Michael Ross Albert

Described by the Toronto Star as “a Canadian playwright to watch,” and “one of Toronto’s most exciting playwrights,” Michael Ross Albert is a Dora Award-nominated writer whose work has been staged across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Production credits include Beautiful Renegades (Peggy Baker Dance Projects), When I’m Gone (Mountain Movers Theatre Company), Two Minutes to Midnight (The Assembly Theatre), Miss (Unit 102), and Tough Jews (Dora Award nomination, Outstanding New Play). His work has been presented in multiple Fringe festivals, including Edinburgh, Brighton, and FringeNYC. Five of his plays were staged in the Toronto Fringe Festival, including: The Huns, Anywhere (both: Patron’s Pick and Best of Fringe), and most recently, Good Old Days.

Michael is...

Described by the Toronto Star as “a Canadian playwright to watch,” and “one of Toronto’s most exciting playwrights,” Michael Ross Albert is a Dora Award-nominated writer whose work has been staged across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Production credits include Beautiful Renegades (Peggy Baker Dance Projects), When I’m Gone (Mountain Movers Theatre Company), Two Minutes to Midnight (The Assembly Theatre), Miss (Unit 102), and Tough Jews (Dora Award nomination, Outstanding New Play). His work has been presented in multiple Fringe festivals, including Edinburgh, Brighton, and FringeNYC. Five of his plays were staged in the Toronto Fringe Festival, including: The Huns, Anywhere (both: Patron’s Pick and Best of Fringe), and most recently, Good Old Days.

Michael is currently working on new plays commissioned by the Stratford Festival and the Blyth Festival. His new comedy, The Bidding War, was commissioned by Crow’s Theatre; its world premiere production will be produced as part of their 2024-2025 season.

Scripts

Good Old Days

by Michael Ross Albert

Synopsis

Two former roommates chase one another through a trippy, urban dreamscape in an attempt to mend their broken past.

In this surreal, philosophical, darkly comedic adventure about the fractured world we live in, two old friends explore a city that is sometimes nightmarish and sometimes awe-inspiring, all while trying to recapture the past they’ve lost.

Two former roommates chase one another through a trippy, urban dreamscape in an attempt to mend their broken past.

In this surreal, philosophical, darkly comedic adventure about the fractured world we live in, two old friends explore a city that is sometimes nightmarish and sometimes awe-inspiring, all while trying to recapture the past they’ve lost.

Two Minutes to Midnight

by Michael Ross Albert

Synopsis

Jack and Tracy really needed a vacation, but everything at their all-inclusive tropical getaway has been a disappointment. It’s rained the entire trip, their social media influence hasn’t translated to real revenue yet, and an inbound nuclear missile might be about to annihilate them and everyone nearby.

With the world-- and their relationship-- on the brink of collapse, the bickering couple stares down...

Jack and Tracy really needed a vacation, but everything at their all-inclusive tropical getaway has been a disappointment. It’s rained the entire trip, their social media influence hasn’t translated to real revenue yet, and an inbound nuclear missile might be about to annihilate them and everyone nearby.

With the world-- and their relationship-- on the brink of collapse, the bickering couple stares down oblivion together, confronting the illusions that kept them together, and finding hope for their future in the chaos of imminent destruction.

The Huns

by Michael Ross Albert

Synopsis

The morning after a break-in at a tech company, three co-workers assemble for a conference call to discuss the burglary.

What starts as a civilized, professional meeting swiftly devolves into a brutal showdown that puts everyone’s careers -- and their hopes for future happiness-- in jeopardy.

A menacing, new workplace comedy about millennial anxieties, minor revolutions, and modern-day barbarians.

The morning after a break-in at a tech company, three co-workers assemble for a conference call to discuss the burglary.

What starts as a civilized, professional meeting swiftly devolves into a brutal showdown that puts everyone’s careers -- and their hopes for future happiness-- in jeopardy.

A menacing, new workplace comedy about millennial anxieties, minor revolutions, and modern-day barbarians.

Anywhere

by Michael Ross Albert

Synopsis

A young businesswoman returns to her AirBnB to find that her host has been waiting up for her. What started as a cordial relationship between strangers begins to steadily escalate into a tense and unnerving battle for control.

Two women face off against each other in a struggle for meaning, connection, and power in this new thriller that questions how we can genuinely connect in a cynical, digital age.

A young businesswoman returns to her AirBnB to find that her host has been waiting up for her. What started as a cordial relationship between strangers begins to steadily escalate into a tense and unnerving battle for control.

Two women face off against each other in a struggle for meaning, connection, and power in this new thriller that questions how we can genuinely connect in a cynical, digital age.

The Grass is Greenest at the Houston Astrodome

by Michael Ross Albert

Synopsis

When a painter tears the artwork off the walls of a struggling independent gallery, the relationships between a group of emerging artists are also torn apart. A comedy about envy, friendship, sex, art, and our constant search for something better.

When a painter tears the artwork off the walls of a struggling independent gallery, the relationships between a group of emerging artists are also torn apart. A comedy about envy, friendship, sex, art, and our constant search for something better.

Miss

by Michael Ross Albert

Synopsis

A shocking accident at a private boarding school irrevocably changes the lives of a teacher, her fiancé, and a troubled student. A taut and explosive new drama about loss, grief, guilt, and revenge.

A shocking accident at a private boarding school irrevocably changes the lives of a teacher, her fiancé, and a troubled student. A taut and explosive new drama about loss, grief, guilt, and revenge.

Tough Jews

by Michael Ross Albert

Synopsis

Set in Toronto’s crime-filled neighbourhood of Prohibition-era Kensington Market against the backdrop of the roaring twenties, the Great Depression, and the biggest race riot in Canadian history, a family of would-be gangsters try to support themselves by running a speakeasy out of their domineering mother’s basement. When a murder is committed and a job goes wrong, the family is suddenly flung into the high...

Set in Toronto’s crime-filled neighbourhood of Prohibition-era Kensington Market against the backdrop of the roaring twenties, the Great Depression, and the biggest race riot in Canadian history, a family of would-be gangsters try to support themselves by running a speakeasy out of their domineering mother’s basement. When a murder is committed and a job goes wrong, the family is suddenly flung into the high-stakes American gangland world of Al Capone and Detroit’s Infamous Purple Gang.