Michael Wiles tries to constantly expand his experience in the arts, so as to improve his perspective.

1. Michael Wiles |
Shakespeare LoverMichael Wiles always felt that Shakespeare spoke to
some true string of humanity that has remained
poignant even after four hundred years. He has since
worked for hundreds of theater companies over the
ensuing fifteen years throughout California. Only Wiles
always has a better reaction to his feelings of
uncertainty and woe. He also works as a musical
director and voice coach for up and coming musical
actors. He figures that if the Prince of Denmark can
have an existential crisis, he can have one too. After
earning his BFA in acting from the Cornish College of
the Arts in Seattle in 1997, he moved to San Francisco
to pursue his dream.
Michael Wiles has read the complete works of Shakespeare three times, and every
time he prepares for any part, he says he reads Hamlet, in order to rid himself of
hesitancy and uncertainty. Wiles owes his start to Shakespeare. He also owes his
continuing success to the Bard. Michael Wiles cannot get enough Shakespeare in his
life.

2. Michael Wiles | Living
DreamsMichael Wiles grew up in Helena, Montana
and moved to Seattle to study acting not
long after graduating high school. All the
places he has gone—Hawaii, New York
City, Seattle, Portland, Boise, Los Angeles,
and more—has its own energy to it, he
says. He now works in Sacramento as a
casting director, musical director, and
acting coach. Michael says that his
experiences in different places helped him
find the strength in himself to continue his
career, even when hard times set in. After
earning his BFA in acting from the Cornish
College of the Arts, he moved to San
Francisco to live his dream of being an
actor. He wants to bring some of that
energy with him whenever he has to head
back home.

3. Michael Wiles |
Cinematic Mind
After some years of distinction in San Francisco, Michael
Wiles moved north to Sacramento, where he now works as a
vocal coach, casting director, and all around mentor for up
and coming actors. Wiles says that his brief time with Smith
on set made him appreciate the actor more, and made him
fall in love with the stage all over again.

4. Michael Wiles | Music
LoverMichael Wiles has to listen to
rehearsals, recordings of past
performances, individual singers, and
more over and over. He says that the
job suits him because of the hours he
spends with headphones on analyzing
performances and processing them
analytically.
He says that he wouldn’t have the ear he
prides himself in if he hadn’t spent much
of his youth listening to what his father
listened to: the Rolling Stones, The
Beatles, and Johnny Cash. Michael says
that part of the reason he considers
musical director his dream job is because
of the amount of time he spends
listening to music.

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