1. Michael Lee Stever was born in Medford, Oregon, the son of Robert Roy Stever who was in retail management with JCPenney, and a decorated World War II veteran, and Elizabeth Anne Stever, a nursing assistant.
12 Facts About Michael Stever
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Michael Stever attended Rancho Cordova High School and Sacramento High School's Regional Occupational Program, where he produced his first film at age seventeen.
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Michael Stever made his television debut in a 1991 episode of the science fiction series, Super Force, where he plays an alien abductee.
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Michael Stever returned to UCO shortly thereafter performing with Shirley Jones.
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In 2001 Michael Stever began a stint behind the camera as unit production manager on the documentary, Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There.
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Michael Stever reunited with Shirley Jones and Marty Ingels in 2011 for his self-produced documentary short, Jon Finch: The Ultimate Impresario.
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Michael Stever has produced mini-documentaries, including a collaboration with Stephen Schwartz in 2011 chronicling his first opera, Seance on a Wet Afternoon.
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Michael Stever served as the official camera man for The Drama Desk Awards in New York City.
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In 2014 Michael Stever met and collaborated with A Nightmare on Elm Street star, Heather Langenkamp.
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May 2016, Michael Stever joins forces with Broadway dancer, choreographer and historian Mercedes Ellington - Grand Daughter to Duke Ellington and founder of The Duke Ellington Center For The Arts.
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On January 13,2021, Michael Stever was the recipient of the BroadwayWorld Best Filmed Show, Presented From Archival Video award along with Karen Mason, Paul Rolnick, director Barry Kleinbort and musical director Christopher Denny.
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On February 23,2009 he documented the historic 'Defying Inequality Broadway Concert,' interviewing the likes of Lynda Carter, Billy Porter, Gavin Creel, Tamara Tunie, Jonathan Groff, Stephen Schwartz and many others as Michael Stever stood in support of marriage equality after the Supreme Court of California upheld a ban on same-sex marriage approved by voters in November 2008 by ballot Proposition 8.