
"This [play] sure had its show-stealers.
The stuttering comic, Frapper (Michael Abourizk)
literally left me in tears of laughter whenever he was onstage."
- Pace PR
Michael just finished a run as
the stuttering, puppeteering Pierre Frapper
in a rare revival of Peter Barnes’ Olivier Award-winning RED NOSES,
a dark comedy about the Black Plague!
Nicu’s Spoon Theater
Presents
RED NOSES
By Peter Barnes
April 8-19, 2015
Secret Theatre
44-02 23rd Street
Long Island City
Queens, NY
Click here for tickets!
the stuttering, puppeteering Pierre Frapper
in a rare revival of Peter Barnes’ Olivier Award-winning RED NOSES,
a dark comedy about the Black Plague!
Nicu’s Spoon Theater
Presents
RED NOSES
By Peter Barnes
April 8-19, 2015
Secret Theatre
44-02 23rd Street
Long Island City
Queens, NY
Click here for tickets!

Michael is currently featured in a reading of Nick Linnehan's play The Stars of Lubovna.
Identity Theater
Presents
THE STARS OF LUBOVNA
as part of their Self Reflections Reading Series
"Schiz," Bi-Polar, and Other Neurological States of Being . . .
November 4th & 12th, 2014
7:00pm
13th Street Repertory
50 West 13th Street, New York, NY
with:
MICHAEL ABOURIZK CHRISTINA CORNEVIN COURTNEY KNYSCH JUDY POLLOCK
directed by:
STEPHANIE BARTON-FARCAS
more information at Identity Theater
Identity Theater
Presents
THE STARS OF LUBOVNA
as part of their Self Reflections Reading Series
"Schiz," Bi-Polar, and Other Neurological States of Being . . .
November 4th & 12th, 2014
7:00pm
13th Street Repertory
50 West 13th Street, New York, NY
with:
MICHAEL ABOURIZK CHRISTINA CORNEVIN COURTNEY KNYSCH JUDY POLLOCK
directed by:
STEPHANIE BARTON-FARCAS
more information at Identity Theater
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Michael recently crashed
Jessica Pierson's
solo cabaret debut at the Metropolitan Room,
collaborating on the duet "Perfect Guy"!
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Michael will be performing the role of Pyotr Trofimov in
Nicu's Spoon Theater's upcoming production of Chekhov's
The Cherry Orchard in February 2014.
Nicu's Spoon Theater
Presents:
The Cherry Orchard
written by Anton Chekhov
directed by Stephanie Barton-Farcas
February 5-9, 2014
The Access Theater
380 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10013
A re-envisioned, re-envigorated Cherry Orchard as a comedy (and as Chekhov wanted it!) with the signature Nicu's Spoon mix of non-traditional, gender-bending, abled/disabled casting. This is a limited run of 7 performances as a culmination of a documentary being made about this company and its process and artists. Tickets are on sale now at OvationTix or at Nicu's Spoon Theater!
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Dorian Gray is coming back!
Michael's one-man show,
Oscar Wilde's
The Picture of Dorian Gray,
has been invited back
as part of the
UNITED SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL™,
"an international festival for solo performances."
Adapted and directed by
Darya Gauthier
and associate produced by
Nicu's Spoon Theater,
The Picture of Dorian Gray
will be performed Off-Broadway at Theatre ROW.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
October 24, 2013
9:00pm
The Studio Theatre at Theatre ROW
410 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Tickets are available through Telecharge.
www.DorianGray.us
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APRIL 2013:
Michael just performed the role of
Tranio
in Instant Shakespeare's reading of
The Taming of the Shrew.
Michael just performed the role of
Tranio
in Instant Shakespeare's reading of
The Taming of the Shrew.