fletcher is up to something
Fletcher Michael is a writer & actor based in Brooklyn. So original, right?
Fletcher is the founder & top banana of Infinite Monkey Theater Company
it’s important to be earnest
appearing here on camera…on a camera
all the world’s a Stooge
acting is reacting
acting is also…this?
a shot of my head
i’ll never forget this cast — especially what’s-her-name
smugly signing my own novel
Chimp Cocktail (sketch comedy show)
Chimp Cocktail is composed of the most brilliant sketch comedy minds of the post-World War II, pre-World War III generation. These courageous morons joined forces to come up with almost one full hour of outrageous hahas. Whether you’ve been experiencing fever dreams or you would like to experience one for the first time, Chimp Cocktail is an absurd response to our absurd times.
Following a 10 show sold-out run at The PIT, Chimp Cocktail is heading Off-Broadway! Beginning May 1st, 2025, Chimp Cocktail has accepted a residency at The Players Theatre in the West Village. Chimp Cocktail headlined NYC SketchFest 2024, was named The PIT's Sketch Show of the Year, and will be performing at Edinburgh Fringe Fest 2025! Follow us on Instagram for upcoming shows, digital content, and more!
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SATIRE (pretentious humor)
PLAYWRITING & SCREENWRITING
Block Island is Somewhere (finalist, 2022 Tribeca Studios Film Festival Short Film Screenplay Competition)
King of Tema (screenwriter)
Chimp Cocktail - Sketch Comedy
Chimp Cocktail is composed of the most brilliant sketch comedy minds of the post-World War II, pre-World War III generation. These courageous morons joined forces to come up with almost one full hour of outrageous hahas. Whether you’ve been experiencing fever dreams or you would like to experience one for the first time, Chimp Cocktail is an absurd response to our absurd times.
Get tickets here!
PAST SHOWS:
Til Death Do Us Party - written & directed by Fletcher Michael and produced by Infinite Monkey Theater Company - was staged at the Hudson Guild Theater as part of the 2024 New York Theater Festival. Thank you to all who joined our audiences!
About the show:
A strange fruit tree growing in the middle of an AirBnB compels a gathered bachelor party to ditch bro-speak and communicate as though they've gone to therapy in this satire of yuppie male fragility.
PODCAST
if you love stupid podcasts, you’re going to really enjoy I’m Talkin’ Here!, a podcast about what brought people to New York, what keeps them here, and how long they think they can hack it.
(links coming soon)
SHORT STORIES
Selected Other Publications