2,793 stories by "Michael Block"
Name: Elizabeth FrinoHometown: Pompton Plains, NJEducation: Lehigh UniversityFavorite Credits: Scenic Designer for Romeo and Juliet, Props Master for Peter and the Starcatcher, Scenic Artist…
Name: Elisabeth NgHometown: Singapore, ScotlandEducation: St Andrews University, Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film InstituteFavorite Credits: The latest show that I produced with my company B…
Selling your soul for a price is an age-old story. From the Devil to Ursula, the device is well-known in literature. Finding a new perspective on this tale can be tricky but many have attemp…
As a child, it's believed your parents are invincible. Even though we know we grow up, it's hard to imagine that do too. But the sad reality is the old free get, the older get. In A. Rey Pam…
Name: Jeffrey RothHometown: Mahwah, NJEducation: BA in Theater Arts from Drew University/London Dramatic AcademySelect Credits: My favorite role/production experience is hands down playing P…
Name: Chip Bolcik Hometown: I live in Thousand Oaks, CAEducation: University of MarylandFavorite Credits: Strawberry One Act Festival, The Seven, Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry.Wh…
Name: Tommy JamersonHometown: Portage, IndianaEducation: BS & MFA in PlaywritingFavorite Credits: Being selected to write for the Gender, Hate, & Violence Conference in 2007, the Che…
photo by Keith GemerekName: Justin SayreHometown: Forty Fort, PennsylvaniaEducation: NYU, Michael Howard StudioFavorite Credits: The Meeting* and Night of a Thousand JudysWhy theater?: It's …
Name: Anghus HouvourasHometown: Wilmington, NCEducation: Marshall University (Studied Theater and Broadcasting)Favorite Credits: Screenwriter: Dead Heist (Released 2007 through First Look En…
Name: Dr. John Shévin FosterHometown: Norfolk, VAEducation: BA in Theatre & Education, MA in Ed Theatre, Phd in Theatre. And I am an August Wilson scholar.Favorite Credits: Seeing my pl…
To celebrate and appreciate the present, one must look back at the past. For over sixty years now, New York City has been blessed with free theater in Central Park through Shakespeare in the…
Name: Dean PrestonHometown: Millburn, NJEducation: New SchoolFavorite Credits: Nicholas III: In Search of a Comet (LaMAMA 2012), The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol (StrangeDog Theatre…
With a backdrop of the Bronx fires of the 70's comes a tale of hope and escape with a sick beat. Written by Donaldo Prescod, The 1's and 2's is a period piece that still rings true. Followin…
Name: Matthew WidmanHometown: Portland, OregonEducation: Williams College, BA in Religion, Columbia University Writing Program, HB Studio Playwriting WorkshopFavorite Credits: The intense au…
Name: Afrika BrownHometown: Hillside, NJEducation: Kean UniversityFavorite Credits: I'm a playwright and screenwriter so I'm not quite sure how to answer this. I guess Strange Fruit Re…
If metaphors are your thing, Adam Rapp's latest gritty drama is right up your alley. Presented by The Flea Theater, Wolf in the River follows a cannibalistic tribe of youngsters in a poverty…
How would you spend your final moments on this earth if you knew you were about to depart this life? In Carl Holder's An Intimate Evening with Typhoid Mary, a dying man offers a fever d…
Name: My name is Clyve LagerquistHometown: From Onekama, MIEducation: B.A. in English, Writing from Michigan State UniversityFavorite Credits: Excited to have my first show produced (as in, …
Have you ever gotten so inside your head that rather than finding solace, insanity just circles back to insanity? Enter YOUARENOWHERE. Don't let the title scare you. Yes, this is theatrical …
Spoiler. This play ends in death too. But if you know what happens in Romeo and Juliet, this should come of no surprise. Playwright Laura Hirschberg takes the characters of The Bard's romanc…
Name: Nelson Diaz-Marcano Hometown: Gurabo, PREducation: BFA in Cinema and Cultural Studies from Stony Brook UniversityFavorite Credits: Prison Song (DUTF 13, Midwinter Madness Festival), Re…
Name: Paul-Cosma CimpoieruHometown: Bucharest / Romania / EuropeEducation: Off the streetWhy theater?: There is no theater, or dance, or non-verbal.... it's just a way to "speak", to show an…
No one ever said saying goodbye was easy. Just ask the characters in Eric Gilde's grief play the goodbye room. Following the death of her mother, a woman finds herself back home picking up t…
Name: Mel NievesHometown: New York CityEducation: William Esper Studio/LAByrinth Theatre Company/Actors Studio Playwright-Director UnitFavorite Credits: Producer of Tenn99, a 72 hour maratho…
We all want to do right. Whether it be in love, work, or life, we want to prove our worth by succeeding at whatever is the task at hand. But have you ever stopped to question just exactly th…
