MIKE PLAYER 
Writer - Actor - Producer
Writer - Actor - Producer
Writer/Producer Credits
| MIKE PLAYER |
| Comedy Writer/Producer |
| Mike worked as a stand-up comedian in major clubs before segueing into improvisation and sketch. He is a comedy writer, performer, director and producer. He founded two comedy companies (Shock of the Funny and The Gay Mafia). He created/exec produced all four of The Outlaugh Comedy Festival live events in 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2011, as well as Outlaugh The Movie, "The Outlaugh Festival On Wisecrack" 8-episode television series on MTV's LOGO network, and Outlaugh 2009 as a live Multi-City Event in LA, NYC, and Lake Tahoe simultaneously. |
| TELEVISION |
| Creator/Exec Producer |
| OUTLAUGH FESTIVAL ON WISECRACK |
| FILM |
| Creator/Exec Producer |
| OUTLAUGH! |
| Creator/Exec Producer/Writer/Director/Lead |
| FIGHTING FRANKIE (New Media - Comedy vlog series) |
| SKETCH COMEDY |
| Creator/Exec Producer/Director/Writer - Live Shows |
| SHOCK OF THE FUNNY - New York 1987-1992 |
| Head Writer Sketch - Also developed original improv structures |
| Lincoln Center, Stand-Up New York, St. Mark's Place Theater |
| THE GAY MAFIA - Los Angeles 2002-2011 |
| Head Writer Sketch - Also developed original improv structures |
| The Improv, Renberg Theater, Highways, Second City, Ice House, Broward Center, LOGO |
Sketches: Killer Lesbians From Vaginalis 12, Sissy Straight Guys, Mormon Polygamist Gay Marriage, Hilga's Discount Beard Service, Jim and Tim Horror Holiday, Sergio's Place (34 episodes), Frontier Gay Bar Shootout, I'm A Big Friggin' Idiot, Brokeback Mtn: The Unseen A Alternate Ending, Hawaii Gay Guest House, PT Francis and Son
| SITCOM |
| Spec Scripts (numerous) |
| WARNER BROTHERS COMEDY WRITERS WORKSHOP |
| Graduated |
| DISNEY'S SCRIPT WRITING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM |
| Finalist |
| TV PILOT |
| Writer |
| ETC... |
| Kimpton Productions |
| THEATER |
| Writer - Comedy solo pieces and one-acts |
| MR. GAY |
| Highways Performance Space |
| THE BOB ZANY TELETHON |
| Acme Comedy Theater |
| TABOOKI - DARK ACRES |
| Open Fist Theater Co. |
| BAIT FOR DOGS |
| Burbage Theater - LA |
| PAST LIVES |
| St. Mark's Theater - NY |
| THE HAPPINESS TENT |
| St. Mark's Theater - NY |
| BLOG (Comedy Fiction) |
| Screaming in the Car (100 entries) |
