First Run Theatre Playwrites: Mike Kaiman

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Mike Kaiman

Mike began his play writing career when he discovered that writing scripts was cheaper than seeing a psychiatrist. A lifelong St. Louisian, he attended the University of Missouri and occasionally went to class too. It was in Columbia, as part of his creative writing segment for his English degree that Mike stumbled into a beginning play writing course taught by his future mentor Bob AuFrance. That day was, according to Mr. AuFrance, "the beginning of the end of respectable theatre.".

In addition to Section 335, Mike also has written two full-length plays-Dream Lovers and Crossing Clayton-and a plethora of ten minute scripts. His plays have received numerous workshops at the Missouri Playwrights Workshop of Mizzou, Babylon Players as well as Albion College in Michigan and Waldorf College in Iowa. Mike's next project-Crown Candy Stories-will appear as soon as he joins the five malt club.

Mike is currently corrupting the lives of America's youth while teaching at Wentzville High School. He would like to thank First Run for this opportunity, his father for teaching wholesome family values (you won't know that by this play, but that's beside the point) and his grandfather who told him to thank God everyday for making him a baseball fan.