Michael Gene Sullivan*
Joe Trace/Country JoeMichael Gene Sullivan is an award-winning actor, director, and playwright who was last seen at Marin Theatre Company as Potter (and several others) in “It’s A Wonderful life.” Other theaters Michael has performed at include American Conservatory Theatre, TheatreWorks, California Shakespeare Theatre, Denver Center Theatre Company San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, The Aurora Theatre, and San Francisco Playhouse. As a director Michael has worked with Theatre First, African American Shakespeare, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival among others. As a playwright Michael was a 2017 Djerassi Arts Fellow, and is Resident Playwright with the Playwrights Foundation. Among Michael’s many scripts is his critically-acclaimed stage adaptation of George Orwell’s “1984,” which opened under the direction of Tim Robbins at the Actors Gang, and has since been performed across the United States, around the world, is available in six languages, and next season has productions at Houston’s Alley Theatre, at Ukraine’s national theater in Kiev, and will be toured nationally with New York’s Aquila Theatre. Michael is Resident Playwright, actor, and director with the Tony award-winning, and despite-its-name-never-silent San Francisco Mime Troupe, where he has acted in, written, and/or directed over 30 shows.