Playwright, M.F.A., Goddard College

Michelle A. Gabow has been dedicated to teaching theater and creative writing to women in the community and to children in the Boston Public Schools for the last 20 years. Presently she is Learning Ability Specialist in the PAL program and a teacher of Acting and Script Writing at Curry College. Michelle has compiled and authored a comprehensive resource book for teachers in the Boston Public Schools, Hoping & Dreaming Together, using the arts to explore issues such as learning differences, self-esteem, loss, racism, and violence. She has been published in A Closer Look: Perspectives and Reflections on College Students with Learning Disabilities, and Dialogues for Women by Women by Heinemman Press. Seven of her full length plays and a video drama have been produced in Boston. Michelle is the artistic director of The Women's Theater Project, a troupe dedicated to cross cultural, experimental, feminist and affordable theater.