Michael Robins

Michael founded Illusion Theater in 1974. Over the past 35+ years, he has guided nearly 350 plays to production.

Michael was one of the team that created Illusion’s Education/Prevention program in 1977 starting with the award-winning play and video Touch. He directed Illusion’s searing production of The Laramie Project and the Midwest premiere of the Kirsten Childs’ groundbreaking musical The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin. Recently, Michael directed Caryl Churchill’s A Number, James Still’s Iron Kisses and The Velvet Rut, Jeffrey Hatcher’s Mrs. Mannerly, Bill W. & Dr. Bob by Stephen Bergman & Janet Surrey, and Allison Moore's new adaptation of Willa Cather's My Antonia.