Michael is an award-winning playwright living outside of Boston, Massachusetts. His dramas, mysteries and thrillers have been produced in Virginia, Maryland, Kansas, New Jersey, Kentucky, and Texas, as well as Boston and New York City. Although he has written screenplays and a few short stage plays, Michael has concentrated on writing full-length dramas for the stage. Michael dedicates his efforts to peopling the stage with, and creating powerful roles for, female characters who have important things to say and do.
He has been an actor, director and producer in professional theatre for forty-five years including seven years as the Artistic Director of the Summer Theatre at Mt. Holyoke and four years as Associate Producer and Artistic Director of Foothills Theatre Company in Worcester, MA. He is currently an advisor to the Board of Directors for Studio Theatre Worcester. He holds a BA in Theatre Arts from UMass (Amherst) and an MFA in Playwriting from Brandeis University. He is a member of Actors Equity and the Dramatists Guild.
Currently, Michael has put his dramatic writing on hold while completing work on his first novel.
Audition by Subtraction – by Michael Walker – Part 1
Or “How To Avoid Audition Suicide” You will find the Mother of All Fatal Audition Mistakes below. In later entries, I’ll introduce you to her Ten Children (all named “Never”) and a few of their Many Cousins. If you play with this family of missteps, one of them will...
Audition by Subtraction – by Michael Walker – Part 2
“The First Fatal Audition Mistake” Never, Never, Never? For some reason, the Mother of All Audition Mistakes named all of her children “Never.” Granted, they have different middle names, but “Never” is most often heard in Mother’s house of mistakes. Before we meet...
Audition by Subtraction – by Michael Walker – Part 3
-The Second Fatal Audition Mistake- Mother’s child and fatal audition mistake, Never Be Late has a twin, with whom you really don’t want to play. Fatal Child Two - Never Make Excuses This child is bathed in misunderstanding and controversy, to be sure. However, if...
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