Michael Breslin is an Obie-winning, New York-based writer, director, and performer. His play Circle Jerk, co-written with Patrick Foley and developed with Cat Rodríguez, Ariel Sibert, and Rory Pelsue, was a 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Drama. He is a creative director of Fake Friends, a theater and media company who developed and produced the acclaimed internet shows Circle Jerk and This American Wife. He executive produced and co-wrote the book to Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, which raised $1.9 million for the Actors Fund.

Current projects include:

• Directing Invasive Species by Maia Novi at the Vineyard Theater. Here’s the announcement in Variety.

• Writing a new musical with Patrick Foley and Fake Friends

• Writing and directing Bikini in collab with Cat Rodríguez, based on female bikini bodybuilding competitions in his homestate, New Jersey

• Developing and writing a pilot for A24 with Patrick Foley, as well as other TV and film projects

Doctorate and MFA from Yale School of Drama. BA, theater and comparative literature from Hamilton College.