Wayne Mitchell

Wayne Mitchell was born in Toole, Utah, the third of four sons: Brad, Troy, and his twin Shane. Raised in Alaska he earned his BA in Theatre from UAA. He later went on to earn a Master of Arts in Theatre Communication from Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. While at WSU Wayne was the Director of the Theatre and Dance Department's theatre education outreach program and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student Award for 1994. Following his graduate studies Wayne worked as an actor and tour manager for Wichita Children's Theatre's professional touring company as well as directing WCT's ongoing teen production program, Center Stage. In 1996 Wayne founded and served as Artistic Director for the Bend Theatre for Young People in Bend, Oregon until he moved back home to Alaska in 1999. He continues his stage acting career, most notably performing with TBA Theatre Company in Anchorage and is a frequent guest lecturer at Universities and Theater conferences on the subject of the New Vaudeville movement and physical comedy. Selected presentations have included the American College Theater Festival, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, The Olympic Arts Festival and the Annual Thespian Conference. In the last few years Wayne has won several awards and honors including two Last Frontier Theatre Conference Patricia Neal Acting Awards.