Michael Wheeler – SpiderWebShow Co-Creator:

Michael is currently Executive Director of Generator, a mentoring, teaching, and innovation incubator that empowers independent artists, producers and leaders in Toronto.

As Founding Artistic Director of Praxis Theatre and a theatre director, he has produced and created independent theatre for the past twelve years including Rifles (2 Dora nominations) the World Premiere of Jesus Chrysler by Tara Beagan presented in association with Theatre Passe Muraille, and a National Tour of the SummerWorks Award-winning G20 drama You Should Have Stayed Home, which crowd-sourced over 300 volunteer performers including 2 Members of Parliament as it crossed the country. Michael has also worked as a co-curator of The Freefall Festival with The Theatre Centre, co-curator of HATCH emerging artist projects with Harbourfront Centre, and as a Neil Munro Intern Director at The Shaw Festival.

Much of Michael’s work in the theatre has intertwined with online tools, as he operated and curated websites like PraxisTheatre.com (Winner Best Blog Post & Best Arts and Culture Blog: Canadian Blog Awards), DepartmentOfCulture.ca, AfricaTrilogy.ca,, WreckingBall.ca and most recently SpiderWebShow.ca. He holds a Masters of Fine Arts from The American Repertory/Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University.