Michael received his degree in Theatre from University of Southern California. With the Echo, he has played Jack in Blueberry Toast. Elsewhere, he was apart of HERO Theatre’s Festival Irene, and starred with Fred Willard in Elvis & Juliet. At USC, he directed the sketch and improv troupe Commedus Interruptus, and he received the John Ritter Memorial Award for Best Comic Performance as Joshua in Ring Round the Moon.