MICHAEL C. O’DAY is a theatre artist in New York City.  He made his playwriting debut with Dragon’s Breath, which was produced as part of the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival.  His other works include the short play Trumpets Sounding Over Harrisburg, produced at the Kraine Theater in October of 2015, and the short film Akhmed.

As an actor, he has been a member of the Obie-winning Classical Theatre of Harlem, appearing in their productions of Hamlet, Native Son, King Lear, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Crazy Locomotive, Macbeth, Mother Courage and Her Children, The Cherry Orchard, and their installment of 365 Days/365 Plays at the Public Theatre. 

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Michael C. O'Day

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Lower East Side Festival of the Arts

May 25, 2023

I’m delighted to announce that my short play Basic Cable Method Acting, which was recently seen at the Queens Theatre Festival, is receiving an encore performance at the Lower East Side Festival of the Arts! The performance is scheduled for 8:56pm (give or take) on Friday, May 26, at the downstairs Cabaret Theatre at the Theater for the New City. Tickets for the festival are free; you can find more information about the festival here. (Note that the full line-up doesn’t mention my name – it mentions my friend Darpan Joshi, who’s the director of this production and a long-time collaborator at TftNC – but you guys know who wrote the play, I trust!)

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