Michael John Ciszewski (he/him) (Creator/Performer) is a queer actor and writer born, raised, and returned to New York City after launching his career in Boston and London. He is thrilled to return to the Mosesian Center for the Arts after making his professional stage debut here in New Rep Theatre’s 2012 production of Holiday Memories and returning last February as a centerpiece performer for Love Weekend.
Ciszewski’s solo work, cited as “required queer viewing” by comedy duo BAPHTA, is rooted in queerness and healing and gleefully journeys across genres from stand-up and storytelling to collective ritual. His debut Everyone is Dying and So Am I premiered in July 2019 and has since enjoyed sold-out performances with Boston’s Open Theatre Project and Manhattan's Theatre Row and United Solo Theatre Festival—spotlighting the best in international solo performance. It was subsequently nominated for the festival’s audience award. His second effort The Sun is Sleeping, a full-length film composed at the start of the pandemic era, was screened in virtual theatrical events from late 2020 into 2021 and is now available to stream online. His hit third solo show Lovefool premiered in 2022 and has since played to over 800 people in venues ranging from proscenium and black box theatres to comedy clubs and festival stages in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Providence, Provincetown, Jersey City, and beyond. Lovefool will continue to tour through 2024.
Michael is a member of the staff of ArtsEmerson at Emerson College’s Office of the Arts. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and is a proud graduate of Boston University’s B.F.A. Theatre Arts program.
More Information: xomichaeljohn.com | @xomichaeljohn
Brian Dudley (he/him) (Producer) is a creative educator and theatre artist, specializing in student success, youth development, and theatre education.
In addition to his work as an academic and student success advisor at The New School and Boston University College of Fine Arts, Brian has directed, taught, or facilitated programs with the Boston University Summer Theatre Institute, where he also served as co-program head, Arlington Children’s Theatre, the Massachusetts Youth Leadership Foundation, the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, and others.
Brian holds an M.Ed in Arts, Community, and Education with a specialization in Theatre Studies from Lesley University, and a B.F.A in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College.
Noah Simes (he/him) (Director) is a director, performer, and theatrical polymath from Boston, now based in New York City. Noah has collaborated with a number of Boston-based institutions and artists, but is maybe best known as the homme fatale Peter Nureyev in the hit queer sci-fi audio drama The Penumbra Podcast.
Nora Panahi is an Iranian-American standup comic with great hair and a manual transmission. She has been featured in HBO's Women in Comedy Festival, the YallaPunk Arts Festival, and Boston's AAPI Comedy Festival. The host of Rozzie Square Theater's Queer Comedy Night, Nora can be found performing all over Boston, New York, and the greater New England area. Panahi is also a staff writer for Sabah Il-Khara, a daytime talk show for the queer SWANA (South West Asian, North African) crowd.
Zach Stewart is an up-and-coming comedian in the Boston stand-up scene who performs in venues around the Boston area including City Winery, Don’t Tell Boston, and Improv Asylum. He produces HOMOERRATIC, a queer monthly stand-up showcase at Club Cafe, and co-produces FRUITS BY THE FOOT at Distraction Brewing and MENDOZA LINE at the Dugout Cafe.
