Michael Anthony Tatmon: Development Director & Actor
Michael Anthony Tatmon was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He went to school in Connecticut, served in the US Air Force in law enforcement, and went on to attend the American Conservatory Theatre where he studied professional acting. He worked with 7 Stages Theatre as an Associate Artist where he traveled to China to perform Eugène Ionesco’s The Chairs, for which received a Best Actor nomination at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Festival. See Mike's resume here.
Tatmon has faced many challenges in his life. Including a period as a homeless veteran living on the streets in Georgia, Florida, and Arizona. Working his way off the streets and out of homelessness gave Tatmon another dimension and view of life that he incorporates into his acting.
Acting for Mike has been an odyssey of transformation. As a young actor, he thought only of pursuing commercial success. Yet, at the same time, he loved the art. As he found more opportunities to express his art, he was drawn to work that would give voice to social and political issues and the under-represented. Thus In Living Colored was born.
Prodan Dimov: Artistic Director
Prodan Dimov has been known as director to the Atlanta theatre audiences since his first show Diary of a Madman, by Gogol, at 7 Stages in 1998, which Creative Loafing’s annual review mentioned along with the ten best shows for the year. He came to Atlanta with considerable experience as actor, director, and educator in Bulgaria and Russia, where he continued to be invited multiple times as director in repertory theaters. After 3 years of teaching at Kennesaw State University, in 2005, Prodan Dimov founded Metropolis Theatre where he directed many shows and developed collaborative relationships with emerging playwrights and theatre directors. All his professional life, Prodan Dimov has been closely connected to the field of education. He has BFA, MFA, and PhD degrees in Theatre Arts and has worked at secondary and post-secondary institutions in the US and abroad. Quite a few of his students have become well-known theater, TV, and film actors.
His most acclaimed American productions have been The Chairs and The Bald Soprano, by Ionesco, The Gin Game, by D. L. Coburn, The Proposal, The Bear, and The Harmfulness of Tobacco, by Chekhov. Some of these shows brought back awards from international festivals. According to AJC, the 7 Stages production of The Chairs (2003) was the first show in the history of the state of Georgia to go to China. His latest success abroad was with Streetcar Named Desire, by Tennessee Williams, directed on the stage of the legendary Russian theatre Kolesso. In 2018, he joined the artistic leadership team of the New Marietta’s Theater in the Square, where he directed Arthur Miller’s A View for the Bridge and Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park.