Michael David Kalpakoff II, Co-Director

 Michael Kalpakoff brings a broad range of performing arts experience, with leading-role credits in such productions as The Who’s Tommy, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and West Side Story, as well as singing lead vocals with musical collective Your Friend and Mine. Michael is pursuing a bachelor of fine arts degree in musical theatre from Minnesota State University-Moorhead, and sings with the MSUM Commercial Ensemble. For the third year he will be part of the MSUM Straw Hat Players summer musical series. Also at MSUM he directed the one-act play The Unwanted by Walter Wykes, and co-created and performed "Anthology of Fear," an interpretive movement performance. In addition to acting and singing, Michael plays the trumpet.

A Broadway World reviewer said of his performance in The Who’s Tommy, “Michael Kalpakoff (Tommy) was definitely the star of the show, and not just because he is the title character. This young man has talent and stage presence. He was flawless in every scene and a joy to watch and listen to.”

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Online Portfolio

Music Performances
"14 Fridays Concert" at Great River Arts with Your Friend and Mine (Jan. 20, 2017)
"The Room Where it Happens" by Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton with Your Friend and Mine (Vocals) (Aug. 5, 2017)
Abigail Segler Memorial Fine Arts Scholarship Benefit Concert with LFCHS Musical Revue, and Your Friend and Mine (vocals, trumpet) (Aug. 5, 2017)
"Love Yourself" by Ed Sheerhan arrangement by Your Friend and Mine (vocals, trumpet) (July 7, 2016)


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MSUM Performances
"Tommy," The Who's Tommy, Minnesota State University-Moorhead (April 2018) 
- Broadway World Review (April 7, 2018)
"Anthology of Fear," co-created and performed MSUM Movement Performance (Dec. 2018)