Micheal Baltzell   Associate Professor (MFA, Idaho State University). Micheal is both the technical director and a scenic designer for the department. Last year he was both a scenic designer and scenic artist for Boise Contemporary Theatre, where he painted the set for Lobby Hero and designed scenery for Valparaiso and Stop Kiss (co-desiging with Surel Mitchell).  He has worked for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Theatre for Youth, Idaho Repertory Theatre in Moscow, Albertsons College, Ballet Arizona, American Festival Ballet, and KBC Productions.  He won an ICA Fellowship Grant for his scenic design and a Nell Shipman Award for Production Design.  Micheal is also an accomplished fine artist; his sculptures were exhibited last year by the J Crist Gallery in Boise.  mbaltze@boisestate.edu view Micheal's curriculum vitae