J. Michael Beech began performing professionally at the age of 10 in Poughkeepsie, NY. Since then, he has become an award winning choreographer, playwright, director, actor, singer, and photographer. He recently moved to Gastonia, NC to teach Theatre Arts and Creative Writing at East Gaston High School. His work is dedicated to his own two drama teachers, Joe Sam Routh and Marge Downs-Nall (Troupe 186)