MIKE PLAYER
Writer - Actor - Producer
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Acting Credits

MIKE PLAYER

 

 

 

 

TELEVISION        
         
OUTLAUGH FESTIVAL ON WISECRACK   Multiple Roles        MTV'S LOGO Network
MR. AND MRS. SMITH   Lead   Authentic Entert. (pilot)
MAJORITY RULES   Featured Performer   NBC
ETC...   Baby Video Father   Kimpton Prod. (pilot)
THE KOROKKE SHOW           Featured Performer   Telecom Japan
THE HOME SHOW   Aluminum Siding Salesman   ABC
         
FILM        
         
OUTLAUGH!   Multiple Roles   Outfest Film Fest and National/International Festivals
JOINED AT THE CRANK   Multiple Roles   Dir. Oscar Nunez w/Cheryl Hines and Groundlings cast members 
PANDORA'S BOX   Lead   School of Visual Arts, NYC
         
NEW YORK THEATER        
         
THE SHOCK OF THE FUNNY SHOW   Multiple Roles   Lincoln Center
PSYCHODRAMAS   Man   Big Bang Theater Series
FAILURE   Jo   Big Bang Theater Series
THE HAPPINESS TENT   Bob (Lead)   St. Mark's Studio
PAST LIVES   Multiple Roles   St. Mark's Studio
THE MAD EXPERIMENTAL LATE SHOW   Multiple Roles   St. Mark's Studio
RIDDLEY WALKER   Skyway Motors   La Mama ETC.
         
LOS ANGELES THEATER        
         
THE GAY MAFIA   Multiple Roles   Multiple National Venues
THE BOB ZANY TELETHON   Multiple Roles   Acme Theater
MR. GAY   Solo Lead   Highways Performance Space
TABOOKI - DARK ACRES   Multiple Roles   Los Angeles Playhouse - Open Fist Rep.
BECOMING WALT WHITMAN   Andrew Whitman/Jay Calhoun   Powerhouse Rep. Company
TORN SANDWICHES   Wrote/Directed   Burbage Theater
         
 COMEDY        

IMPROV
230 performances with "The Gay Mafia" (LA) thegaymafia.net - Founder, Head Writer
325 performances with "Shock of the Funny" (NY) Stylized pieces, character spots, musical improvisation
STAND UP
Major clubs in LA and NY:  The Improvisation, Manhattan Punchline, The Ice House, The Laugh Factory

TRAINING    
Acting, Film, Dance
      Lee Strasburg Theater Institute, LA - 
      Barry Primus, Sally Kirkland
Acting  
      Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum - Ellen Geer, Bob Ellenstein
Acting
    Alan Miller
Off the Wall Improvisational Workshop -  Devera Marcus    
Autobiographical Storytelling - Highways - Leo Garcia
University of California, Los Angeles - Communications Major    
     
SPECIAL SKILLS    
Radio DJ, Writer/Director (resumes on request), Dialects (French, Russian, Southern, many more), Juggling, Swimming, Driver (stick), Comedy Improv Instructor    
     
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