Michael Meir Saltzman

Michael is a professional actor and a proud native of Washington DC The child of an a professional actresssinger and a cantorrabbi Michael started by performing in musicals and opera at an early age He graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts as a theatre major an received his BA in Theatre from the University of Maryland College Park While still in DC Michael was a founding member of the Flying V Theatre and an artistic associate at the Pointless Theatre Company both winners of the Helen Hayes for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company He performed in a wide variety of productions in the DC area in addition to directing and sound designing Michael taught improvisation and general theatre skills across grade levels and is a proud alum of UMDs improv group Erasable Inc He also helped found Phatal Records where he produced instrumentals for local hiphop artists Blastphumis and Likeblood under the name DJ Awkward Silence