James Naughton performs Sparrows in Aspen.
My play Sparrows at the Bar was part of Theatre Aspen’s 2022 Solo Flights New Play Festival. Directed by Joe Calarco and performed by James Naughton.
A gentleman and a legend.
My short film THE BRIDGE was selected as the competition winner for August, 2020.
SNUC is a Eugene O'Neill Playwrights semi-finalist.
TROPHY ROOM was given a two-week workshop and reading in January of 2020.
SNUC was also chosen to receive a staged reading for 1st Mondays at Naked Angels, which was directed by Tony Nominated actor, Hunter Foster.
Several of Mike’s scripts are available to read on the National New Play Network.
Head over to Uproar Theatrics to see how you can license my play SNUC for production!
The true story of Andy Martin, a young man with a form of cancer so rare there was no research. So Andy accepts a place at Tulane Medical School and begins researching his own cells. Research which is then compromised by the arrival of Hurricane Katrina. Andy, his assistant Kevin, and his mentor Chief Tyler, must race against time and Andy's disease to salvage the work he's done before it's too late.
All of us can relate to the idea of sitting down across from someone we knew in High School and wondering, "Does anything I felt all those years ago matter anymore? Am I even the same person I was then? Are they?" What would you do if given the opportunity to reunite with "that person," and what would you do if that person was on Death Row for murder? Carrying Water explores this situation, and tries to make sense of where we start, where we end up, and how we got there.
A tortured man returns to his hometown to carry out his fallen brother's final "wish list." A list which will force him to confront that which he has spent the last few years avoiding: his brother's widow.
A journeyman newspaper reporter from New York tells the story of his life, his love, and the unexpected shot at redemption he finds in a rural pub in Ireland.
Joey G and Big Joe have better things to do than training the new guy, but with the Left-Handed Turk situation still uncertain, keeping the Boss happy is more important than ever. So they sharpen their knives, slick back their hair, and get to work.
Somewhere in middle America there is an enormous warehouse that houses the products made from the world’s most endangered mammals and reptiles. Over the course of several days, three security guards at the warehouse prepare for an extremely rare and valuable piece, and in the process confront fears and prejudices that lie just below the surface. They come to learn that the animals lining the shelves of the warehouse might not be the only endangered species present.
Life inside a prison’s walls take a turn for the Shakespearean when a retired drama teacher arrives to introduce the inmates to HAMLET.