Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Mike is a playwright, educator and academic that has written seven full length plays and numerous one acts which have been performed in six countries. He has a Playwriting MFA from Trinity College Dublin, and is currently pursuing a Theatre Studies Ph.D. at the University of Hawaiʻi, where he teaches playwriting and is researching the role of agency in community devised theatre. His academic work has appeared in publications such as Theatre Topics and Arts Praxis.