Mike Schleifer joined the Alliance Theatre in March 2014 as the General Manager. In June 2016, he assumed the role of Managing Director, overseeing all operational, marketing, financial and fundraising activities. The Alliance is in the homestretch of a multi-million dollar renovation of its mainstage theatre and finishing a year producing 12 plays in 13 locations throughout Atlanta while gearing up for THE PROM to open on Broadway. Mike is excited to have started an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the Alliance and to serve on the LORT Diversity Steering Committee. Prior to Atlanta, he spent 13 years at Baltimore’s Center Stage working in a number of roles including Associate Producer, Production Manager and Resident Stage Manager. Before Center Stage, Mike was the Production Manager at Playwrights Horizons Theater School at NYU, and the Company Manager and Casting Director at the Hangar Theater in Ithaca, New York. Mike began as a Stage Manager and has more than 50 stage management credits between his time in New York and working regionally. While in Baltimore, Mike was an adjunct faculty member at Towson University for seven years and has guest lectured all over the East Coast. Mike served for several years on the Board of Directors for Pumpkin Theatre, a not-for-profit childrens theater in Baltimore. Mike is married to theater director and educator Laura Hackman and the proud father of two boys, Jack and Ben.