Biography
Growing up in the frozen lands of Utica, New York, my father assured me that shoveling ten feet of snow each year would help me to “build character.” It must have worked because now, years later, I find myself building characters all the time.
I’ve studied sketch comedy at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theater in NYC, received an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and was a member of The Armory’s sketch team Be Kind, Rewind.
My writing focuses on taking a comic look at social isolation and the epidemic of male loneliness in our society. Fantastical elements are by no means off-limits, but at the core my characters are searching for community and personal fulfillment amidst the noise, expectations, and pressures of modern life.
I’ve taught dramatic writing to students in NYU Tisch Drama’s Future Theatre Artists Program. I’m currently an undergraduate admissions reader for NYU Tisch’s Rita and Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, and a writer for Konami Cross Media NY.
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Awards/Honors
Semifinalist, CineStory TV Retreat and Fellowship Competition (2024)
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition (2023)
Quarterfinalist, New Voices in Animation Screenwriting Contest (2022)
Honorable Mention, Big Apple Film Festival (2022)
Quarterfinalist, Inroads Fellowship (2022)
Semifinalist, Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards (2021)
Second Rounder, NYC Midnight Screenwriting Challenge (2020)
Writer, ABC Discovers: New York Talent Showcase (2019)
Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival Script Competition (2018)
Quarterfinalist, Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship (2017)
Top Ten Finalist, Launch Pad Pilots Competition (2016)
Writer, ABC Discovers LA Talent Showcase (2015)
Top Ten Finalist, Screencraft Short Screenplay Contest (2015)
Finalist, 10 x 10 Tisch Alumni Reading Series (2013)
Winner, Pitching it to the Pros Contest, Fusion Film Festival (2011)
Departmental Fellowship, Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing
(2010-2012)
Education
M.F.A. Dramatic Writing
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
B.A. Psychology/English Literature
SUNY Geneseo
Other Interests
Trivia
Ornithology
Etymology
Small businesses whose names are puns
Swimming
Hiking
Reading Plaques
Darts
Campfires
Dogs
Writing Samples
Love Potion Aisle 9
A text-based tale written for the storytelling app Hooked.
Crete and Barrel
A happily engaged couple finds themselves locked in an IKEA after hours with a minotaur. Hosted on ScriptRevolution.com.
Testimonials
“[Homeland Security] is a very well-done pilot. From the start the writer demonstrates an expert use of visuals and action to convey storytelling rather than relying on dialogue alone.”
“A wry swipe at modern relationships and furniture shopping with a classical Greek twist, Mike Revenaugh’s comic-horror Crete and Barrel quickly delivers the goods before throwing away the instructions and getting stuck into some fast paced comic-horror.”
“Thank you for being an elegant gentleman.”