PRODUCER
Michael is also an indie theatre producer. He "cut his teeth" with The Black Box for 8 years as Managing Director (2017-2024). With this scrappy NJ company, he helped produce roughly 50 full productions, and countless readings, including some NYC transfers to The SoHo Playhouse, The Chain, Theater for the New City, and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
From 2021 onward, he produced full productions, workshops, and readings of new and under-produced plays in collaboration with the following writers: Eric Bogosian, Neil Labute, Craig Lucas, Paul Schrader, Beth Henley, Nicky Silver, Daniel Handler ("Lemony Snicket"), Ken Levine, Tim Venable, Halley Feiffer, John Patrick Shanley, and the Estates of Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, and I.B Singer.
Of Note:
- the NYC transfer of Eric Bogosian's new play 1+1 at The Chain Theatre (2022), and the Off-B'way premiere at The SoHo Playhouse (2023).
- With the Estate of Edward Albee he was instrumental in developing FROM A TO ZOO: A STAGED READING SERIES OF ALL OF EDWARD ALBEE'S PLAYS. This included a reading of Fragments with Oscar Winner F. Murray Abraham.
-The development of SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK BERGEN COUNTY: delivering free, fun, and accessible Shakespeare every summer for 6 years (2018-2023). This includes the CLASSICS ON THE LAWN series with the Englewood Library featuring vibrant script-in performances of other classics (Wilde, Chekhov, Ibsen, Euripides, O'Neill, Shaw).
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