Cameron Michles
Email: c.j.michles@aol.com
Phone: (850)450-6242
EDUCATION
Columbia University School of the Arts
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Playwriting MFA, May 2027
Wake Forest University
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Bachelor of Arts, May 2023
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Major: Theatre (Honors) & Psychology
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Minor: Neuroscience
PLAYS
Foxholes (full-length historical drama)
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Semi-Finalist, Road Theatre Company Summer Playwrights Festival (2025)
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Third Place, Robert J. Pickering / J.R. Colbeck Award for Playwriting Excellence (2024)
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Awarded Honors in Theatre distinction from Wake Forest University
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Staged reading at Wake Forest University (March 2023)
SPUN or CYCLE-LOGICAL WARFARE! (full-length comedy)
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Workshop production at Columbia University School of the Arts, NYC (May 2026)
Go Fish (one act drama)
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Produced in LaBute New Theater Festival at the St. Louis Actors' Studio, St. Louis, MO (July 2026)
Bixby Creek (one act drama)
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Produced and Best Play Finalist at The Queens Short Play Festival at Secret Theatre, NYC (February-March 2026)
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Semi-Finalist, Curtain Rising: Staged Readings of New Works at Burlington County Footlighters (2025)
Killing Gilderoy (ten-minute comedy)
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Staged reading in Equity Library Theater Summer Play Festival, NYC (July 2026)
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Produced in Summer Harvest 2026 at Vidalia Theatre Company, Atlanta, GA (June 2026)
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Produced in the 2026 Audacious Owl Theatre Festival, NYC (June 2026)
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Winner, Barter Theatre’s College Playwriting Festival 2023
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Staged reading at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA (February 2023)
THREAD, TAPE, GLUE (full length experimental drama/comedy)
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Workshop reading with Site Unseen Theatre Company (March 2025)
Moon Snails (ten-minute drama)
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Winner, Climate Action New Play Collection at The Theatre School at DePaul (May 2025)
MICE vs. WORMS, selected scenes (absurdist drama/comedy)
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Upcoming publication in Umbrella for Fish Drama Journal (February 2027)
A Fish Called Freud (ten-minute comedy), Co-written with Charlene Adhiambo
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Developed and performed at Columbia University (January 2025)
Happy Place (one-act drama)
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Winner, Critics’ Choice Award District 1 Florida Thespian Festival (January 2018)
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Winner, Critics’ Choice Award Florida State Thespian Festival (March 2018)
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Honorable Mention, YouthPLAYS New Voices One-Act Competition (November 2018)
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Staged reading of selected scenes at Pensacola High School (April 2018)
Labels (short solo performance)
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Written and performed for Young Voices of Protest at Wake Forest University (February 2020)
Time by Growth (short solo performance)
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Written for the Presidential Scholar for Distinguished Achievement Game of Telephone (August 2020)
STAGE
NYC
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SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series, 2025
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Live the Fourth or Kairos, Michael Ronca (Cameron)
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Wake Forest University, 2019-2023
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Silent Sky, Lauren Gunderson (Henrietta Leavitt)
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The Three Sisters, Anton Chekov (Masha)
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Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare (Cassius)
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This Girl Laughs…, Finegan Kruckemeyer (Storyteller)
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Men on Boats, Jaclyn Backhaus (Goodman/ Mr. Asa)
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Gruesome Playground Injuries, Rajiv Joseph (Kayleen)
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Holding the Mirror up to Nature, excerpt from The Kentucky Cycle: Tall Tales, Robert Schenkkan (Mary Anne)
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Young Voices of Protest, Various (Self)
Pensacola Little Theatre, 2013-2019
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The Velveteen Rabbit, Elise Kauzlaric (Rabbit 2)
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Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber (Jennyanydots)
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Sister Act, Alan Menken (Ensemble, Dancer)
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42nd Street, Mark Bramble and Michael Stewart (Ensemble, Dancer)
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Annie Get Your Gun, Dorothy and Herbert Fields (Ensemble, Dancer)
Pensacola State College, 2018
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame, James Lapine and Peter Parnell (Florinda)
TECHNICAL
Wake Forest University, 2019-2023
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Proof, David Auburn (Director)
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Holding the Mirror up to Nature, Various (Asst. Director)
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Laughtracks Sketch Comedy Show (Writer, Performer)
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Wake Forest Spring Dance Concert (Asst. Master Electrician)
TELEVISION
Sickos (original comedy pilot)
• Semifinalist in Stage 32 5th Annual TV Comedy Screenwriting Competition, 2025
INDUSTRY
Intern, TDF Programs
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New York, NY, 2026-Present
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Prepares materials for Autism Friendly Performances on Broadway, audience support and operations assisting at Autism Friendly Performances on Broadway, shadows and provides support with other programming needs including Open-Captioned, ASL-interpreted, and Audio Described performances on Broadway
Intern, Dynamic Television
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Los Angeles, CA, 2026-Present
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Analyzes scripts for future projects, creates marketing assets, attends writer’s meetings
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Presidential Scholar, Theatre
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Wake Forest University, 2019-2023
The Order of Omicron Delta Kappa
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Wake Forest University, 2022-2023
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Academic Honor Society
Undergraduate Researcher, Theatre and Neuroscience
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“Creating Theatre for Neurodiverse Audiences”
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URECA-X grant-recipient
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Stamps Foundation grant-recipient
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Presented at Wake Forest Undergraduate Research Day 2022 and 2023
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Wake Forest University, 2021-2023
Recipient of the Caroline Fullerton Award for Excellence in Acting
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Chosen by Wake Forest Theatre Department
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Recipient in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023
Senior Orator 2022-2023 Runner-Up for Oration “Negative Space”
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Chosen by faculty panel as one of Top 10 written orations, invited to deliver oration to live audience
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Chosen by faculty panel as Top 3 delivered orations