Mike Czuba is writer, director and reluctant producer with a BFA and MFA in Playwriting. Originally from Montreal, he is currently a sessional performance instructor at the University of Calgary and co-founder of the performance collective Dancing Monkey Laboratories (dancingmonkeylab.com). His play I AM I (Original Works Publishing) has been internationally produced and multiple plays have been presented in Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Texas and Amsterdam. A scene from his play REPRISE will be published in 2020 in Playwrights Canada Press’ new anthology, Refractions: Scenes.

He recently produced an exploratory digital performance of his play Like Tom Cruise Loves Running with collaborators Wil Knoll and Tim Nguyen. His TYA play BOY SEES FLYING SAUCER was awarded the Laurie Award from The Growing Stage – The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey, with a full production in March 2018 – His play AFTER MOUNRING, about Johanna Bonger, the woman who saved van Gogh, recently had staged readings at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, in Red Deer, Alberta, the Art Studio Inc. in Beaumont, Texas.