MICHAEL AGUIRRE
 The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests: As part of 59E59 Theaters Plays In Place Program |  Almost a Fantasy at the NYC Fringe Festival |  Rex: A workshop production with NLTP and Access Theater |
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 SIDD: At the Chicago Fringe Festival |  |  SIDD Ensemble |
 REX |  Almost a Fantasy: At the NYC Fringe Festival |
WRITING
Recent Writing: American Dream Theater Residency (Virginia Beach, for The Mountain King); New Light Theater Project’s SIDD presented in New York City (Access Theater), Woodstock (Byrdcliffe Theater), and Chicago (Gift Theater) which was the first out-of-town show to sell out in Chicago Fringe history; New Light Theater Project's sold-out run of the site-specific Apartment Play (January of 2014); The Acting Studio and Chelsea Rep's production of Mountain King, Rose Queen (Shetler Theater, NYC) which was also a Neil Labute New Play Fest semi-finalist (2013); The Acting Studio and Chelsea Rep's production of Almost a Fantasy (440 Studios, NYC Fringe); various short works including At War (Equilibrium Theatre, London);The Convention of Leaving (The Pit, NYC), ATHE's New Play workshop selectiong for To Whom Shall I Tell My Grief (Alternate); John Wayne's America (semi-finalist, Seven Devils Conference).
Residencies/Awards: Michael is the former Resident Playwright with Rising Sun Production Company who produced Ice Age at Room 137. He is also the former Playwright Apprentice with Wide Eyed Productions. Michael is a Fellow at the Birdcliffe Woodstock Artist in Residency and a Pataphysics Workshop Fellow with Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins (The Flea Theater).
WRITING HIGHLIGHTS
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
Venturous Theater Fund support for
The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests
American Dream Theater Residency (Virginia Beach)
Fellowship Award and Residency: Birdcliffe Woodstock Guild
Fellowship for Pataphysics Workshop: Flea Theatre w/ instructor Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins
Paula Vogel Bootcamp Selectee: Vineyard Theatre
Semi-finalist, Seven Devils Conference: John Wayne's America
Semi-finalist, Neil LaBute New Play Festival: The Mountain King
Resident Playwright: Rising Sun Production Company
Playwright Apprentice: Wide Eyed Productions
FULL PRODUCTIONS
The Jackson C. Frank Listening Party w/ Special Guests
As part of 59E59 Plays In Place Series
Almost a Fantasy
Official selection for the NY International Fringe Festival
"This play subtly delves into an artists’ biggest fear and grapples with the conflict of success vs. failure."
-- No Red Lipstick
"At the lights fade, there were few dry eyes in the audience including the tear-filled eyes of this appreciative critic."
-- David Roberts
Official selection to the Chicago Fringe Festival, sold-out run
Apartment Play took place in a site-specific apartment in Washington Heights. The show was a HIT – selling out and extending in early 2014.
WORKSHOPS
The Way of the World
a workshop w/ The Acting Studio (John Grabowski, dir.)
A musical adaptation of Antigone
Book by Michael Allen Aguirre
Music by Kyle C. Norris
A co-production with NLTP and Access Theater
The Mountain King
a workshop for the Emerging Artists Festival w/ Chelsea Rep Lab
John Wayne's America
a workshop for the Emerging Artists Festival w/ Chelsea Rep Lab
READINGS
Salt Creek
Through the Chelsea Rep Festival of new work
Somewhere in this Favor'd Land
Wide Eyed Productions
The Wild
The Acting Studio
SHORT WORKS
To Whom Shall I Tell My Grief
-Selected as an alternate for ATHE'S New Play Workshop this summer, developed with Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
@ WAR
Presented at the Equilibrium Theatre, London
Rock n Rolls
Two short plays for Boomerang Theatre Co's 24 hour play festival