2,793 stories by "Michael Block"
Familiar bonds make for good entertainment. It's instantly relatable. You know someone that's being portrayed. You know that situation. Zack Friedman's Fathers and Sons rides high in familia…
Name: Victor LesniewskiHometown: I live in Los Angeles now, but I go back and forth to NYC so much, and lived there for so long, that I still can't think of anywhere else as home.Education: …
Even mad scientists need love. In A Collection of Shiny Objects The Mad Scientist's Guide to Romance, Robots, and Soul-Crushing Loneliness, comes a musical comedy that is sci-fi cute and rom…
Succeeding in creating "quality" shock value is hard. When you shock, you need purpose. There needs to be a reason behind it not just do it to get people to talk. In Kill Sister Kill, there …
Weaving music, poetry, in a celebration of the earth, The Morningtime of Now is a family friendly theatrical event inspired by the whimsical world of Opal Whiteley. Whiteley, an American nat…
Imagine your worst dates ever. I can guarantee Swipe Right was worse. Written and directed by Allison Young, Swipe Right was a structural nightmare about twenty something's dating. The story…
Sitcoms have been a staple in American pop culture for decades. The physical comedy. The moral at the end of the episode. The laugh track. The landscape of the situation comedy has changed v…
Adapted from Frank Pierson's "Dog Day Afternoon" which was inspired by an article from Life Magazine, Stockholm Savings by Michael DeMeo is a high-octane comedic thriller about a bank robber…
Everyone dreams of being an astronaut as a kid. The images we've placed on astronauts are based on their feats of heroism. There's a celebrity attached to them. In Endless Air, Endless Water…
Love is hard at any age. And dating doesn't get any easier. In Love in the Middle Ages, musical comedy with book by Eric Kornfeld and Jeffrey Jackson, music by Michelangelo Sosnowitz, and ly…
When the Pope dies, the Cardinals of the world come together to vote for the next Pope. But what if the voting process was as ridiculous and scheme-worthy as an episode of "Survivor"? Filled…
There tends to be monotony when it comes to musical theater. All new musicals seem to follow the same themes and style causing them to blend into one another. But when something different ar…
From the whacky world of Dina Laura comes Elephants and Other Worldly Dilemmas, a comedy where slapstick, gross out humor, and puns unite. At the core, the play is about faith and finding fa…
Name: Shane SalkHometown: Seattle WAEducation: BFA From Chapman UniversitySelect Credits: Oh, I have been all over the place. I was the Original Genie in Aladdin for Disney's International C…
A bar is about to be foreclosed so the only logical choice to save it is put on a show. That's the premise of Creative License. With book and lyrics by Kevin Cirone and music by Cirone, Spen…
The title will draw you in. The pre show will captivate you. And the script will shock you. Welcome to Mitchel Buckley's God is a Woman. In a world where nothing is quite what it seems, God …
When you have a talented group of friends, you're bound to want to collaborate with them. And that is the root of Summer Blue's creation. Conceived by director Akil "Apollo" Davis and featur…
Want to go on an adventure like you've never experienced before? Then jump in Jaron and Slater's submarine, buckle your seat belts and get ready for a bumpy ride. Created and performed by Ja…
Many times via the media we only see the broad scope on a topic. We see it from a global perspective. Rarely do we see the local perspective. With the landscape of LGBTQ equality drastically…
Love and death. Thematically they have a history together. They are once again paired together in Jonathan G. Galvez's A Life TBD. Broken up into three scenes, A Life TBD chronicles the love…
Imagine a bunch of theater geeks trying to do a sketch comedy show. The sketches would be filled with theater reference after theater reference. That's essentially what you get with Loose Ca…
Once upon a time there was a single mom and her son. The mom had bad luck in the world of dating and the son didn't care for many of the suitors. One day, a mysterious crack forms in the cei…
With a zombie apocalypse on their hands, a married couple battles the elements and each other. Written by Dave Lankford, Night of the Living is a psychological thriller of marital proportion…
In the 1970s and 80s, there was one female impersonator that stood out from them all. Her name was Divine. She was brash and crude. She made her fame by pairing with the king of shock value.…
Imagine yourself in a nightmare where you fall down a giant hole into a never ending pit of despair. Though it may be dark, it's still vivid. Now imagine that dream appearing before your eye…
