DIRECTING

Directing

The Wolves opens Spring 2020 with a fierce all female identifying cast. (cr. Dave Cimetta)

For the last several years Michael, along with designer Wesley Cornwell, partnered with the Princeton University’s Concert Series to produce “Performances Up Close” an immersive evening with world class musicians.

Michael and Nate Golden decided to reimagine the Forum cast for a more modern context. How about three fierce women playing all the proteans and courtesans? (feat. Jenna Pinchbeck, Caitlin Ablaza, & Erin Ulman)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum! Michael’s first project with Associate Director and Choreographer, Nate Golden and second show with The Princeton Festival.

Covid-19 allowed this powerful production of Urinetown one fabulous performance! The creative team - Associate Director and Choreography by Nate Golden & Music Direction by Jessica Arnold.

Man of La Mancha opened to rave reviews as part of the Princeton Festival.

Michael directed this production as an immersive experience with audiences surrounding the performance.

Michael was the resident Stage Director at Princeton Theological Seminary. This the poster art from The Lark by Jean Anouilh

DIRECTING

reviews

Forum Review - John Timpane - Philly Inquirer

“The production makes of a small budget a big virtue. This stripped-down, back-to-the-roots rendition is simultaneously slapdash, as it must be, and tight. Eleven well-cast actors, most of whom can really sing, keep the warhorse in a lather”

Forum Review - Toby Grace - Out NJ Forum

“… played to a packed house that roared with laughter at all the right moments and applauded until their hands were in danger of damage… Michael Dean Morgan and the entire cast and crew deserve our praise and thanks for an evening we will not forget.”

La Mancha Review - Neal Zoren - U.S. 1 Newspaper

“Morgan’s direction demonstrates taste and imagination….Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts, where “La Mancha” is staged, is a compact yet open space Morgan uses creatively.”

La Mancha Review - John Timpane - Philly Inquirer

“Michael Dean Morgan’s disciplined direction gives us a La Mancha not so much boiled down as essential.”

SELECT CREDITS

Performances Up Close: Series (2018, 2019, 2020)

The Wolves

Urinetown

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to The Forum

Man of La Mancha (Director and Choreographer)

The Coffee Shop, by Carlo Goldoni

The Death and Life of Sherlock Holmes

PUC - Princeton University Concerts

Rowan University Dept. of Theater & Dance

The Princeton Festival

In Tandem Productions

First Stage Milwaukee

Directing

The Wolves

Princeton University Concert

A Funny Thing!

...To The Forum

Urinetown

Man of La Mancha

Impossible Dream

The Lark

DIRECTING

reviews

“The production makes of a small budget a big virtue. This stripped-down, back-to-the-roots rendition is simultaneously slapdash, as it must be, and tight. Eleven well-cast actors, most of whom can really sing, keep the warhorse in a lather”

“… played to a packed house that roared with laughter at all the right moments and applauded until their hands were in danger of damage… Michael Dean Morgan and the entire cast and crew deserve our praise and thanks for an evening we will not forget.”

“Morgan’s direction demonstrates taste and imagination….Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts, where “La Mancha” is staged, is a compact yet open space Morgan uses creatively.”

“Michael Dean Morgan’s disciplined direction gives us a La Mancha not so much boiled down as essential.”

SELECT CREDITS

Impossible Dream