Michael Patrick Spillers is an LA-based playwright and screenwriter, whose plays have been produced throughout the local indie theatre scene (Casa 0101, Company of Angels, Watts Village Theatre). "WHITTIER BOULEVARD" began as a one-act play, traveling to the NYC FringeFest, where it was selected as one of IndieTheatreNow's "Best of FringeNYC 2014". "FOLLOW" (about the intersection between marriage equality and the Black church) is currently in pre-production, directed by Melanie Mayron ("Jane the Virgin") and starring Frenchie Davis ("The Voice"). Michael recently produced and directed "TEATRO MOZ", a sold-out evening of short plays celebrating Morrissey's unique Latino fanbase.

Michael Patrick Spillers was born and raised in the Ozarks, and moved to Los Angeles in 1989 to study Theatre at the University of Southern California. He wrote and directed his first play, "WHISKEY RAINBOWS", as part of USC's 1992 Experimental Theatre season, for which he won the Jack Nicholson Award for playwriting. His second play, "WHITE BOY", premiered at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica in 1995. He has co-produced and directed revivals of "WHITE BOY" for the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles, and 6th@Penn Theatre in San Diego. "WHITE BOY" received an off-Broadway production in 2002, at Wings Theatre in New York City. "ALWAYS & FOREVER" was conceived in 2005 during a playwriting workshop at Casa 0101 Theatre in Boyle Heights. the following year, Watts Village Theater Company produced a staged reading of "ALWAYS & FOREVER", directed by MacArthur Fellow Luis Alfaro.