Artist Bio

(Bio as of November 2017)

Michael Milligan’s Chicago credits include Othello and Tug of War: Civil Strife (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Side Effects and Mercy Killers (which he both wrote and performed at Greenhouse Theater Center) and The Healthcare Plays (American Theater Company). Broadway Credits include August: Osage County, La Bête and Jerusalem. West End credits include La Bête. Off-Broadway credits include Mercy Killers, Thom Pain and The Golem. Regional credits include work with The Shakespeare Theater, Folger Theater, Guthrie Theater, Westport Country Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Cincinnati Playhouse, Taffety Punk and more. His play Mercy Killers won the Fringe First Award in Edinburgh and has been presented hundreds of times around the country. He also runs the Poor Box Theater. Television credits include Law and Order, The Knick, Chicago Justice, APB and Person of Interest.