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
“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
Rowan University Dept. of Theater & Dance
The Princeton Festival
The Princeton Festival
In Tandem Productions
First Stage Milwaukee