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Portrait of Michael J. Bobbitt

Bobbitt, Michael J.

Executive DirectorIndependent & Quasi-Public Agencies
  • Agency Independent & Quasi-Public Agencies
  • Division Massachusetts Cultural Council
  • Title Executive Director
  • Address 10 St. James Avenue 3rd Floor
    Boston, MA 2116
  • Phone 617-858-2700
  • Email michael.bobbitt@mass.gov

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 2021
  • Years in Current Position 6

Personal Information

Nothing on file.

Education & Career

  • Education
    • Harvard Business School Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management
    • National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program
    • Cornell University's Diversity and Inclusion Certification Program.
  • Previous Employment
    • Associate Professor of Theatre, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
    • volunteer at Non-Profit Village Maryland Citizens for the Arts
    • Leadership Montgomery, Weissberg Foundation
    • Watertown Public Art Commission, ArtsBoston.
    • Bobbitt has directed/choreographed at Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Center Stage, Roundhouse Theatre, The Kennedy Center, and the Washington National Opera. His national and international credits include the NY Musical Theatre Festival, Mel Tillis 2001, La Jolla Playhouse, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Jefferson Performing Arts Center, and the Olympics. As a writer his work was chosen for the NYC International Fringe Festival and The New York and Musical Theatre Festival. He has plays published by Concord Theatricals/Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals, Broadway Publishing and Plays for Young Audiences. Bobbitt has received the Excel Leadership Award (Center for Nonprofit Advancement), the Emerging Leader Award (County Executive’s Excellence in the Arts and Humanities), and Person of the Year Award (Maryland Theatre Guide).
  • Organizations
    • Artistic Director, New Repertory Theater, Watertown
    • Artistic Director, Adventure Theater-MTC, Maryland