Michael Ross Albert
Playwright
Michael Ross Albert is a Toronto-based playwright whose work has been performed in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Recent credits include the Toronto Fringe productions of The Huns and Anywhere (both, Patron's Pick and Best of Fringe), as well as Tough Jews (Dora Award nomination - Outstanding New Play), The Jazz Singer (Dancap/HGJTC), and The Grass is Greenest at the Houston Astrodome (published in "Best American Short Plays, 2015-2016"). Upcoming productions include: Two Minutes to Midnight (The Assembly Theatre, January 2022), When I'm Gone (commissioned by Mountain Movers Theatre Company in Kentucky), and a remount of The Huns in both Toronto and Brighton, UK. In addition to his commissioned play Beautiful Renegades for Peggy Baker Dance Projects, Michael has also been commissioned by Stratford Festival of Canada to adapt Mordecai Richler’s novel A Choice of Enemies. he has an MFA in Playwriting from the Actors Studio Drama School, and has taught new play development at the University of Waterloo.