1. Joy Michael was an Indian theatre personality and the co-founder of Yatrik, a repertory company based in Delhi.
10 Facts About Joy Michael
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Joy Michael, born in Asansol West Bengal, secured a post graduate degree in English literature from the St Stephen's College, Delhi where she became the secretary of the Shakespeare Society, reported to be the first woman secretary, and a member of the Supreme Council of the college.
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Joy Michael has remained the Director of the group for 40 years, during which period the group collaborated with many theatre personalities such as Alyque Padamsee, Ebrahim Alkazi, Barry John, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sinia Duggal, Madhuri Bhatia, Salima Raza, Kusum Haidar, Tejeshwar Singh, Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Lola Chatterjee, Sunit Tandon, Avijit Dutt and Prakash Bhatia at different times.
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Joy Michael has worked with the United States-India Educational Foundation as an executive and has lectured at the University of Washington, Virginia and the Panjab University.
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Joy Michael has worked as an educational consultant to many schools managed by the Diocese of the Church of North India in Delhi, Shimla, Mussoorie and Assam.
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Joy Michael has served as an executive council member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.
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Joy Michael is reported to have collaborated with over 200 plays, as writer or director and has prepared plays for the television and the radio.
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Joy Michael is married to Colonel Hughbert Michael and the couple has two daughters, Meriel and Kristine.
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Joy Michael, holder of the title of Emeritus Theatre Director awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award which she received in 2009 for theatre direction.
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Joy Michael has received the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award, Delhi Natya Sangh Award, Rockefeller Award, Chamanlal Memorial Society Award and the Raja Ram Mohan Nation Education Award.