Michael Barakiva

Michael Barakiva is an Armenian/Israeli-American writer and theatre director who splits his time between New York City and Ithaca, NY where he serves as Artistic Director of The Hangar Theatre.  His first novel, One Man Guy, was named to the Rainbow Project Booklist and spent over one year as the #1 LGBTQ YA book on Goodreads.  He is an alum of Vassar College and the Juilliard School, and the recipient of a Drama League Director Fellowship, the David Merrick Prize in Drama, the Phil Killian Directing Fellowship, and the Most Improved Player in 2013 for the New York Ramblers, the world's first openly queer soccer team.  He is also the founding Artistic Director of The Upstart Creatures.