Michael Mitnick

Playwright

MICHAEL MITNICK’s credits include Sex Lives of Our Parents (world premiere Second Stage Uptown), Ed, Downloaded (world premiere Denver Center, W.E.T.), & Spacebar: A Broadway Play by Kyle Sugarman (world premiere City Lights, Studio 42). A sold-out concert of his songs played Joe’s Pub this past fall. He composed the score to the short film Well Fed & Comfortable. Michael wrote the screenplay for The Giver, starring Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges to be released this summer. He is currently writing the book for the Broadway-bound musical of Animal House. Ars Nova and P73 Playgroups. 2012 Visionary Playwright Award. 2013 Variety’s Top 10 Screenwriters to Watch. Commissions from The Roundabout and Manhattan Theatre Club. MFA in Playwriting from The Yale School of Drama. He lives in Brooklyn.

Appears in
Fly By Night: A New Musical