Hands On Shakespeare Teaching Artists

Michael Huie is an actor, writer and teacher. Most recently he was seen as Scrooge in NCSF's production of A Christmas Carol. As a professional actor he has worked in regional theatre in North Carolina and Virginia and has appeared in movies for CBS and TNT. He was named "best actor" by the Richmond Times-Dispatch for his portrayal of Biff in Death of a Salesman in 1994. He played the title role in Hamlet in 2000 at Wake Forest University as part of an international Shakespeare symposium and for the re-opening of the Ring Theatre. He was also a member of the NCSF company from 1990 to 1992. In addition, Huie is the author of three plays - Jack, 3 Hats and The Houdini Show. His one-man show Jack was performed in England in the fall of 2007. Huie taught in public schools for almost seven years in North Carolina and Virginia. Currently, he is an adjunct professor in the theatre departments at High Point University and North Carolina A&T State University, and is also NCSF's Outreach Education Director.

John Gulley teaches acting and directing at UNC-Greensboro where he has most recently directed The Seagull, Big River, Macbeth, and Urinetown. As a free-lance professional director, John has directed Off-Broadway and for a number of regional professional theatres. Professional credits include The Two Gentlemen of Verona at NCSF, the world premiere of Trophies at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City, and The Trip to Bountiful, starring Ellen Burstyn, at TheatreFest in Montclair, NJ. From 1983-1991, John was the Resident Director for the Asolo Theatre Company in Sarasota, Florida, where he directed over 30 productions and taught at the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Professional Actor Training. John is a graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.