Described by the Toronto Star as “one of Toronto’s most exciting playwrights,” Michael Ross Albert is a writer and indie theatre producer whose work has been staged across Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, and elsewhere.

Writing credits include The Midnight Torch: A Detective Murdoch Mystery (upcoming production: Vertigo Theatre), The Bidding War (Crow's Theatre; finalist, Carol Bolt Award), The Village It Takes (finalist, Tom Hendry Drama Award), A Little Closer (The Vault Creation Lab), Beautiful Renegades, (Peggy Baker Dance Projects), Two Minutes to Midnight (The Assembly Theatre), and Tough Jews (Spadina Avenue Gang/Storefront Theatre; Dora Award nomination, Outstanding New Play).

Michael’s work has been presented in multiple Fringe festivals, including Edinburgh, Brighton, Halifax, and FringeNYC. Five of his plays were staged in the Toronto Fringe Festival, including The Huns and Anywhere; both plays were named Patron’s Pick and Best of Fringe, and have received multiple subsequent productions

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