Young Theatre Director in New York
One of the first things Mike could remember wanting to do with his life was direct theatre plays. He was too young to realize what it was he was actually interested in doing when he tried to take over his preschool production of Pinocchio. However, by the time he was old enough to be in the 5th grade production of the Jungle Book, Mike thought he wanted to be in the position of the instructor and was more concerned with how he was working than with playing the part of Kaa The Snake. He enjoyed this production, as he did all the others though he always knew he wanted to determine how things occurred onstage rather than being in the show.
He directed his first production in high school as part of the annual one act play festival. His instructor noticed his strong knack for staging and he also seemed to have a good sense of communication with the actors. He began working closely with Mike and when it was time to apply to college his instructor was there to help him. Mike wanted to go to New York but regardless of where he ended up studying he knew that as soon as he was finished with school he would move to New York and try and to begin working there.
He had first visited the Big Apple when he was twelve and his parents took him there for a family vacation. The stayed for a week in a New York cheap hotel and wanted to introduce their son to the Broadway stage. They saw a production of Cats and also Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. That was the first time Mike had heard of or seen an Albee production, and while the subject matter was mature, his parents felt that Mike was emotionally mature enough to see it and supported his theatrical ambitions so they felt that would be a good show for him to see. And it definitely was. Albee became one of Mike’s favorite playwrights and from that moment he had a strong ambition to direct his work.
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