Michael Weems

Playwright - Actor - Writer

News

CONGRATULATIONS!

Michael's play One, Three, Two - which has already been produced in Houston, Chicago, Buffalo, Milford Connecticut and Orlando - was just selected out of a pool of over 900 plays nationwide for selection into the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival! It is one of forty plays that will be performed in Manhattan in October with the six winners published and licensed by Samuel French!

- Michael wrote the screenplay for Cone Man Running Productions entry into Houston's 48 Hour Film Project. All Fall Down was co-directed by Christine Weems and Julio Alonzo and stars Scott Holmes, Lindsy Greig, Lulu Mire, Ruth McCleskey, Christine Weems, Benjamin Ashton, Mark Stanley, Brad Winkler and Julio Alonzo. Eddie Rodriguez was Director of Photography and Josh Baker handled sound.

- A Common Martyr, a full length play Michael wrote, has advanced to the top ten for consideration by the Newman University Theatre Department in Wichita, Kansas.

- One, Three, Two, Michael's most produced one-act, will be performed on July 28th by Spokane Radio Theatre.

- Theatre Southwest in Houston Texas has selected Games We Play as part of its Festival of Originals to be produced in July of this year. It will be directed by Steve Carpentier.

- Good Talk was performed in New York as part of Brief Acts Spring Showers production running May 20th - 22nd at the Producers Club. It was directed by Seth Livingston and starred Dustin Minore and Anthony Allutto.

- Michael's one-act play Subtlety has been selected as part of Eastbound Summer 2013 to be produced by the Milford Fine Arts Council in Connecticut. It will perform from July 6-13 at various venues in Connecicut.

April 2013
- Michael, his wife Christine and their theatre company Cone Man Running Productions were featured in an article in Dramatist's Guild bimonthly magazine. The link to the article can be found here.

- Michael participated in Next Stage Press' writing challenge. Eight playwrights were given a boardgame and a genre to write a short play using four characters for publication by Next Stage Press. Michael wrote the one-act Prom Queen with chess and drama as his parameters.

- Count to Three, a one-act Michael wrote as part of Next Stage Press' Globetrotting challenge was given a reading at Obsidian Art Space on April 15, 2013.

- Michael's one act Good Talk, was accepted in the 3rd Annual Newburgh Free Academy New Works Festival in New York City to be performed in June.

- Good Talk was also selected for production by Brief Acts as part of their Spring Showers production in New York City in May.

- Boquete Community Players in Panama has also selected Michael's one-act Good Talk for production.

March 2013
- Michael's most recent full length play Okay Better Best opens to a rave review and runs from March 11th - 29th at the Obsidian Art Space at 3522 White Oak. For more information about the production, go to Cone Man Running Productions' website. For a link to the review, click here.

- A collection of Michael's short plays, including Snip, Where the Truth Lies, Good Talk, Book of Love and Fuzzy Red Hat, will be published under the title of Five Fears of Fatherhood by Original Works Publishing.

- Michael participated as a playwright in Cone Man Running's The Second Coming of the Spontaneous Smattering where his play When Teardrops Fall incorporated the genre of documentary and starred Eddie Rodriguez, Lindsy Greig, Sam Schnuer and Robert Tatum. It was directed by Nicholas Garelick.

February 2013
- Michael receives rave reviews for his work in Fishing. Click here to read more.

- Michael's monologue Why Be Normal? was selected for inclusion at Theatre Southwest's Readers Theatre. This is the second year in a row that Michael's work has been included.

- Michael's short play How Shall I Be Loved? is being published by PLAYS: The Drama Magazine for Young Audiences later this year.

- Michael has been asked by Gene Kato with Next Stage Press to participate in Globetrotting, a short play event where four different playwrights will write short plays taking place in different countries across the world - determined by a dart on a map.

January 2013
- Fishing, an original play written and directed by Leighza Walker opens January 17th and stars Michael Weems along with Mischa Hutchings, Eddie Rodriguez, Margaret Lewis and Gina Williamson. It performs at Obsidian Arts Space on January 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 28, 31, February 1 and 2. For more information, go to Cone Man Running Productions website.

- Two of Michael's short plays, Lovebirds and Bathtime Baritone, were selected for inclusion in the Starving Artists Spring Series.

- It has just been announced that Feeling Alright, a musical for which Michael wrote the book, is set for production in May of 2013 by Standing Room Only Productions.

December 2012
- Michael's one act play, She's Bound to Know, was selected for publication by Smith & Kraus as part of their anthology, The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2013. - Michael is performing in Big Head Productions NSFW: The Office Plays running December 6 - 22 at Obsidian Arts Space.

- The News American Theatre in Los Angeles at the McCadden Place Theatre opened Hannukah Presents from My Hockey Player Boyfriend as part of their Happy Holidays Theatricals and FUNdraiser.

- Michael was cast in Cone Man Running's production of the world premiere of Fishing written and directed by Leighza Walker. It will perform in January at Obsidian Arts Space.

- Michael's full length play Okay, Better, Best will premiere at the Obsidian Arts Space in March. It will be directed by Sam Martinez, who directed Michael's short play She's Bound to Know as part of Houston/Scriptwriters' 10x10 festival.

November 2012
- Hannukah Presents from My Hockey Player Boyfriend, a play Michael wrote as part of August's "21 Plays in 21 Days" will be produced by The New American Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

- Stonington Players in Stonington, CT produces One, Three, Two, becoming the eighth production of Michael's successful play. It runs November 9th - 17th.

October 2012
- One Three Two continues its run across the country having been selected by Scriptwriters/Houston for its Museum Plays to be performed in Houston at the end of October.

- Utter Shambles Theatre Collective in Chicago has selected Michael's play, Spoons, about Michael and Antonio Banderas playing...spoons. It will perform at the Viaduct Theater in Chicago on October 21st and 22nd.

- Book of Love was selected by Playwrights Roundtable in Orlando, FL for their Launch 2013 production.

September 2012
- Michael starred in the short film, I Told Her, directed by Michael Vitulli.

- Michael anchored the last 15 pages of the second night of Cone Man Running Productions' first ever Pass and Go, a theatre event created by Michael where a play is created by six different writers, each of whom only writes 15 pages of it within a 24 hour period and they only see the 15 pages before the ones they write. The play Michael wrapped up was called "A Seance on a Hot and Humid Afternoon" and featured the writings of Fernando Dovalina, Eric C. Jones, Nicholas Garelick, Cameron Cooper and Ben Plopper. The stage reading was directed by L. Robert Westeen and featured the acting talents of Kalin Coates, Haley Cooper, Elizabeth Fairchild, Carl Masterson, Ruth McCleskey, Melissa Mumper, Renata Smith, Sam Smith and Anthony Torres.

August 2012
- The Scriptwriters/Houston's 22nd Annual Showcase went up with Michael performing in Just Like That and authoring the play She's Bound to Know.

- Michael's play, Particularly Dangerous Situation was performed as part of the Cordell Green Festival in Lubbock, Texas.

- Filming was completed on the adaptation of Michael's short play, Blown Away. Produced by Cone Man Running Productions and directed by L. Robert Westeen, it starred Eddie Rodriguez, Lulu Mire, Ruth McCleskey, Elizabeth Holcomb, Sarah Aliweidat and Jessica Bell.

- Michael's short play, One, Three, Two, was selected by Stonington Players for their fall production of Tables and Chairs V in Connecticut. Michael's play, Snip, is in consideration for their Spring 2013 production.

- Michael was cast in the short film I Told Her.

- Michael participated in 31 Plays in 31 Days and diligently wrote one play everyday for the entire month of August.

July 2012
- Five monologues from Michael's plays, Paper Jam and A Common Martyr, were selected for inclusion in InterJACtions: Volume 2.

June 2012
- Michael became a member of the Dramatist's Guild.

- Michael participated as the screenwriter for the team Cone Man Running for the 48 Hour Film Project that took play June 8th - 10th in Houston Texas. His screenplay, Meal of My Dreams, contained all the necessary elements of being a fantasty film, featuring a chef named Jacob Alexander, contained a briefcase somewhere and the line "Here's where it gets tricky." The team was also comprised of Christine Weems, Eddie Rodriquez, Steve Brown, Joshua Thelin and Sarah Aleweidat.

- One Three Two was performed as part of Theatre Alliance of Buffalo's Subversive Shorts in Buffalo, New York from June 21 to July 14, 2012.

- Michael was cast in Joe Barnes' short play, Just Like That, as part of Scriptwriters/Houston's 10x10 Showcase in early August.

May 2012
- One Three Two was performed by Driven Theatre in Houston, Texas on May 19, 2012 as part of Fragmentation III.

- Michael's first play, Fragments was released for publication by Next Stage Press and is now available for purchase.

- One Three Two was selected for performance by the East Bound Theatre in Connecticut in July.

- One Three Two was also selected for performance in Orlando, Florida as part of Playwright's Round Table's Summer Shorts 2012.

- Michael's ten-minute play She's Bound to Know was selected for inclusion in Scriptwriters/Houston's 2012 10x10 Play Showcase to be performed in August.

April 2012
- Michael's full length play Scattered Arranged was selected for publication by Independent Playwrights.

- One Three Two, a short play was selected for production by InnateVolution Theatre Production in Chicago, Illinois for a festival in early June.

- Preproduction has begun on the film adaptation of Michael's short play, Blown Away. It will begin filming in May.

March 2012
- On March 2nd and 3rd, Michael participated in A Spontaneous Smattering - a 24 hour play festival. He wrote a short play in 13 hours with a given genre of spy and 3 very talented actresses - Elizabeth Fairchild, Melissa McEver and Trish Needom. His play, Lovingly, She Slurs was directed by Alan Gardner-Atkinson and was voted Best Use of Genre and Best Use of Invention by the audiences.

- On March 4th, a staged reading of Michael's full length play, Scattered Arranged opened Country Playhouse's New Play Series. The reading was directed by L. Robert Westeen and was highlighted in that week's Houston Press in their Day/Night section.

- Michael's short play, One Three Two was selected by Driven Theatre Company in Houston, Texas for inclusion in its upcoming Fragmentation II series to be produced in May.

- Filming wrapped on Love Me As Well, a short film written and starring Michael.

February 2012
- In mid-February, filming began on Michael's short film Love Me As Well by Cone Man Running Productions.

January 2012
- Michael's short play, Laugh Riot was produced by Big Head Productions as part of Motel Tropicana - An Adult Series of No-Tell Shorts at the Obsidian Arts Space in Houston Texas from January 19 - February 4, 2012. It was directed by Christine Weems and starred Michael P. Shukis and Lee Ann Denny.

December 2011
- Michael's short play, Brush Strokes of Brilliance was published in The Rockford Review Winter-Spring 2012 edition.

- Fuzzy Red Hat, a short play, premiered in Chicago Illinois as part of n.u.f.a.n. ensemble's Seven Plays in Seven Holi-Days. It was directed by Jane Allyson and starred Paul Barile, Mark D'Arienzo and Megan Farris.

- It has been announced that Michael's short play, Snip, will make its premiere as part of Carte Blanche Studios North American New Play Festival at the end of January in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

- Laugh Riot, a short play originally produced as part of Quiet Bed has been selected for inclusion in Big Head Productions night of short plays entitled Motel Tropicana - An Adult Series of No-Tell Shorts at the Obsidian Arts Space in Houston Texas from January 19 - February 4, 2012.

October 2011
- Michael's short play, Book of Love will be produced by Cone Man Running in Houston at the Obsidian Arts Space on October 28th and 29th. It will be directed by Sam Schnuer and stars Eddie Rodriguez and Trish Needom.

- Michael's first play, Fragments, will be published by Next Stage Press.

September 2011
- Michael's short play, Waiting Life will be performed at Theatre Lab NYC on September 22nd - 25th as part of Disjointed Love Shorts, produced by Ticket 2 Eternity Productions.

- Synchronicity, a short play about siblings at Christmas, will be published this holiday season by PLAYS: The Drama Magazine for Young People.

August 2011
- Michael's short play, Where the Truth Lies debuted at Houston Scriptwriters 10x10 Play Festival August 25th - 28th at Country Playhouse. It was directed by James Reed and starred Cory Kelley, Melanie Martin, Scott McWhirter, Bob Galley and Steven Dowell.

June 2011
- Michael participated as the screenwriter for the team Cone Man Running for the 48 Hour Film Project that took play June 4th - 6th in Houston Texas. His screenplay, All in a Day’s Work, contained all the necessary elements of being a silent film (unlucky draw for the team), featuring a character named Katie Keenan who was a graphic designer, contained a bowl somewhere and the line "I owe you an apology." The team was also comprised of Steven Brown, Christine Weems, Eddie Rodriquez, Lulu Mire, and Rick Evans.

- Michael's short play, Run, Run Away, was selected to be included in Changing Scene Theatre Northwest's Summerplay 2011 in Washington state. The show runs August 12-21,2001 and will be directed by Kenadi Lewis.

- Michael's short play, Where the Truth Lies will make its debut as a selection in Houston Scriptwriters 10x10 Play Festival August 25th - 28th at Country Playhouse. It will be directed by James Reed and casting will occur shortly.

May 2011
- Ruby's monologue from Bludgeon the Lime was selected for publication by Meriwether Publishing Limited in their upcoming collection, Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays: Volume 3.

- n.u.f.a.n. ensemble selected a scene from Michael's full length play A Common Martyr for their showcase of original work entitled Creating a Scene. It will be directed by Carrie Colden and performs June 12th, 19th, and 26th in Chicago, Illinois.

April 2011
- Michael's newest one-act play Blown Away was selected to be premiered by ETC's Short Attention Span Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

- Michael will premiere his one-act play Synchonicity with Love Creek Productions in New York City to be performed in May.

March 2011
- Michael's one-act plays Subtlety and Burden Me will be performed Chattanooga State Community College on May 4, 2011.

- Michael was asked to direct one of his own original plays for Lone Star Community College - Tomball Campus' night of one-acts to be performed at the end of April.

Feburary 2011
- Bludgeon the Lime was released for publication by JAC Publishing! It can now be purchased on amazon at the above link and be performed by anyone!

- Michael's one-act play A Fondness for Aquanet was selected to be performed as part of the Readers' Theatre at Theatre Southwest.

December 2010
- Much Ado About Everything an adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing adapted by Michael will be produced by Zephyer Repertory in Manhattan at Wings Theatre, running from December 11th - December 19th. It is directed by Blake Bradford and stars Madeline Reed, Daniel Hainsworth, Linda Hill, Katharine McKenzie, Natalie Neckyfarow, Mike Holt, Nick Barbato, Charlie Gorrilla, David Mavricos, and Kelsey Moore.

- A staged reading of Michael's play Paper Jam - An Interoffice Romance (Body Count: 9), was performed at the Obsidian Arts Center in Houston, Texas as a fundraiser benefiting the Organization for Autism Research.

November 2010
- Janez Films has optioned Michael's one-act play Waiting Life as a short film for production in January or February of 2011.

- Michael's play Onward Forward will be published by Aspire Plays.

October 2010
- A reading of Michael's one-act play, Coffee, Tea, Me?, was performed by Between Us Productions in New York City on October 16, 2010. It starred Rebecca Servon who was previously in the premiere of Michael's play Necessary Adjustments.

- Michael's one-act play Laugh Riot was selected for publication in the November edition of Instigatorzine!.

September 2010
- Michael's one-act play, Coffee, Tea, Me?, has been selected for a reading by Between Us Productions in New York City on October 16, 2010.

August 2010
- August 26-29, 2010 - Michael is acting in Scriptwriter Houston's 10 x 10s Play Festival. He's performing in Elizabeth A. M. Keel's All Dressed in White. The show takes place at Country Playhouse. Be on time! His show's the first one of the night.

- JAC Publishing has announced that it will publish Michael's full-length play Bludgeon the Lime!

July 2010
- Michael's poems Unrest, The High Road and Temporary Wound has been published online at Pen Spark.

- Michael's play, Subtlety, was one of the Outstanding Play winners at Curan Rep's The Notes from the Underground Short Play Festival!

June 2010
- Michael's poem A.M. has been selected for publication in the July issue of Instigatorzine!

- Michael participated as an actor for the Spring/North Houston team for the 48 Hour Film Festival. He played Sherman Brown in The Promise directed by Shaminder Dulai and produced by Manny Mireles.

- Michael has been hired as a weekly columnist to write about the trials and tribulations of the Houston Astros for Slurve Magazine.

- Michael has been hired as a music reviewer for the forthcoming EBUrban website.

- Michael's poem Unrest has been published online by Write This. Right, This?

- Michael's short play, A Fondness for Aquanet, will be performed as part of n.u.f.an. ensemble's Eight Minutes of the 80's Festival at the Prop Theatre in Chicago on June 22nd and 23rd.

- Michael has been hired as a music reviewer for Stereo Subversive.

- Michael's short play, Subtlety, will be performed by Curan Repertory as part of their Notes from the Underground Festival June 22nd - 27th at the American Theatre of Actors.

May 2010
- Barry's monologue from Michael's short play cycle, Quiet Bed was published online by The Good Ear Review.

- Michael's short play, Subtlety will be performed as part of the Kassi Festival put on by The Rubicon Theatre Project in Chicago on May 16th and May 17th.

- Michael's poems, Held, Break It Down, and Atlantic will be published by Angels Flight Magazine this summer.

- Michael's short play, A Fondness for Aquanet was selected to be published online by Record Magazine.

- Michael's short play, Subtlety was also just selected to be a part of Curan Repertory's Notes from the Underground Festival in New York to be performed in June.

- Michael's short play, Run, Run Away, originally part of the Quiet Bed series, was just selected to be a part of Snorks & Pins One Act Festival in New York to be performed this summer.

- Michael's poems, Slow Dance, Held, A.M, Unfenced and the debut of Temporary Wound were selected for publication in the June edition of Milk Sugar.

March 2010
- Michael's poems, Delivered, 'Bury, Psychotic, Freedom, and Coverage are published online by Carpe Diem Review.

February 2010
- The world premiere of Michael's new full-length play, Wincing at the Light, runs from February 24th - 27th at the Beckmann Theatre in midtown. It is directed by Gretchen Ferris.

- Michael's poem, Unfenced, is published online by Censored Poets.

- Michael's short story, Upside Down Sky will be published by Grey Sparrow Press in Spring 2010.

- Michael is interviewed about his writing and acting by Calliope Nerve.

January 2010
- Michael's one-act, Laugh Riot, originally produced as part of his Quiet Bed collection, has been selected as part of The Seven Collective's 7 Days of Plays Theater Festival performing January 21st and 22nd.

- Michael will be acting in his one-act, Waiting Life on Saturday, January 23rd at 9PM and Sunday, January 24th at 2PM. Appearing alongside Meaghan Reilly, the play is being produced as part of John Chatterton's Short Play Lab.

- Michael's poems, Held, Break It Down and Atlantic will be published online by Calliope Nerve.

December 2009
- Three monologues from Michael's full length play, Bludgeon the Lime, have been selected for publication in JAC Publishing's next monologue compilation.

- Michael's one-act, Waiting Life has just been named as a finalist in Saint Mary Hall's "Spring Shorts" 10 Minute Play Festival in San Antonio, Texas.

- Waiting Life was also selected for production for Where Eagles Dare Short Play Series to be produced February 6th and 7th in New York City.

- Michael's poems, War at Home and A.M., will be published in Eye On Life Online Magazine.

- Michael has been made a music reviewer for www.Notofu.com.

October 2009
- October 17, 2009 - Michael will participate as a writer in Phare Play's Who Wears Short Shorts 6 - the 21 hour play festival. Two shows, one night only at the Beckmann Theatre, 314 West 54th Street.

- October 15 - 25, 2009 - Michael's new play Necessary Adjustments will be produced by Phare Play Productions at the Beckmann Theatre in midtown Manhattan starring Jaike Foley-Schultz, Paul Herbig, David Merrick, Joey Mintz, Austin Mitchell, Carol Palmaro, Maggie Parker, Dana Pelevine and Rebecca Servon.

- October 5 - 8, 2009 - Michael's new short play, Quiet Bed - a series of four inter-related vignettes, will be produced at the Sonnet Theatre at the Producers Club by Love Creek Productions. He will also be directing Toy Store in this evening, starring Karen Brelsford and Dana Pelevine.

September 2009
- Michael's poems Okay, Love, Slow Dance and Unfenced will be published by Word Catalyst Magazine.

- September 24 - 26, 2009 - Michael will direct his one-act A Fondness for Aquanet for Brief Act Productions at the Sonnet Theatre at the Producers Club.

- September 22 - 26, 2009 - Michael will appear in the one-act Wegotdates.com for Brief Act Productions at the Sonnet Theatre at the Producers Club.

August 2009
- August 14 - 22, 2009
Blake Bradford's latest play, I, Undertow is returning for a special two weekend return engagement at Wings Theatre. Michael will be returning in the role he originated - Justin Crawley, alongside Bill Purdy, Carol Neiman, Peggy Queener and Molly Church. Joining them for this production are Isabella David, Mary Brown, and Paul Falcetta. For more information, go to Wings Theatre's website.

- Michael's poem Psychotic was published in the third issue of The Writers Block Magazine.

July 2009
- Michael will act in his own full-length play Fragments as part of Manhattan Repertory's Summerfest. It also stars Adam Files, Charlie Foster, Meghan Reilly, Alicia St. Louis and Erin Sullivan.

- Michael's poem Hold on Tight was published in the July 2009 edition of Viral Cat Magazine.

May 2009
- May 16-24, 2009 - Michael's full-length play Bludgeon the Lime will be produced by Phare Play Productions at the Beckmann Theatre.
It is directed by Brooklyn Scalzo, AD'd by Gretchen Ferris and stars Leticia Diaz, Jim Heaphy, Rosio Mendez, Meaghan Reilly, Meagan Robar, Jade Rothman and Kendall Zwillman.

- May 14-16, 2009 - Michael's plays Ready to Shine, Waiting Life and Subtlety will be produced by Brief Acts at the Parker Theatre.
Michael will be starring in Waiting Life alongside Dominique Jones and Ready to Shine with Andrew Lazaroff, Kimberley Miller and Monica O'Malley.

- Michael's poem Cocktail will be published in Persephonus Blue in the Summer/Fall of 2009.

- Just announced that Michael's play Fragments will be a part of Manhattan Repertory Theatre's Summerfest and will perform in mid-July.

- Sloth Jockey published two of Michael's poems, Bury and Psychotic.

April 2009
- 63 Channels published When We Reached the Forest.

- April 22, 2009 - Michael's play Burden Me will be produced by Awakening Drama at the Players Theatre.
It will star Scott Michael Morales, Nora Vetter and Michael Weems.

March 2009
Jump In Magazine published two of Michael's poems, Distant and Procedural.