Theatre Things was founded in 1995 by Kathryn Michele Busti to provide excellent new products and teaching tools for drama teachers and professors. Her hard work has really paid off, and people across the country now rely on Theatre Things to make their jobs a lot easier. Michele's book is being used by theatre teachers/directors in all 50 states as well as in Canada, England, France, Egypt, Turkey, Thailand, and India.

Michele has been a theatre teacher, director, technical director, and "techie" for 42 years. She has taught in Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, and Colorado. Theatre is her passion and she has dabbled with every crew, in every aspect of theatre, with actors and techies of all ages and in every kind of theatre. Her students have become professional and amateur actors, designers and technicians on Broadway, in regional theatres, educational theatres, community theatres, and on TV.

Michele has held state and national positions in several theatre organizations. She has served as regional representative, secretary, treasurer, vice-president and president of state organizations in Maryland and Colorado. She is proud to have served Colorado Thespians as the Colorado State Thespian Director and is also proud to have served a six-year term as trustee for the Educational Theatre Association , an organization very close to her heart. Michele was inducted into the Colorado State Thespian's Hall of Fame as well as the Educational Theatre Association's Hall of Fame.

Michele recently retired from Cherry Creek High School in Englewood, Colorado. She is still passionate about theatre and is a mentor for young theatre teachers.