MICHAEL GOLDFRIED
Director l Writer
(917) 885 – 9249 · Goldenfried@gmail.com · MichaelGoldfried.com
PRODUCTIONS CREATED & DIRECTED
THE INDELIBLE MARK ON EDWARD BARRON Goldfried & Brancato; creators and co-directors.
Jim Henson Carriage House, New York, NY
THE IMAGINARY INVALID Adapted from Moliere; directed by Michael Goldfried
Trinity Rep Theater – Providence, RI
STATUS UPDATE devised by Goldfried & Company; directed by Michael Goldfried
The Barrow Group/McCarter Theater Ed Dept. – Princeton, NJ/New York, NY
SOMETHING WONDERFUL RIGHT AWAY devised by Goldfried & Company; Co-writer, Director
American Living Room / HERE Arts Center – New York, NY
TARTUFFE Adapted from Moliere; directed by Michael Goldfried
SUNY Brockport (Geva Theater Fellow)
THE ROVER Adapted from Aphra Behn, directed by Michael Goldfried
Fordham University at Lincoln Center – New York, NY
MRS SMITH PRESENTS A BENEFIT FOR THE CARLYLE FOUNDATION SCHOOL FOR PEOPLE AND CATS WITH SEVERE AND PERSISTENT CHALLENGES
created by Goldfried & Hanbury, directed by Michael Goldfried
Ars Nova ANT Fest, New York, NY
A.R.T/Emerging America. – Cambridge, MA
The Southern Theater – Minneapolis, MN
BROADWAY
STAIRWAY TO PARADISE Jack Viertel (adapter); Assisted: Jerry Zaks
NY City Center- “Encores!”
LOSING LOUIE by Simon Mendes da Costa; Assisted: Jerry Zaks
Manhattan Theater Club
OFF BROADWAY
NOVEL by Anna Ziegler;
SPF—Summer Play Festival
GARDENING LEAVE by Joanna Pinto
SPF—Summer Play Festival
THE WIKIPEDIA PLAYS by Barry Levey & Aurin Squire
Ars Nova Theater
KAHN & KANT by Gary Sunshine
45th St Theater – Drama League
RED, BLUE AND PURPLE by Justin Deabler
Ensemble Studio Theater/Youngblood
YOGA MADNESS by Amy Herzog
Ensemble Studio Theater/Youngblood
365 DAYS/365 PLAYS by Suzan-Lori Parks
The Public Theater & Joe’s Pub
“ON THE THRESHOLD” by Brown MFA Playwrights
The Public Theater
AS MUCH AS YOU CAN by Paul Oakely Stovall
Hendel Productions (reading)
LOWER NINTH by Beau Willimon
Ars Nova (reading)
AMERICAN MYTH by Christina Gorman
The Public Theater (reading)
OFF OFF BROADWAY
MAMA’S BOY by Rob Urbinati
Drama League New Dir/New Works
SHANGRI LA (musical) by Rob Urbinati (premiere)
Queens Theater in the Park
HOME/FRONT Company Devised
T’EA productions – 45th Street Theater
SEXOTHEQUE by Mike Albo (premiere)
The Kraine Theater
STAGE BLOOD by Charles Ludlam
The Red Room/KGB
REGIONAL / UNIVERSITY
IMMEDIATE FAMILY by Paul Oakley Stovall
The Goodman Theater (workshop); Chicago, IL
THE HOT L BALTIMORE by Lanford Wilson
Brown/Trinity Rep (guest director); Providence, RI
STELYY by Justin Deabler
The Berkshire Fringe Festival; Great Barrington, MA
LIVING PURGATORY by Patricia Crespin
The Drama League – New American Plays Initiative- Albuquerque, NM
THE FALLING MAN by Matthew Johnson
NYU (guest director); New York, NY
DIRTY LITTLE BLACK GIRLS by Patricia Ione Lloyd
Rites and Reasons Theater; Providence, RI (guest director)
ACT A LADY by Jordan Harrison
Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium
GOD SAVE GERTRUDE by Deborah Stein
Brown New Plays Festival
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Directing MFA, Brown University/Trinity Rep Consortium, 2005
(Faculty: Oskar Eustis, Paula Vogel, Kevin Moriarty, Amanda Dehnert et al.)
BA in Drama, Vassar College
Lincoln Center Director’s Lab
Pig Iron Theater Company – Summer Session (LeCoq training)
Mike Nichols; Seth Barrish; Keith Johnstone
AWARDS/RELATED EXPERIENCE
Fellowship, 2009-2011 NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors
Fellowship, The Drama League, Fall Directors Project
Geva Theatre Center Directing Fellow
MTC/Alper Directing Fellow, Manhattan Theater Club
Play Reader, Literary Dept: The Public Theater; New York Theater Workshop & Summer Play Festival (SPF)
ASSISTED: Oskar Eustis; Peter Dubois; Les Waters; Chris Bayes; Craig Lucas
