Michael Vitaly Sazonov, a Washington DC Native, has appeared   numerous times at The Kennedy Center (Mister Roberts with Hunter Foster, A Streetcar Named Desire with Patricia Clarkson, andThe Phantom Tollbooth. Currently he is understudying their national tour of Teddy Roosevelt and the Treasure of Ursa Major). Also around town Michael has been seen at Roundhouse Theatre (Summer of ’42); Quotidian Theatre Company (Valentine’s Day); Olney Theatre Center (Cinderella); Firebelly Productions (Lend Me a Tenor); and The Modlin Center for the Arts in Richmond (Autobahn and Lost in the Appalachians). Michael has his own cabaret-style, one-man show: My Well Schooled Heart, that he has performed to sell-out houses at Maggie’s Cabaret and Indigo at the Atlas Center for Performing Arts. Coming up this season Michael is excited to be a part of Mariela in the Desert by Karen Zacarias at Theatre of the First Amendment directed by Nick Olcott, and staged readings at Arena Stage and the Kennedy Center's New Visions New Voices Festival.  Michael is a proud member of the DC Cabaret Network and the Actor’s Equity Association.