Michael Perlmutter

An award-winning playwright (Crimson, My Perfect Alibi, Directing Hamlet, Polite Conversations and Wine, Haunting Rights, Severance Play, The Fall of Lady M), Michael’s work has been presented across both the USA, the UK, as well as internationally in Israel, Australia and Soel. Member of the Dramatist Guild, LAPA, VS. Theatre company.

Michael Perlmutter started producing theatre out of sheer necessity. Having won The Elite Theater’s Local Playwright’s Initiative (‘local’ being Southern and Central California based) Michael’s entry, Severance Play, was given a fully mounted production…without a producer. It was up to him to go it alone. We were just coming in and out of a pandemic and well…you remember how that was. He learned on the fly and under the generous tutelage of Johnny Clark (VS. Theatre Company), the run was both a critical and financial success (meaning nobody lost any money).

Michael founded Theatre Ghosts in 2023. Winning awards—right out of the gate, encore runs, and requests that he continue producing both his own works and others, bringing even more awards in 2024. Which brings us to today.

As an actor (we all start there, don’t we?) Michael’s work has been lauded for his performances of Eric in The Humans, Richard in The Seafarer, George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolfe?, Ian in The Other Place, and Kane in the world premiere of William Peter Blatty’s own stage adaptation of Twinkle Twinkle Killer Kane.

All that to say, thank you for coming to THIS show. It all rides here. Everything we’ve done; everything we’ve learned has led to now. We’ve been waiting for you.

Buckle up.