Michael Patrick Thornton On The 5 Things You Need To Create A Highly Successful Career in TV and Film
… Inspiring a movement that employs and celebrates disabled artists on stage and screen would be something that would make me very happy. Disabled people are the largest minority in the world and the least represented in the arts. That’s simply wrong. Also the theatre company I co-founded & served as artistic director for twenty years, The Gift, is building a brand new theatre on the northwest side of Chicago. If every neighborhood in every city had just one professional arts organization, you’ve just changed the next generation who will grow up experiencing the arts as for all as opposed to for some.
We had the pleasure to interview Michael Patrick Thornton.
Michael is the co-founder of Chicago’s acclaimed The Gift Theatre and served as its artistic director for twenty years. He has appeared on stages throughout the country, currently on Broadway…
