Michi Barall
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance
Michi Barall is a New York City-based actor, playwright and academic. As an actor, Michi has appeared in new plays by Julia Cho, Philip Kan Gotanda, A.R. Gurney, John Guare, Naomi Iizuka, Han Ong, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick, Charles Mee, Sarah Schulman, Anna Deavere Smith, Diana Son, Lloyd Suh, Regina Taylor, Doug Wright and Chay Yew, among others. Michi’s dance-theatre piece, Rescue Me, was produced at the Ohio Theatre by Ma-Yi in 2010. Her adaptation of Peer Gynt, entitled Peer Gynt and The Norwegian Hapa Band, premiered in 2107, at the ART/NY Theatre. With Sung Rno, Michi co-wrote the short films Sophocles in Staten Island and its follow up Odets in Staten Island, directed by Jack Tamburri and produced by Ma-Yi Studio. Her play for multigenerational audiences about comic artists premiered at the Children’s Theatre Centre in Minneapolis in 2025. Her academic work focuses on commercial and theme park performance. She teaches courses in acting, playwriting and theatre history.