Trés McMichael is a joy-filled arts leader and performer passionate about community empowerment, arts education, and social justice. Originally from Baltimore, he is an alumnus of Elon University, where he earned a BFA in Music Theatre and a BA in Arts Administration, and holds an MFA in Arts Leadership and a Fundraising Leadership certificate from Seattle University. While pursuing his graduate degree, he was named an EDI Research Fellow with the Association of Arts Administration Educators.
Trés has worked with organizations including Arena Stage, DC Collaborative, and the NAACP. In 2018, he won First Place in the Hall Johnson Spirituals Competition, awarded by the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He recently served as Senior Program Manager for Social Impact Civic Alliances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is currently the Associate Director of Community Engagement at Lincoln Center Theater.
As a performer, Trés has appeared at Mill Mountain Theatre, Theatre Raleigh, Lyric Opera Baltimore, Signature Theater, Rep Stage, and Lincoln Center. He has been featured in the Baltimore Sun, Playbill, and Time Magazine. He also serves on the boards of Maryland Leadership Workshops, Inc., and Theater Alliance in Washington, DC.
Through his work, Trés strives to do work that is in and with, not to or for, the communities he serves.