MICHAEL NOVAK

320 492 0331

mikeenovak@gmail.com

 

THEATRE

in a stand of dying trees                   Joe Uprising Theatre

Tigers be Still                                       Joseph                       Wildwood Theatre

Line of Sight                                        Mr. Peterson           Uprising Theatre

Laramie Project                                  Ensemble           Uprising Theatre

Laramie Ten Years Later                  Ensemble           Uprising Theatre

Sariously Speaking                           Bert                              Fringe Fest

Spontaneous Combustion              Voices 7 and 13          Wildwood Theatre

En Passant                                           Jonah                Fringe Fest

Plaza Suite                                          Sam Nash                   Eden Prairie Players

Trust                                                    Bishop Castle              Self-Reliant Actors

Murder in the Cathedral                Thomas of Beckett     St. Cloud Theatre Co.

Galileo                                                 Galileo                          Black Box

Miracle Worker                                   Captain Keller           Black Box 

Right Sensation                                   Stuart                         Black Box

Risen                                                   Angel         Black Box

Christmas Carol                                 Ebenezer Scrooge    G.R.E.A.T. Theatre

Scrooge, The Musical                       Ebenezer Scrooge     Black Box

Love Letters                                         Andrew                         Black Box

ACTING AND EDUCATION WORKSHOPS

Actors Workout – Guthrie                  Fall 2017 – 2021                      Raye Birk

Guthrie Level Five Acting                    Fall 2014 – 2017                      Candace Barret Birk

Voice Work                                          Fall 2017 – 2019                      Mira Kehoe

Self-Reliant Actor – Scene Work      Fall 2017 – present                 John Woehrle

ON CAMERA AND FILM

The Infernal Machine (voice) Feature Film                           Andrew Hunt/Guy Pearce

Community - Lead Short Film 48 Hour Film Project

Documentary 1960’s beat cop Convergence Media

Marigold – Lead                                  Feature Film                           Harrison McCormick

Old Media Studies – Lead                Short Film                               Stephen Clark

Can’t Go Home – Lead                       Short Film                               42 Lights Media

PLAYS

Smatterings                                        Full Length Play                                                               

Love you Mother                                Ten Minute Play

SPECIAL SKILLS AND ACTIVTIES

Practiced law for 30+ years, dabble in music and song writing, delivered my twins at home, raised four terrific and wonderfully talented children, playwright, seeker and pursuer of dreams and all-around good person. 

MUSIC

First Album ‘permission to speak’ streaming on Spotify and other venues released October 2021 with gathering May 26, 2022, at Bryant Lake Bowl to a full house.  Second album, Eyes Open Eyes Up, coming this fall 2023.

EDUCATION

B.A. Theatre - University of Minnesota, Juris Doctor – Hamline University School of Law