Mike Lesser

Mike Lesser

Born and raised in the Bronx by two hard working second generation Americans with the help of my maternal grandparents and two older sisters. BFA in Theatre Studies from Boston University School for the Arts. Proud member of Actors' Equity Association. Toured nationally, and worked under Off-Broadway, LORT and TYA Contracts. Dramatist Guild Member. Artistic Director/Founder of The PlayGround Experiment. Check us out at ThePGE.com.

Plays

  • Dragged Through The Mud by Mike Lesser
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: drag, Drag Performance + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, movement/physical, political
    Keyword: drag, Drag Performance, Politics, elections, anti-abortion protests
    Drag, family, journalism, politics and murder!!! Well, only murder cuz these queens are killing it. Welcome to Club D’llusion where Cora wants to fix everyone, Mitch needs to fix everything, Andrea didn’t know she was broken, and Foine Chyna is trying to fix her wonky eyelash. So pull out the coins cause these dolls are gonna bring the drama mama and if you don’t tip …you might just get dragged through the mud.
  • Cell Memory Theory by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: cancer, ghosts + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fantasy, mystery/thriller, science fiction
    Keyword: cancer, ghosts, family, scientific theory, other worldly
    Ann is a cancer survivor. Will the transplanted cells that saved her ultimately destroy her second chance at life? A scientific and psychological journey through the magical reality of one woman's death and one's rebirth.
  • Sundrenched Coffee by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: coffee shop, addiction + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, tragedy
    Keyword: coffee shop, addiction, New York City
    At Sundrenched Coffee the expectation of solitude is abruptly altered for Max, who is happy with his corner booth; comfortable in his routine and his judgment of those around him proving just how smart he actually is. But, when his routine is interrupted and his judgments questioned by three unlikely customers, Max’s world shifts from regular to extra caffeinated in a hot New York minute.
  • Witnesses of Existence by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: LGTBQIA+, Painting + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: LGTBQIA+, Painting, love, drag, performance art, cancer
    When Scott goes off the grid due to an illness he keeps to himself, his fiancé, sister and ex-performance art/drag queen partner think the worst. As they gather, old hostilities rise and a turf war is in full force to be top dog in Scott's life.
  • Senseless by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: ASL, Tragic Loss of hearing + 3 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: ASL, Tragic Loss of hearing, music, dance, Relationships
    Charles was an orchestra conductor, but after losing his hearing in a car crash his struggles to learn sign language are nothing in comparison to the crumbling life around him.

    Requires 2 Deaf actors plus sign language for all Actors.
  • The Last Intimate Thing by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller + 1 more
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    Keyword: Trigger Waring, murder + 3 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller, tragedy
    Keyword: Trigger Waring, murder, LGTBQIA+, religion, violence
    No one is who they seem and no one gets out alive. Those words were never truer than in this dark look at 12 hours in a city.

  • Stolen Wishes by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: Magical Fountain, time travel + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, mystery/thriller, tragedy
    Keyword: Magical Fountain, time travel, lost love, Korean War, Coin Wishes
    Deep inside an urban park there is a fountain guarded by an old man. When he steals the coin of a young man professing his love, something cosmically shifts that changes these two men and their future. What would happen if someone stole your wish and what lengths would you go to get it back?
  • Nice and Other Hateful Words! by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: New York City Studio Apartments, Relationships + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, holiday, period, romantic comedy
    Keyword: New York City Studio Apartments, Relationships, holiday, dualism, Answering machines, crossword puzzles
    Can Singles in their thirties find true love in New York City in the 90’s? Jumping back and forth from two apartments on "holiday" weekends over the course of one year, we see how they come to terms with their own demons, labels and neurotic tendencies towards love, the opposite sex and their search for a meaningful relationship. Are six-dozen bagels more romantic than a dozen roses?
  • Questionable Rhetoric? One Really Long Thought by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: existential, Pinter + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, movement/physical, satire
    Keyword: existential, Pinter, Beckett, Mamet
    Two Actors. An Empty Stage. And The Inevitable Question.
  • The Last Medal of Black Patti by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: Sisteretta Jones, Opera Singer + 2 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: Sisteretta Jones, Opera Singer, black history, American race relations and racism
    Fictionalized story based on the life of Sisteretta Jones. Near the end of her life, an opera singer of the past brings the last memento of worth to a pawnshop where she encounters racism, compassion and possible hope.
  • The Wacky Doctor's Game by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, movement/physical
    "Don't touch the side"! A clown being chased by two maniacal doctors leaves no one safe. Not even the audience.
  • A Mermaid, A Leprechaun and A Fairy Walk Into A Bar by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: fractured fairy tale, drinking fables
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fable/folktale
    Keyword: fractured fairy tale, drinking fables
    Title says it all. When characters you know and love show up to drown their sorrows at the local bar.
  • Scream Queen by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 3 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQIA+, halloween + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, holiday, horror, romantic comedy
    Keyword: LGBTQIA+, halloween, Michael Myers, horror movies
    A Couple fight on the street after returning from a Halloween costume Party.
  • The Ladies in Waiting by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, women + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, verse, young audiences
    Keyword: Shakespeare, women, Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, famous death scenes.
    When Shakeaspeare's most tragic ladies collide in the midst of their climactic ends, confusion and hilarity ensue.
  • More Than Just Tuesday's by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: aging, death + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: aging, death, Catatonic, caregiving
    An aging woman's son and her hairdresser each come to terms with the prospect of her death, while her being in a catatonic state or is she?
  • ...Such Things by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: coffee shop, Shakespeare
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, verse
    Keyword: coffee shop, Shakespeare
    A modern day Hedda Gabler meets a wanna be Shakespearean Iago in a coffee shop for some high stakes drama.
  • My Heart Will Go On and On! by Mike Lesser
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, musical + 1 more
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    Keyword: Celine Dion, infomercial
    Genre: comedy, musical, parody/spoof
    Keyword: Celine Dion, infomercial
    Celine Dion does an infomercial for her new My Heart Will Go On foundation.