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Michael Powell
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Michael Warren ""Maxey""
Powell
1937 - 2016
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Stories

A bit about Michael

This is just a brief look, a touch, a tribute ( not a complete bio of Michael's.)   Michael Warren Powell was a multi-talented, major force in the American Theater. As an actor he was a pioneer of the experimental theatre movement at Caffe ...

Cyndi Coyne
2016-07-26 15:17:05
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Michael
  Michael welcomed me into the Circle Lab in a way that was so inclusive of everything I knew I was and everything I didn't  know,  but was determined to find out. He didn't play games or act like he knew more, there wasn't...
Cyndi Coyne
2016-07-23 03:42:50
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Mentor/Friend

Michael was one of the key figures in my acting life.  A true friend and mentor, he took a chance on a guy who, at the time, had very little experience as an actor, and invited me in to the Circle Repertory Lab.  It became my first acting home....

Robert Dolan
2016-07-22 14:07:59
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A Special Guy

When I was young my mother died and at that time I hardly knew Maxey at all.  After hearing of her death, he mailed me two beautiful Batik scarves that he had made by hand, along with a lovely letter expressing his condolences.  One thing I...

Melody Love
2016-07-22 08:55:40
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Just Do It!

I was a young actor at Circle Rep Lab. Michael and Mark Ramont where running it. I wrote a play called Bricklayers Poet that Mark directed but Mark wanted rewrites! Michael got a hold of my original draft, read it  and say "just do it as it...

joe maruzzo
2016-07-20 18:04:07
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