Michael Heintzman (he/him) is the co-author of Separating the Men from the Bull, which had its premiere at the Jungle Theatre in Minneapolis and subsequently produced at The Unofficial New York Yale Cabaret Theatre, Off-Broadway. Prior to the Jungle production, Bulls was a workshop in New York under the direction of Tony winner John Rando and was selected for Williamstown Theatre Festival. Michael’s other full-lengths are Magic Moment, a story of bravery during a WWII reenactment weekend, which was a semi-finalist at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, followed by readings at the Guthrie Theatre, TrueNorth Theatre Project and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Under The Hood, also a semi-finalist at the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, and short-listed at Cape Cod Theatre Project, along with a
staged reading at TrueNorth Theatre Project. The Story of God is a cautionary tale of living a lie and surviving a near-death experience over and over again. His Act of Contrition shares the story of twelve-year old Raymond’s dream of marrying his Dad off to Sister Alice, a nun. He is a four-time finalist at Actors Theatre of Louisville’s National Ten-Minute Play Contest and the Heideman Award. He wrote and performed a monologist’s play Oddjobbers, with direction by Wynn Handman at the American Place Theatre in New York. Michael wrote, acted and directed Jerry the web series. He is the author of the children’s adventure book, The Fisherman, published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Michael is a veteran stage, television & film actor with lead roles that include Off Broadway’s world premiere of A Cup of Coffee by Preston Sturges, Neddy by Jeffrey Hatcher, Epic Proportions by David Crane & Larry Cohn. Regional theatre work includes; Saint Joan, Taming of the Shrew, Imaginary Invalid, On the Razzle, One Flew Over the Cukoo’s Nest, Jesse’s Land. Film; Paper Man, Pretty Bird, A Dog Year, Soldier Jack, The Stick. Television includes too many credits starring or featured credits to list. Prior and during his acting career Mike did stand-up comedy as a solo act and also with comedian Carey Eidel. Their mothers loved them.