​Michelle Pauls
Stage, Film & web Actor
Grief Activist
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Welcome
Thank you for visiting my website!
Here you will find out about my theatre, music and grief work.
Please reach out if you want to get involved.
Receiving the Special Recognition Award at Penn State Abington for furthering the life on campus of our students!
NARRATIVE MINDWORKS
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...is a newly formed international private non-profit professional association for anyone involved with narrative medicine or any practice that uses narratives in their teaching, psychotherapy, etc.
I was asked to join with the expectation that, at some point, they will feature me and my work as an artist and teacher.
This link is one of the first installments of Poets reading Poems. I was asked to read a poem by my husband, a published poet (now deceased) and comment on it. I also included a recording of the poem as a song that our band, Edgar Allen & The Poettes recorded.
Watch the video and hear the song, Prison Train here:
Coming up!
GRIEF HEALING WORK
REIKI HEALING WORK
Get ready for some new healing work from Michelle
it's complicated...
What a great experience it was writing and performing this play. Thank you all who came and participated.
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I am currently working on the next steps--what comes after the show and how can I work with others to share and witness their stories of loss and transition?
I am currently offering once a month Grief Share Drop-Ins. If you'd like to be included, please reach out to me!
The next Brave Space Grief Drop-In will take place on Sunday, February 16, 2025, 1:00-2:30pm.
At the Christian Street YMCA, 1724 Christian Street, Phila, PA (Check out Coming Up! for more details)
this gift of life
left to right: Dana Capanna, Anthony Diaz, Michelle Pauls
left to right: Dana Capanna, Anthony Diaz, Michelle Pauls
Photos by Carly L Bodnar
left to right: Michelle Pauls, Dana Capanna, Anthony Diaz
Content Partners!
The Threshold Collective, providing support in aging, death and dying issues, medical system navigation, and rights for the body and celebrations of life.
Gift of Life Donor Program is the nation's leading organ procurement organization coordinating more organ and tissue donors than anywhere else in the United States. We were honored to welcome organ recipient, John Branton, speaking after the performance on September 17.
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Salt Trails Grief Cooperative and This Hallowed Wilderness will support the production as a grief professional and death midwife. Thank you to Naila Francis who lent her expertise during a talkback discussion after the performance on Monday, September 18 @ 6:00pm.
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photo by Phillip Silverstone
love, Michelle!
"Michelle is very emotional, and she lived her character... a brilliant performance." --Mario Cerrito, director, DEADLY GAMBLE.
"Michelle Pauls [is] brilliant...crafts [a] stunning physical performance in a staging I can only describe as terrifying"
--Jim Rutter, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
"Michelle Paul’s rendition of Briseis is a stunning portrait not of the helpless woman, but of the power one finds in the most hopeless of situations" -- PHINDIE.
Some cool things I got going on:
Starring as Dr Poostein in the wacky webseries CERTIFIABLE, LunaK Productions. Distributed worldwide now! You can watch it on Amazon Prime or here:
I created a mini-web series: SPEAKING OF FAMILY...
Watch the pilot episode here:
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Here's a sample of my acting:
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​I'm an actress, director, singer and theatre arts educator. I love to work on stage and on camera. I am adept at improvisation, versatile and daring, plumbing the depths of emotion in my work. I look for creatively challenging work with talented artists who have a strong story to tell.

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