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Michael
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Feldman
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Biography
MICHAEL FELDMAN serves as Co-Facilitator of the Theater and Policy Salon (TPS) which curates and moderates policy discussions that investigate themes raised by theatre and other art forms. He launched the Talk Tank series to explore policy issues underpinning plays in Forum Theatre's 2016-2017 season, and again organized Talk Tank discussions for Forum’s final 2017-2018 season. Michael served as an Editorial Team Member at Createquity–a virtual think tank and online publication–through its sunset in 2017. Michael is Principal at Transitions International and also serves as the board Director for Cultural Diplomacy of the Alliance for a New Music Theatre.
Michael moderated the Talk Tank for Love and Information with Prof. Deborah Tannen, Ruy Teixeira, and Joie Chen at Forum Theatre in Silver Spring. He also moderated the Talk Tank for Forum Theatre's production of The State at Mellon Rehearsal Hall at Woolly Mammoth Theatre with the playwright Alexander Manuiloff, Margarita Assenova (Jamestown Foundation) and Jessica Raven (Collective Action for Safe Spaces). In May 2017, Forum Theatre partnered with the Center for American Progress Action Fund to host a Talk Tank Post-Performance Discussion at the Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage for Building the Wall. Michael moderated another Talk Talk when Building the Wall continued its run at the Black Box theatre in Silver Spring, MD. Prior to that, for repertory productions of Dry Land and What Every Girl Should Know, he moderated the Talk Tank conversation on women and girls empowerment in the domestic and international context.
Michael is a former cultural attaché and diplomat whose experience bridges the arts, development, and public policy worlds. Michael was a director at PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief; a director for Europe and Central Asia at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and professional staff of the Budget Committee of the U.S. Senate as part of a fellowship with the American Political Science Association.
At the US State Department, Michael served in Europe and Central Africa; he oversaw assistance for the Balkans; and he negotiated policy with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the G-7/8 process, and the European Union. Michael graduated from Wesleyan University and speaks German, Czech, French and Italian.
Michael moderated the Talk Tank for Love and Information with Prof. Deborah Tannen, Ruy Teixeira, and Joie Chen at Forum Theatre in Silver Spring. He also moderated the Talk Tank for Forum Theatre's production of The State at Mellon Rehearsal Hall at Woolly Mammoth Theatre with the playwright Alexander Manuiloff, Margarita Assenova (Jamestown Foundation) and Jessica Raven (Collective Action for Safe Spaces). In May 2017, Forum Theatre partnered with the Center for American Progress Action Fund to host a Talk Tank Post-Performance Discussion at the Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage for Building the Wall. Michael moderated another Talk Talk when Building the Wall continued its run at the Black Box theatre in Silver Spring, MD. Prior to that, for repertory productions of Dry Land and What Every Girl Should Know, he moderated the Talk Tank conversation on women and girls empowerment in the domestic and international context.
Michael is a former cultural attaché and diplomat whose experience bridges the arts, development, and public policy worlds. Michael was a director at PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief; a director for Europe and Central Asia at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; and professional staff of the Budget Committee of the U.S. Senate as part of a fellowship with the American Political Science Association.
At the US State Department, Michael served in Europe and Central Africa; he oversaw assistance for the Balkans; and he negotiated policy with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the G-7/8 process, and the European Union. Michael graduated from Wesleyan University and speaks German, Czech, French and Italian.
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German, Czech, French and Italian