About Florida Repertory Theatre

Mike Winkelman***

SET DESIGNER

Mike is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and Ida Belle Young Scholar at Auburn University Montgomery and has also been named an Outstanding Alumni of the University of North Texas. As a freelance designer, Mike has designed the scenery and/or lighting for such esteemed companies as the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Barter Theatre (Abingdon, VA), Blowing Rock Stage Co. (Blowing Rock, NC), the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina (Hilton Head, SC), the Eclipse Theatre
(Chicago, IL), Candlewood International, the Texas Shakespeare Festival, the Temple Theatre (Sanford, NC), Mill Mountain Theatre (Roanoke, VA), the Springer Opera House (Columbus, GA), West Virginia Public Theatre, Dallas Repertory Theatre, the Alabama Dance Theatre, the Montgomery Ballet, and the Davis Theatre for the Performing Arts. He has also won 2 Lois Garren Awards for Design Excellence, had several Kennedy Center/ACTF Awards and was nominated for Chicago’s “Jeff ” Award for his design of Lost in Yonkers. Mr. Winkelman is also the owner/operator of First Tech, L.L.C., and, along with his wife Val, is the proud parent of two daughters, Emily
and Courtney.