Director (New York City Theatre)

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F*CK, MARRY KILL, (June 2023) - New York Theatre Festival – Director/Playwright

THE BIGOT, (Off-Broadway) - Theatre at St. Clements – Director

CROSSING OVER, (Off-Broadway) - Theatre 315 – Director/Co-Writer

SHOOTING STAR-A Revealing New Musical, (Off-Broadway) - 3 Dollar Bill, Brooklyn – Producer/General Manager

NOT MY DAUGHTER, Midtown International Theatre Festival – Director

​THE NEW SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL - Artistic Director

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Director of dozens of short plays for companies throughout NYC including ATC Studios, The Alternative Theater Co., Equity Library Theatre, Network Theatre Co., and The New Short Play Festival.

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Director/Choreographer  

                                                                                   

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS,  Casa Manana – Director

     (Starring Ruta Lee and Ed Dixon)

BIG RIVER, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre – Director/Choreographer

LES MISERABLES, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

       (Moss Hart Memorial Award:  Best Professional Theatrical Production –New England 2008)    

ALL SHOOK UP, Papermill Theatre – Director

IT HAPPENED IN LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Repertory Theatre – Choreographer/Assistant Director

Disney’s TARZAN  Arizona Broadway Theatre – Director

MARY POPPINS, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

       (Moss Hart Memorial Award:  Best Professional Theatrical Production –New England 2015)   

WEST SIDE STORY, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director

MY FAIR LADY, New Bedford Festival Theatre, – Director/Choreographer

GREASE, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer             

THE SOUND OF MUSIC, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

COLOR BLIND (world premiere) Tri Cities Opera – Director/Choreographer

MAMA, I WANT TO SING, Amas Musical Theatre, NYC (New World Stages) –Choreographer

     (w/ Melba Moore, Capathia Jenkins, Chuck Cooper and Maurice Hines)

THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, Cider Mill Playhouse – Director/Choreographer

PLAID TIDINGS, Cohoes Music Hall – Director/Choreographer

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

DREAMGIRLS,  Interlakes Summer Theatre – Director/Choreographer

9 to 5, Arizona Broadway Theatre – Director/Choreographer

ALL SHOOK UP, Cider Mill Playhouse – Director/Choreographer

HAIRSPRAY, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

      (Moss Hart Grand Trophy Award:  Best Professional Theatrical Production –New England 2012)         

HELLO,DOLLY!  Arizona Broadway Theatre – Director/Choreographer

       (ariZoni Award:  Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor)      

TINTYPES, Cider Mill Playhouse – Director/Choreographer

HAIR, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

A CHORUS LINE, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

       (Motif Award:  Best Summer Production)   

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, Arizona Broadway Theatre – Choreographer

       (ariZoni Award:  Best Choreography)

WHODUNIT? by Ed Dixon, Cider Mill Playhouse – Director/Choreographer

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, Cider Mill Playhouse – Director/Choreographer

FOREVER PLAID, Cohoes Music Hall – Director/Choreographer

GYPSY, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

HELLO,DOLLY! (Starring Kirsti Carnahan), Cider Mill Playhouse – Director/Choreographer

HAIRSPRAY,  Cohoes Music Hall – Director/Choreographer

THE PRODUCERS, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Director/Choreographer

8 TRACK – THE SOUNDS OF THE 70’S, Cider Mill Playhouse – Director/Choreographer

       (7 New Hampshire Theatre Award  Nominations – Including Best Director and Best Musical)     

FUNNY GIRL, Westchester Broadway Theatre – Choreographer

GEORGE M!, Theatre By The Sea - Choreographer

42nd STREET, New Bedford Festival Theatre – Choreographer

 

Academic Productions Directed

 

THE WHALE, Chadron State College – Director

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Chadron State College – Director/Choreographer

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, The Boston Conservatory Mainstage – Director/Choreographer

42nd STREET, The Boston Conservatory Mainstage – Director/Choreographer

THE LARAMIE PROJECT, Southern Arkansas University – Director

THE CRUCIBLE, Southern Arkansas University – Director

GODSPELL, Southern Arkansas University – Director/Choreographer

THE WIZARD OF OZ, Southern Arkansas University – Director/Choreographer

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Southern Arkansas University – Director

NOISES OFF, UMASS, Dartmouth Theatre Company – Director

IN TROUSERS, The Boston Conservatory Studio Theatre – Director/Choreographer

AS IS, The Boston Conservatory Studio Theatre – Director

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, MIT Theatre Group, Cambridge MA. – Choreographer

 

Associate/Assistant Choreographer

 

ANYTHING GOES, Theatre Under the Stars, Houston, (director – Roy Hamlin)

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, Goodspeed Opera House, CT,  (director – Darko Tresnjak)

ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, Goodspeed Opera House, CT,  (director – Ted Pappas)

FNIAN’S RAINBOW, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, (director – Malcolm Black)

OLYMPUS ON MY MIND, The Boston Conservatory, (choreographer – Sharon Halley)

CAROUSEL, The Boston Conservatory, (choreographer – Peggy Hickey)

BRIGADOON, The Boston Conservatory-Studio Theatre, (choreographer – Peggy Hickey)

COMMERCE BANK, WOW AWARDS, Radio City Music Hall, NYC, (starring The Rockettes)

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Actor

Michael has over twenty years’ experience appearing on the stage in several Broadway first national tours, European Tours, LORT Theatres, Goodspeed Opera House, Papermill Playhouse, Walnut Street Theater, Sacramento Music Circus, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, TUTS, TOTS, Ogunquit Playhouse, Bristol Riverside, STAGES, St. Louis, and ten years performing in NYC’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular. He is also currently very active in the television, film, and commercial industry in New York.

He holds union cards for SAG-AFTRA, AEA, AGVA, and SDC.   

 

Education

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M.F.A. - CREATIVE WRITING/PLAYWRITING, Goddard College

B.F.A. – MUSICAL THEATRE / DIRECTING, The Boston Conservatory

COMMERCIAL THEATRE INSTITUTE - Three Day Producing Intensive  

MUSIC EDUCATION / VOICE, The Crane School of Music

PLAYWRITING & ADVANCED PLAYWRITING, Gotham Writer’s Workshop