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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

SIDD Ensemble

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  

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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

SIDD

Official selection to the Chicago Fringe Festival, sold-out run

Apartment Play

Apartment Play took place in a site-specific apartment in Washington Heights. The show was a HIT – selling out and extending in early 2014.

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WORKSHOPS

The Way of the World

a workshop w/ The Acting Studio (John Grabowski, dir.)

 

REX

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

Nick Walsh and Courtney Knysch, SIDD

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

Bethany Geraghty, SIDD

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

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