Michael Villane

As a writer, my work asks unanswerable questions, but depend and trust in the collaboration of actors, directors, production designers and audience to achieve my final vision. I want my work to be messy and chaotic and different, but most important is that my collaborators walk away feeling that the process was worth it. Be respectful of actors, and kind to directors.

I would like an audience to feel the bigness of the ideas, conflicts and emotions of my plays. I don’t want to teach some great moral lesson. I want people to take away what is personal to them, truthful to themselves to feel like they’ve played a part in something that respects them, challenges and trusts them. My wish is to create an audience through my work, and to continue meeting people through their art.

tweak (Full length drama)

·  First full draft 2024

The Last Cowboy (Full length drama)

·  Workshop:  LAByrinth Theater

·  Staged Reading: LaBryrinth Theater

·  Workshop: Primary Stages

The Bombing of w48th St. (10 minute play)

·  Labrinyth Theater 10 Minute Play Festival

The Lewinsky Affair (Full length drama)

·  Workshop:  Ensemble Studio Theater

·  Workshop:  Concrete Temple

Color of Rain (Short story)

·  Published in Men on Men  (Penguin Anthology)

My Life As Madonna (Novel)

1st Draft 2024

• Primary Stages(ESPA), Advanced Playwriting, Stefanie Zadravec, Megan Carter, Suzanne Bradbeer, Matt de la Pena
• Dominic Colon, Free Your Voice Writers Lab
• LAByrinth Theater Master Class, Workshop
• Ensemble Studio Theater, Workshop