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    • BREATH TO BREATH by Michael Wells-Oakes & Max Balton
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    • QUEEN MAIR by Matthew Wells
    • LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY by Melissa Bell
    • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
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    • LIFE AND OTHER DISASTERS by Julie Richardson
    • A COLD DECEMBER by Michael Wells-Oakes
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Michael Wells-Oakes

                                                  Michael Wells-Oakes

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Michael Wells-Oakes recent plays include: SEA VINE, NJ; WE LABOR; A COLD DECEMBER; GRACE;  I KEEP THINKING ABOUT FREEDOM; CHRISTMAS; and THE COLLEGE HOOP SCANDAL OF 1962.

In July 2020, his play WINTER WHEAT was a semi-finalist for the Risk Theater Modern Tragedy Competition. His Monologue, YOU LABOR, received the Silver Ear Award at the “Me & My Masks” Monologue Festival. YOU LABOR had its London premiere as part of LOST SOUL MONOLOGUES podcast on Friday, November 20, 2020 at https://lostsoulsmonologues.com/
 

LEAVE PHILADELPHIA NEVER by Michael Wells-Oakes is the second play of a tetralogy of four plays about his home town of Philadelphia. He is working on musical, BREATH TO BREATH, that tells the story of a 14-year-old girl mourning for her mother who died on 9/11, Subway Girl, and every person now living in New York City.  Both plays have been presented as part of THE NEW WORKS SERIES.

His plays have been produced at The Luna Stage (NJ), The Puzzle Theater, Cubiculo Theater, The Triangle (SC), Harold Clurman Theater, Bernie Wohl Theater, White Fire Theater (CA), Barrow Street Theater, The Ko Festival(MA),  Manhattan Class Company, and as part of the 29th Street Playwrights New Work Series.
 
In 1986, he and his wife, Jennifer Wells founded and ran the NYC Drama Workshop, a theater program for teenagers sponsored by Greenwich Village Youth Council. They wrote and produced 14 plays for teens to perform. Two Drama Workshop plays, REMEMBER ME ALWAYS and GREENFIELD BLOOMS, are published by Samuel French.


​Michael is a National Playwrights Conference Finalist, has received a New York Foundation for the Arts grant for screenwriting, and a DeWitt Wallace Writer of Distinction Grant. He is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and a member of the Dramatist Guild.

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Zahaira Curiel and Lorelei Rey in Breath to Breath by Michael Wells-Oakes, New Works Series 2017. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
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Jazmin Williams and Arian Badoo in Breath to Breath by Michael Wells-Oakes, New Works Series 2017. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
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Vanessa Pereda-Felix, Jon Esquivel and Zahaira Curiel in Breath to Breath by Micael Wells-Oakes, New Works Series 2017. Photo by Emily Hewitt.
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  • Upcoming Events
  • Home
  • Write Now Workshop
  • DONATE
  • New Works Series 2020
  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2019
  • NEW WORKS SERIES 2018
    • FUKT by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • GLORIOUS DISASTER by Caroline Prugh
    • THE DIAMOND EATER by Carrie Robbins
    • EMBRACING THE UNDERTOAD by Robin Rice
    • LEAVE PHILADELPHIA, NEVER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • TOM & TED GO TO THE RACES
  • Meet the Artists
    • Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • Melissa Bell
    • Edgar Chisholm
    • Paul Hufker
    • Maxine Kern
    • Gabrielle Maisels
    • Robin Rice
    • Michael Wells-Oakes
    • Emeritis Members >
      • David Sard
      • Julie Richardson
      • Carrie Robbins
      • Matthew Wells
      • Suzanne Willett
  • New Works Series 2017
    • BARABBAS by Matthew Wells
    • THE DEATH AND LIFE OF DR. CUTTER by Carrie Robbins
    • LADY CAPULET by Melissa Bell
    • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • MAN & WIFE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
    • SURVIVORS by James Masten
    • LUST & LIES by ROBIN RICE
    • BREATH TO BREATH by Michael Wells-Oakes & Max Balton
  • New Works Series 2016
    • QUEEN MAIR by Matthew Wells
    • LOVE, SEX, ANARCHY by Melissa Bell
    • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
    • SHADOWS by David Sard
    • BONGANI by Gabrielle Maisels
    • LIFE AND OTHER DISASTERS by Julie Richardson
    • A COLD DECEMBER by Michael Wells-Oakes
    • ABRAHAM'S DAUGHTERS by Emma Goldman-Sherman >
      • Stage one readings >
        • MAGICAL THINKING by Carrie Robbins
        • LIFE, & OTHER DISASTERS by Julie RIchardson
        • WHORTICULTURE by Emma Goldman-Sherman
  • Michael Warren Powell Memorial Reading
  • The UNaguration
  • Feisty Women Festival
  • Support New Work
    • Our Supporters
  • The Future Is Female Festival
  • Writing Prompt
    • Freewriting Rules
    • March 2017 Prompt
    • April 2017 Prompt