A native of Stevensville, Michigan, Michael Seel attended Michigan State University where he studied graphic design and performing arts management.
As a theatre producer his credits include the multi-award winning musical review, "The Gay 90s Musical: Looking Back…Moving On…," which ran for seven months at West Hollywood's Celebration Theatre, Brecht's "Edward II" (Directed by Michael Michetti) for Circle X Theatre Company at Actor's Gang and "On the Open Road" for White Shark Entertainment at the Stella Adler Theater. He has produced every main stage production for The Theatre @ Boston Court since it began in Fall 2003. His last produced show with The Theatre @ Boston Court was “dark play or stories for boys” and he now focuses his attention on overseeing the entire Boston Court Performing Arts Center as its new Executive Director.
Seel has worked on ten STAGE (Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Events) Benefits, having produced five. He has also lent his services to many other AIDS fund-raisers including Labor Day/LA, four Aardvarks to Zebras benefits for PAWS/LA, Los Angeles Shanti Foundation, and various AIDS Project Los Angeles events.
As a special event producer, Seel has produced six Writers Guild of America Awards as well as directed the last fifteen American Cinema Editors Awards. He has produced the last four Hollywood Awards for the Hollywood Film Festival. Other special event work includes: "Hollywood Remembers the Blacklist: The 50th Anniversary Remembrance," "M*A*S*H, Tootsie and God," a PBS special honoring writer Larry Gelbart, and the 2000 Ovation Awards at the Ahmanson Theatre. Other event credits include the MTV Movie Awards and the VH-1 Honors.
In film and television, Seel worked for Barry & Enright Productions from 1988-1990 and then as Director of Development for Alexander/Enright & Associates from 1990-1993.
Before coming to Boston Court, Seel worked in the Public Affairs Department at the Writers Guild of America, where he handled special events and media for the entertainment labor union.
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