2023 The Da Vinci Code — OGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE
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Michael can currently be seen starring in the new hit comedy series Shrinking opposite Jason Segal and Harrison Ford, created by Brett Goldstein, Bill Lawrence, and Jason Segal for Apple+. On stage, Michael’s most recent credits include the new Broadway comedy Chicken and Biscuits, the Public Theatre’s revival of Tony Kushner’s A Bright Room Called Day, and the Broadway premiere of Bess Wohl’s Grand Horizons. Prior to that, he starred in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy, following his critically acclaimed performance in the Off-Broadway production at Second Stage, earning Lucille Lortel and Drama League Award nominations. Michael originated the role of Alex More in Jonathan Tolins’ Buyer & Cellar Off-Broadway, on tour, and in London, for which he received the Drama Desk, Clarence Derwent, Lucille Lortel, and LA Drama Critics Awards, as well as Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations.

Broadway: How to Succeed in Business. New York: Jane Anger (New Ohio Theatre), The Government Inspector (Red Bull, Drama League, OCC nominations), Shows For Days (LCT), Homos, Or Everyone In America (Obie Award), The Cherry Orchard (CSC), Angels in America (Signature), The Temperamentals (Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Theatre World awards, Drama League nomination), The Revenger’s Tragedy (Red Bull), Another Vermeer (HB Playwrights). Regional: Kennedy Center, Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC), Two Rivers, Old Globe, Vineyard Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Folger Shakespeare, Barrington Stage, Hyde Park (Austin), The Blank (LA). As a director, Michael helmed Bright Colors And Bold Patterns, Off-Broadway. He is a producer of Pride Plays, an LGBTQIA+ annual theatre festival.

Film: Single All The Way (Netflix), Summoning Sylvia, Swan Song, Lavender, He’s Way More Famous Than You (also directed), Thank You for Judging (co-director/exec producer), The Extinction Of Fireflies, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, WTC View, Jeremy Fink And The Meaning of Life, Abducted, The Decoy Bride, Petunia, Such Good People, The Hyperglot (director), Grantham & Rose (exec producer). TV: Modern Family, Younger, The Good Fight, The Good Wife, The Bite, Hot In Cleveland, Workaholics, Partners, and Marc St. James on Ugly Betty. He hosted the Discovery+ competition show Clipped with Martha Stewart as well as four seasons of Logo’s Cocktails And Classics. Streaming: What’s Your Emergency (director). Training: Juilliard.

Dan Brown has written numerous #1 bestsellers, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the bestselling novels of all time as well as the subject of intellectual debate among readers and scholars. Brown’s novels have been published worldwide in 56 languages with over 200 Million copies in print.

In 2005, Brown was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, whose editors credited him with “keeping the publishing industry afloat; renewed interest in Leonardo da Vinci and early Christian history; spiking tourism to Paris and Rome; a growing membership in secret societies; the ire of Cardinals in Rome; eight books denying the claims of the novel and seven guides to read along with it; a flood of historical thrillers; and a major motion picture franchise.”

The son of a mathematics teacher and a church organist, Brown was raised on a prep school campus where he developed a fascination with the paradoxical interplay between science and religion. These themes eventually formed the backdrop for his books. Brown is a graduate of Amherst College and Phillips Exeter Academy, where he later returned to teach English before focusing his attention full time to writing. He lives in New England with his yellow lab, Winston.

Simon Friend is an independent theatre and film production company developing, producing, and managing all of their own productions, winning Academy Awards, BAFTAs, Olivier Awards, Tony Awards, UK Theatre, and Critics’ Circle Awards. West End: The Crown Jewels (Garrick Theatre), Life of Pi (Wyndham’s Theatre), The Girl on the Train (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Starry Messenger (Wyndham’s Theatre), Admissions (Trafalgar Studios), The Height of the Storm (Wyndham’s), The Philanthropist (Trafalgar Studios), Million Dollar Quartet (Royal Festival Hall), The Father (Wyndham’s Theatre and Duke of York’s Theatre), Bad Jews (Arts Theatre), Speed-the-Plow (Playhouse Theatre), Relative Values (Harold Pinter Theatre), Fences (Duchess Theatre). UK Tours: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Da Vinci Code, Dial M for Murder, Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Entertainer, The Girl on the Train, The Messiah, Titanic the Musical, Around the World in 80 Days, The Wipers Times, Trial by Laughter, The Graduate, Million Dollar Quartet. US: Life of Pi (Broadway, Schoenfeld Theatre); The Height of the Storm (Broadway, Samuel J. Friedman Theatre); The Closet by Douglas Carter Beane, starring Matthew Broderick (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Around the World in 80 Days by Laura Eason. International Tours: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (New Zealand); Million Dollar Quartet (New Zealand and India); Titanic the Musical (Germany). Film & Television: The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman (winner of 2 Academy Awards & 2 BAFTAs); The Grinch Musical (NBC & Sky).