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Michael has
appeared on the PRT main stage in Death of a Salesman, directed
by Elina de Santos. His Regional theater credits include The
Lion in Winter (Portland Stage) and Richard Greenberg'sTake Me
Out (Repretory Theater of St. Louis/ Hartford Stage Co / TheaterWorks),
for which he received a Kevin Kline Award nomination as Best
Supporting Actor. New York Off-Broadway theater credits include
NY premiers of Naomi Wallace's In the Heart of America (Rising
Circle) and Jovanka Bach's Name Day (Barrow Group), The Heiress
(Roundtable Ensemble). Off-Off Broadway credits (greatly edited
to protect the actor's reputation) include The Feigned Courtesans
(New York Classical), One Flea Spare (Columbia Stages), workshop
productions of Miss Julie and Stop/Kiss (Studio Tisch) and the
workshop production of Susan Sontag's Parcifal (Hotel Savant/Public).
Film credits include The War Within (2005). And commercials pop
up every now and again.
Michael spent 2000-2005 living and studying
in New York City, where he received his MFA in Acting from New
York University's Graduate Acting Program in 2003. Some favorite
productions included Henry IV pt. 1 (Henry), Measure For Measure
(Angelo), Playboy of the West Indies (Mac), Carlos Gozzi's The
Serpent Woman (Faruscad). He co-produced the 2003 Freeplay Festival
at NYU, which was a weeklong repertory of six productions per
day, some published but mostly original works, all generated
and performed by the class. He has studied in NYC with Ron Van
Lieu, Deborah Hecht (speech), Chris Bayes (clown), Jim Calder
(movement/kinetics), and Zelda Fitchandler; in LA, Lesly Kahn.
He has interned and later served as company manager of New York
Stage and Film.
Michael
is a member of The Actor's Center and The LARK Play Development
Company in New York. In LA, he is a new member of Pacific Resident
Theatre Company
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