Michael R. Betts
Executive Director/Producer
Director - Hello, Dolly!
mbetts@servitehs.org

Grateful to be returning to Trinitas for Year Two, especially after getting to helm The Importance of Being Earnest and Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (15 JRay nominations and 6 wins) last year. From performing at Disneyland to working in casting for both Linda Lowy (“Grey's Anatomy”) and Center Theatre Group (The Drowsy Chaperone, Curtains), Michael has spent over thirty years in the entertainment industry. He got his start working for Long Beach Civic Light Opera both on- and backstage before attending Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He has directed youth productions for the Norris Center for the Performing Arts and spent time on the board of the Huntington Beach Playhouse. For 15 years, Michael worked for Musical Theatre West in Long Beach where he oversaw the box office and marketing departments. He also produced MTW’s Reiner Staged Reading Series of lesser-known or seldom revived musicals (37 shows in 8 years). This beloved series won the 2017 Joel Hirschhorn Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre from the LA Drama Critics’ Circle. Having been the product of a youth conservatory growing up, he's thrilled to be helming the programs at Trinitas.