Biography

Personal

Playwright Micki Shelton (a.k.a. S. Michele McFadden) is a revered member of the Prescott arts community. Along with Charissa Menefee of Prescott College, she co-founded “Tomorrow’s Theater Tonight,” a monthly series of works-in-progress read in downtown Prescott. Micki is a member of NORAZ Poets and Prescott Area Arts and Humanities Council; she is past Board President of Arizona Classical Theatre (2004–2006), and served for five years (2002-2006) on the management team of the MAD Linguist. Currently, she serves on the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Prescott 2050 Visioning Group, Cultural Affairs Working Group. If you don’t catch her in the morning at a local coffee house, you might find her hiking the Thumb Butte Trail or riding her bicycle on Prescott’s Peavine Trail. Otherwise, she’ll be at home working on a new play or writing one of the many textbooks she writes to help her pay the bills. Female Playwright, Micki Shelton is the mother of two: Colin, 27, an independent film actor; and Molly, 18, a vocalist and a freshman at Chapman Universtiy.

Education

• M.A., Education. Chapman University, Orange, CA.
• B.A., English. Minor: Speech and Drama. Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA. Performed key roles in Waiting for Godot and An American Dame.
• Additional class work at Arizona State University and University of California, Irvine.
• Member of South Coast Repertory’s Professional Conservatory, 1992-1994, studied playwriting with John Glore, Literary Manager.
  

(Please click here to view Produced Plays and here to view Professional Resume)