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Michelle

Michelle Raymond

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Michelle

Bio

Michelle started her professional theatre career in 2005 at the BoarsHead Theater in Lansing, MI. She entered the BoarsHead team as an intern and left as a Technical Director/Production Manager and Property and Sound Designer. The skills she acquired during these years aided her in helping to create Stormfield Theatre where she worked as the Technical Director and Sound and Property Designer.

It was during this time at Stormfield that she accepted the invitation to work at the Williamston Theatre. Michelle’s first show at the Williamston Theatre was as the Property Designer for Five Course Love earning her the People’s Choice Award for best property design. She has designed properties, sound, and worked as Technical Director for the Williamston Theatre for over a decade.

Michelle has also worked in Door County, WI at the Peninsula Players Theatre as their Production Manager. She has designed properties for several regional theatres including, City Lit Theatre, First Folio Theatre, Performance Network, Tipping Point Theatre, Peppermint  Creek Theatre and Lansing Community College.

Michelle has been nominated for multiple property and sound design awards, most notably winning a Thespie, Pulsar, and Wilde award all in the 2019 season for her property design work.

Awards

Silent Sky: 2019 Thespie Award, Best Properties Design, Michelle Raymond
Silent Sky: 2019 Wilde Award, Best Properties Design, Michelle Raymond
900 Miles to International Falls: 2020 Wilde Award, Best Prop Design, Michelle Raymond
A Christmas Carol: The Radio Show: 2020 Thespie Award, Best Properties Design, Michelle Raymond
To Quiet The Quiet: 2019 Pulsar Award, Best Properties Design, Michelle Raymond
Summer Retreat: 2017 Pulsar Award, Best Prop Design, Michelle Raymond
The Woman in Black: 2014 Thespie Award, Best Props Design, Michelle Raymond
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune: 2014 Thespie Award, Best Props Design, Michelle Raymond
Tracy Jones: 2022 Thespie Award, Best Set Dressing and Props, Michelle Raymond, The Cake: 2022 Thespie Award, Best Set Dressing and Props, Michelle Raymond
The Cake: 2022 Pulsar Award, Best Properties and Set Dressing, Michelle Raymond
Alabaster: 2023 Thespie Award, Best Properties Design, Michelle Raymond
Maytag Virgin: 2024 Thespie Award, Best Set Dressing, Michelle Raymond
Maytag Virgin: 2024 Thespie Award, Best Prop Design, Michelle Raymond
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