Michael
Alan
Herman
Screenwriter. Playwright. Nilla Wafer Enthusiast.
Member of the Dramatist Guild of America
CURRENTLY SEEKING LITERARY REPRESENTATION
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Bio:
Michael Alan Herman is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from St. Joseph, Michigan. Since his MFA in writing from the University of Southern California, his plays and films have been produced across the country in collaboration with Spotify, Elysium Bandini Studios, Roustabout Theatre Troupe, The Fountain Theatre, The Hollywood Fringe Festival, The Dandelion Theatre, Theatre NOVA, and Eastern Michigan University.
Besides film and theatre, Michael has two literary publications (Contract Terror and Speechless), one comic book (Unlawful Good: An Anthology of Crime), and a flurry of podcasts through Parcast. Through these publications, he has come to believe there is no art more precious than collaboration.
To the left are a few places Michael has had his work produced.
Screenwriting
House of Ka
Feature Film -- Mystery, Thriller
After her father contracts a supernatural illness, a young aristocrat named Margaret Trelawny and a gentleman lawyer unravel a deadly mystery to save her father's life.
Directed by: Josie Eli Herman
Produced by: Acorn Arts & Entertainment/Lonely Spectre Productions/Hippogryph Films
The Mad Whale
Feature Film -- Thriller, Drama
The Mad Whale is a 2017 American drama-thriller film directed by 9 different directors, produced by James Franco and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The film stars Camilla Belle, Dominic Rains, Summer Phoenix and James Franco.
Produced by: Elysium Bandini Studios
Two Peas
Short Film -- Drama
A brother and sister reconnect after the battery of their car dies.
Directed by: John Ira Palmer
Osmosis
Short Film - Grounded Sci/Fi
Laura begins to suspect her husband isn't himself when he returns home from a business trip.
Directed by: Josie Eli Herman
Produced by: Acorn Arts & Entertainment
On Love and Science
Music Video - Sci/Fi
An Astronaut discovers a new world
Directed by: Josie Eli Herman
Produced by: Acorn Arts & Entertainment
Playwriting
Mad as a Hatter
Full length play - Comedy
(1f, 2m)
The man who inspired The Mad Hatter -- Theophilus Carter, and the woman who inspired Alice -- Alice Liddell, struggle with their newfound fame as literary characters.
t u n d r a
Full length play - Dark Comedy, Drama
(2f, 1m)
After a near-death experience, three young millennials struggle to re-define their volatile relationships in a Chicago apartment. Vicious cycles, dark secrets, and deadly psychology are brought to light as we watch three nuanced people navigate millennial love and millennial manipulation.
The Mummy Queen
Full length play - Horror
(3f, 3m)
In the opulent halls of the Trelawny Estate, five Victorians find the master of the house in a bloodless trance. As they dig into the mystery of his illness, they discover something deeper and older than they could possibly imagine still wants revenge.
Maestro
Full length play - Comedy
(2f, 2m)
When the maestro to the king dies in 18th century Vienna, two genius composers compete to claim the royal position. Through love, pistols at dawn, and outrageous sarcasm, one of them remains a misunderstood genius while the other becomes the maestro.
Making Purple
Full length play - Comedy
(1f, 1m)
When two rival painters are mistakenly double-booked at a prestigious venue, both artists do whatever it takes to claim the spot as their own, including sabotaging each other's work. Through sarcasm, paint, and ultimately love, these two intellectuals find out exactly what it takes to "make purple".
Eldritch
Full length play - Drama
(2f, 3m)
After his daughter is disformed by a curse, a Celtic cleric named Galen sacrifices everything he has in an attempt to heal the wounds he formed between them. As a dark fairytale set in pagan Ireland, this play explores monstrosity, adolescence, and ultimately love.
Mouse Man
Full length play - Horror
(4f, 0m)
In a dystopian amusement park, an esteemed psychologist meets a whimsical little girl who obsesses over a creature called “The Mouse Man”. The more the psychologist tries to prove the Mouse Man is imaginary, the more real he becomes.
Spaceling
Full length play - Comedy, Drama
(3f, 2m)
A painter struggles to keep an alien lifeform hidden in his house amid a budding scientific investigation.
Swamp Creatures
Full length play - Horror, Drama
(1f, 2m, 1n)
Three estranged siblings reunite in the Amazon Jungle to hunt a mysterious creature that killed their father. As they delve into the jungle’s secrets and their own familial trauma, their bloody quest for revenge transforms into a deeply personal journey of self-reflection and familial identity.
Chasing Clouds
Full length play - Comedy
(1f, 2m)
In a world where silver linings are collected and sold, two elderly “cloud farmers” struggle to maintain their farm and their relationship as their monthly deadline approaches. But when Earl Cooper falls victim to a tragic accident, this month might be their last.
T U N D R A - Schoolcraft College - March 2023 - Livonia, MI (World Premiere)
MAD AS A HATTER - FMCT - March 2023 - Fargo, ND (Regional Premiere)
THE MUMMY QUEEN - The Penny Seats - October 2022 - Ann Arbor, MI (World Premiere)
SPACELING - Theatre NOVA - October 2022 - Ann Arbor, MI (Staged Reading)
SOMETHING AT LAST - Schoolcraft College - November 2021 - Livonia, MI (World Premiere)
POST - Lake Michigan College - April 2021 - Benton Harbor, MI (World Premiere)
ALONE / TOGETHER - Schoolcraft College - March 2021 - Livonia, MI (World Premiere)
[SOMETHING BETWEEN] - Eastern Michigan University - March 2020 - Ypsilanti, MI
SPACELING - Penny Seats - March 2020 - Ann Arbor, MI (Staged Reading)
THE MUMMY QUEEN - Penny Seats - February 2020 - Ann Arbor, MI (Staged Reading)
CHASING CLOUDS - The Bay City Players - June 2020 - Bay City, MI (Staged Reading)
ELDRITCH - The Penny Seats - August 2020 - Ann Arbor, MI (Staged Reading)
ELDRITCH - The Fountain Theatre - March-April 2019 - Los Angeles, CA (Staged Reading)
MAD AS A HATTER - Roustabout Theatre Troupe - April 2019 - Ypsilanti, MI (World Premiere)
T U N D R A - Dandelion Theatre - December 2019 - Chicago, IL (Staged Reading)
T U N D R A - Dramatist Guild - December 2019 - Ann Arbor, MI (Staged Reading)
MOUSE MAN - The Fountain Theatre - January 2018 - Los Angeles, CA (Staged Reading)
MOUSE MAN - Dandelion Theatre - December 2018 - Chicago, IL (Staged Reading)
MAESTRO - Fairweather Fox Productions - November 2017 - Plymouth, MI
MAKING PURPLE - Roustabout Theatre Troupe - August 2017 - Milan, MI
MAKING PURPLE - Fairweather Fox Productions - February-March 2017 - St. Joseph, MI
CHASING CLOUDS - Theatre NOVA - October 2017 - Ann Arbor, MI (Staged Reading)
CHEEK AND OTHER STORIES - Hollywood Fringe Festival - June 2017 - Los Angeles, CA
CHASING CLOUDS - Roustabout Theatre Troupe - August 2016 - Milan, MI (Staged Reading)
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
Best Play
"Mad as a Hatter"
Broadway World
2019
FINALIST
Rapid Dev Program
"Eldritch"
Fountain Theatre
2018
WINNER
Producers Award
"Cheek"
Hollywood Fringe
2017
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
Rapid Dev Program
"Mouse Man"
Fountain Theatre
2017
FINALIST
PAGE International
"Becoming Jacob
Davis"
2017
WINNER
Jay Roach Award
"Becoming Jacob
Davis"
2017
WINNER
Best in Genre
"Chapter 18"
48 Hour Film Fest
2017
OFFICIAL
SELECTION
Quarantine Bakeoff
"Because a Guy
Ate a Bat"
2020
WINNER
Platinum Silver
"The Call ofthe
Void"
Hear NOW Fest
2019
WINNER
Platinum Silver
"The Call ofthe
Void"
Hear NOW Fest
2020
Podcasts
Podcasts by Michael:
The Call of the Void:
28 episode series (Acorn Arts and Entertainment)
Unexplained Mysteries:
Genghis Khan's Tomb (Spotify)
Yeren (Spotify)
Sacred Waters at Lourdes (Spotify)
Alfred Lowenstein (Spotify)
Barbara Newhall Follett (Spotify)
Espionage:
Larry Chin (Spotify)
The Rosenbergs (Spotify)
Conspiracy Theories:
New World Order (Spotify)
GMOs (Spotify)
Martin Luther King Jr. (Spotify)
Gone:
Genghis Khan's Tomb (Spotify)
Historical Figures:
Princess Diana (Spotify)
Rosa Parks (Spotify)
Louis Pasteur (Spotify)
Tales:
Pinocchio (Spotify)
poetry
Full of feathers, marble, ink, and blood, PENTIMENTO is Michael Alan Herman's debut surrealistic poetry collection.
As a collage of color and clay, the work explores paralysis, hope, and most of all love and how essential those allusive words are to artistic expression. Throughout the book, Michael asks us all to remember that little pyre inside our hearts and to always, always, pick up that damn pen.
Available on Amazon.com.
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