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Mitch just finished a stint assiting director Shana Bestock on Romeo and Juliet at Seattle Public Theatre. Mitch earned his MPhil in Irish Theatre Studies from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1997 and his BFA from the University of Victoria in 1987. He has also studied acting and directing at UCLA and the American Film Institute. He was formerly Associate Artistic Director at the Washington Shakespeare Festival in Olympia, where his credits include directing The Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It, and Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, appearing in Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, and Richard II, and stage managing Hamlet.

He is a founding member of Theatre Rozinante, directing their premiere production, Shylock, a one-man show by Mark Leiren-Young, starring Dennis Rolly. Mitch directed South Pacific for Northwest Savoyards, The Purple Testament as part of The Twilight Zone-Live series at Seattle's Theater Schmeater, and Tall Tales and the world premiere of David Koren's No More Beets for Players Theatre in Dublin, as well as Dial "M" for Murder, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Best Man and The Lion in Winter at Burien Live Theatre. He also directed Václav Havel's The Memorandum during his stint as Guest Artist at Highline Community College. Other directing credits include My Cup Ranneth Over at Phoenix Theatre in Victoria, and Havel's Audience and the world premiere of Ariadne Shaffer's Empire Builder for festivals at New City in Seattle.

Mitch appeared as Tashtego in Moby Dick-Rehearsed at Dublin's Samuel Beckett Centre. He has also appeared in The Grapes of Wrath for Driftwood Players, A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Magnolia Playhouse in Los Angeles, The Eunuch at Phoenix Theatre, and, for the Victoria Theatre Guild, The Rainmaker and Friel's

Philadelphia, Here I Come! Mitch is also an accomplished Stage Manager, working for ArtsWest, Theater Schmeater, ReAct, Civic Light Opera, Northwest Asian American Theatre, Northwest Shakespeare Ensemble, Annex Theatre, Empty Space and the University of Washington. Mitch is a former board member of Theatre Puget Sound, a member of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures and a resident of Woodinville, Washington, where he lives with his wife, Cindy, a graduate student at the University of Washington. They were married September 6, 1987. Currently Mitch works at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Vineyards and Wineries.

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