuelan theater company where he directed the world premiere of Los Navegaos, the last play by renowned Venezuelan playwright Isaac Chocrón as well as critically acclaimed productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Producers that enjoyed an audience of 170,000 spectators. With Moisés Kaufman, he co-directed the Venezuelan premiere of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Michel received a BA from Emerson College and an MFA in Theater Directing from Columbia University. Hausmann is a New York Theater Workshop 2050 Fellow, a Shubert Presidential fellow, an IRNE nominee, a Richard Rodgers Award finalist and a Knight Arts Award recipient.