Michelle Sutherland is a theater director and performance creator who develops original music theater, opera, and musical video. Michelle began her work in the field of performance as the guitarist of an eight-piece gypsy jazz punk band. Her work with the ensemble spanned five years and taught her valuable lessons in creating and sustaining punk-rock levels of co-creativity. Michelle formed the artist collective Theater Plastique which created the award-wining original pop opera, Gertrude Stein SAINTS!
