Michael Nehring, Full Professor of Theatre at Chapman University, is a multiple award winning actor whose career includes over 60 professional productions. During his twenty-year association with Shakespeare Orange County he played such leading roles as Shylock, Prospero, Iago, Malvolio, Bottom and Benedick. Most recently he received a 2014 Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle Award for his performance as Abram in Son of Semele Ensemble’s Our Class. He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.