Michael Mitnick is a playwright and songwriter.
Theatre works include Scotland, PA (New York Times Critics’ Pick, The Roundabout Theatre Company), Fly By Night (Drama Desk-nominated Best Musical, Playwrights Horizons), Mysterious Circumstances (The Geffen Playhouse), Sex Lives of Our Parents (Second Stage), The Siegel (South Coast Repertory), and Spacebar: A Broadway Play by Kyle Sugarman (The Wild Project).
His music and lyrics have been sung at Lincoln Center, The Guggenheim, Joe’s Pub, 54 Below, and on HBO.
Films include The Current War (dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon), The Giver (dir. Phillip Noyce), The Staggering Girl (Cannes Film Festival Selection) and O Night Divine (both dir. Luca Guadagnino).
Michael has an MFA in Playwriting from The Yale School of Drama. He is from Pittsburgh and lives in New York.