Michael Goldstein, a playwright and journalist based in Encino, California, holds an MFA in Playwriting from Brooklyn College and an MFA in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute.

A staged reading of his one-act JUDGES DECISION, about the life and death of an Olympic sprinter, was part of the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s 2012 WINTERFEST program in Los Angeles.

In 2016, JUDGES DECISION was selected for a staged professional reading in the New Play Lab of the 35th Anniversary William Inge Theater Festival, held in Independence, KS, in April, 2016. According to the awards citation, “Your play scored higher in most categories (i.e. original concept, compelling story, dialogue, structure, pacing, producing potential, etc.”

Mr. Goldstein was delighted to attend the 2016 Inge Festival, watch JUDGES DECISION performed in a staged reading by the Living Room Theater of Kansas City, MO, and work with theater professionals like playwright David Henry Hwang.

In April 2017, Mr. Goldstein was accepted to the Inge Festival once again, for the staged reading of his madness-in-space drama, DUCT TAPE by Kokopelli Theater of Kansas City.

Mr. Goldstein’s full-length drama SEASONS, about an unrepentant 80-year old Jewish communist and his long-suffering daughter, has been developed at the Sunday Best program of Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles. A staged reading of SEASONS was held as part of EST’s WINTERFEST on March 26, 2016

In May of 2016, a staged reading of Mr. Goldstein’s ten-minute play MAIL was held at The 5th Annual Short Play Festival at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA. And in May 2017, a reading of his play, HOMELESS COUNT, was part of the 6h Annual Short Play Festival at Valley Beth Shalom.

Michael Goldstein (818-783-1684, msgcommunications@gmail.com) is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, the Playwriting Center, the Valley Beth Shalom Jewish Writer's Roundtable and the Association of Los Angeles Playwrights.