Michael Krebs has portrayed Lincoln for various occasions throughout the United States since 1994.  As producer of With Lincoln Productions, an artist ensemble, Krebs has appeared at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, Hoover Presidential Library, Gerald Ford Museum, Gettysburg, New Salem Historic Site, Harold Washington Library, and an extended run in Chicago.  Debra Ann Miller accompanies Krebs in taking educational programs to hundreds of schools throughout the Midwest.  Working at Chicago Historical Society from 1996-2005, Krebs appeared weekly in the Voices From History Program, portraying President Lincoln in the highly successful exhibits “The Last Best Hope of Earth: Abraham Lincoln and the Promise of America” and “The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden,” also with their Distance Learning Center in opening Wet with Blood,” an examination of Lincoln’s assassination archives.  He participated with Library of Congress on Mr. Lincoln's Virtual Library.  As a guest speaker at Carl Sandburg College, he was part of President Clinton's address in January of 1995.  Prior, he portrayed candidate Lincoln in the 1994 C-Span live broadcast re-enactment of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate held at Knox College.  Appearing as Lincoln on The History Channel in Conspiracy? and featured segments on Chicago’s WGN, ABC 7, NBC 5, CBS 2, and FOX TV. 

Like Mr. Lincoln, Michael Krebs stands 6'4" without his boots.

 
 
 
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