2,793 stories by "Michael Block"
Name: Jesse SchreckHometown: New York, NYEducation: Yale University, B.A. (almost!) in American StudiesFavorite Credits: Fall of Man (Yale Playwrights Festival), "Underachievers" (short film…
Name: Ben DurhamHometown: Santa Barbara, California Education: Bachelor of the Arts in Theatre from California State University, Long BeachSelect Credits: Tuck Whitney in Me Love Me, Benvoli…
Name: My parents dubbed me Jonathan, but everyone calls me Jonny Rodgers.Hometown: I grew up in many places, but the town that feels most like home is Amherst, MA.Education: I was a theater …
Name: Jack KarpHometown: Brooklyn, NYEducation: M.F.A. in Creative Writing from American UniversityFavorite Credits: One of this year's winners of the Ashland New Play Festival. Incendiary A…
Name: Iñaki AgustÃnHometown: San Isidro, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEducation: Some here, some there. And a lot of worn out shoes.Select Credits: Carmen Ghia (Producers), Sir Robin (Spamal…
Name: Kara Ayn NapolitanoHometown: Santa Cruz, CA (I was born in NYC and lived in Queens for a while but moved to beautiful California when I was small. And now I'm right back in Queens. Ha.…
The future of America: a favorite theme to explore in media. What will happen in the near but distant future? Will there be a Zombie Apocalypse or maybe purge of humans in a fight to the dea…
Name: Gianni OnoriHometown: Bo'ness, ScotlandEducation: GAMTA (The Glasgow Academy of Musical Theatre Arts - www.gamta.org.uk)Favorite Credits: I think the coolest thing for me so far would …
Audiences seem to love watching untold stories come to life. Tales about people or characters or history they know. Like what happened before the girl from Kansas dropped in or the events su…
Name: Brandon BaruchHometown: Los Angeles, CAEducation: BA in Theater, Occidental College class of 2007Favorite Credits: Lighting Designer for Queenie Pie at Chicago Opera Theater; Lighting …
Name: Marissa MillerHometown: I grew up in Haverhill, MA-a town north of Boston.Education: BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory and Masters in 'survival skills' from growing u…
Name: Kathryn KatesHometown: Great Neck, New YorkEducation: attended Moore College Of Art; and NYUSelect Credits: Food And Fadwa at NY Theatre Workshop; a site specific play by the genius Da…
Who doesn't love a little musical comedy? Especially when it's campy and pokes fun at the style itself. Oh, and when the jokes are actually funny. In the new musical Propaganda! The Musical,…
Name: Nicolas MinellaHometown: New York, NY (I am of that rare breed: a native New Yorker.)Education: York College, CUNY (B.A.); Columbia University (Creative Writing)Favorite Credits: …
Name: Christine Toy JohnsonHometown: Katonah, New YorkEducation: BA/Sarah Lawrence College, Certificate of Screenwriting/NYU, BMI Musical Theatre Writing WorkshopSelect Credits: Actor, write…
Name: Glen NorthHometown: Fairfax, VAEducation: James Madison UniversitySelect Credits: Kyle McLaughlin in Showgirls the Musical Off-Broadway, Link in Hairspray and Laurie in Little Women th…
Name: Joan Shepard Hometown: NYCEducation: Professional Children's School, Hunter College, Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtFavorite Credits: Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion In Winter, Frankie …
Write what you know is something all writers take to heart. Sometimes they take it a little too seriously. In Eddie and the Palaceades, writer and lyricist Roy O'Neil pays homage to the Pala…
Name: Courter SimmonsHometown: Milpitas, CA (It sounds like "Mule Penis", but it means "Little Cornfields" in some native South American language… at least that's what they told us in scho…
Everyone has a dream, no matter what the age. Making those dreams come true is the challenge. When a group of pals who get together weekly to jam get the opportunity of a lifetime to play a …
Name: Adam HarveyHometown: Santa Fe, New MexicoEducation: Autodidact for the Joyce, Texas Tech University for the Drama, and the University of San Martin, Tarapoto, Peru for the shamanism.Fa…
During the height of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, debates raged on as the protestors riled up the troops. All the while the elite 1% watched on from their fancy penthouses. That image to…
Name: Billy HipkinsHometown: Verona, NJ Education: Yes, thank you.Select Credits: Broadway: Anna Karenina, the Musical… the Musical. Toured the USA as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, …
Name: Libby EmmonsHometown: the Northeast US, currently BrooklynEducation: Sarah Lawrence undergrad, Columbia School of the Arts gradFavorite Credits: most recently Puff Puff, at Festival of…
Name: Kate FosterHometown: the tri-state areaEducation: BFA, Boston University and Academmia dell'ArteFavorite Credits: I Run With You, Anna/Kate's first song-cycle at Culture Project …
