Paul Michael’s play The G.O.A.T., or Who Is Ximone? was recently named a FINALIST for the 2024 National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. According to the very fancy (and squeal-inducing) email he received: “Approximately 5% of our 1500+ script submissions make it to this phase of the process each year.” It’s an honor just to be nominated and featured on this amazing list.

Along with certified geniuses (and all around cool people) Tatiana Rodriguez and Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, Paul Michael will be presenting at the 2024 ATHE conference on the panel Reverberations of the Black Arts Movement: Re-Envisioning the Narrative. He is so excited to return to the ATHE community and learn from the scholar-artists there!

A full cast photo of brother sister cyborg space at Raven Theatre. (IYKYK)