Mike Czuba

Mike Czuba is a writer with a BFA and MFA in Playwriting. Originally from Montreal, he is currently a Theatre Instructor at the University of Calgary and co-founder of the performance collective Dancing Monkey Laboratories (dancingmonkeylab.com). Most recently he released a book called NO SHORTCUTS – The Five Chambers, a Practical Guide to Finding Your Own Creative Process. His play I AM I (Original Works Publishing) has been internationally produced. A scene from his play REPRISE is published in Playwrights Canada Press’ anthology, Refractions: Scenes (2020). Multiple plays have been presented in Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Texas, Berlin and Amsterdam. His most recent play AFTER MOURNING, BEFORE VAN GOGH, about Johanna Bonger, the woman who saved van Gogh’s art, has had staged readings in Calgary, Red Deer, Beaumont-Texas, Ontario, Chicago, and in Edmonton – with a World Premiere by Shadow Theatre, coming up in March 2025.