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Michael Golamco is an American playwright and screenwriter for film and television. He is of Filipino and Chinese American descent.


Plays


''Achievers''

''Achievers'' (2001) was Golamco's first full-length play, and was read publicly in New York City by theater group Second Generation Productions. In 2001, a full production of the play was put on by a theater group called "Propergander" that included
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,
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,
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and others. The play was then produced at other universities including
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(the first university performance),
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,
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and in 2005, Stanford University. In 2006, Golamco wrote a feature film screenplay version of the play, which was turned into a film directed by Abraham Lim (who also helped co-write the screenplay), and which also starred
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and others - the film received positive reviews from publications such as
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, which called it a "a divertingly loopy experience by turns deadpan, surreal, and quietly poignant" with "cleverly interwoven plot strands, a lively mix of visuals, spot-on perfs and a cool soundtrack".


''The Shadow on the Moon''

Currently in development, ''The Shadow on the Moon'' is a self-described "hard-edged comedic and dramatic exploration of the link between religious awakening and mental illness." In August 2005, the play was publicly read in New York City with the theater company Second Generation Productions.


''Cowboy vs. Samurai''

Golamco's play ''Cowboy versus Samurai'' (2005) has run with the National Asian American Theater Company in New York, receiving favorable reviews from
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. The play was also produced in Seattle as well as in Canada at the Vancouver Asian Canada Theater company and in Hong Kong by Looking Glass Productions. The
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premiere of the play will be produced and staged by Artists at Play in the Fall of 2013. The Los Angeles premiere from Artists at Play was directed by Peter Kuo, and starred
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as Chester, West Liang as Travis Park, Julia Cho as Veronica Lee and Daniel Vincent Gordh as Del (the last two cast members also being from the Emmy Award-winning webseries ''
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''). The play has also been produced in Minneapolis (by Mu Performing Arts), Seattle (by SiS Productions), San Francisco (by the
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), San Diego, California (by Mo’olelo), and Dallas, Texas. ''Cowboy Versus Samurai'' was also selected by the
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for its All Access Open Stage Program, and is available in print in Smith and Kraus's ''New Playwrights: The Best Plays of 2006'' and ''The Best Stage Scenes of 2006''.


''Year Zero''

Golamco's play about Cambodian Americans growing up in Long Beach, ''Year Zero'' (2009), ran at the
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in New York City,
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in Chicago, and at the Colony Theater in Burbank, Los Angeles. ''Year Zero'' also was a Grand Prize winner of the Chicago Dramatists' Many Voices Project, and was nominated for a
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in the "Best New Work" category. In New York, the originating cast starred Mason Lee (son of director
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) as Vuthy, and
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played Vuthy and
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played Han when the production went to LA's Colony Theater (with Chiou also playing the role of Han in the Chicago production at the
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).


''Build''

Golamco's most recent play, ''Build'' (2012) premiered at the
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in Los Angeles during October to November 2012. The play concerns the story of two Silicon Valley legends struggling with coding their latest video game and dealing with a female artificial intelligence, or A.I. According to an article in LA Weekly, Golamco also immersed himself in the game ''
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'' in order to write the play.


Short plays

Golamco's short plays include ''Heartbreaker'' (2007), a predecessor to his full-length play ''Year Zero'' (2009). It featured the same Cambodian American teenage character of Vuthy (pronounced "Woo-tee") and was performed for Second Generation’s TEN Reading Series at New York’s
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in April–May 2007, has also been published in the anthology "BEST TEN MINUTE PLAYS OF 2007: 2 Actors" (Smith & Kraus 2007), and was also selected as a finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 2009 National Ten Minute Play Competition/Heideman Award. Another short play written by Golamco is ''Please Stand By'' (2008), about a girl named Wendy who has
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disorder and a fixation on '' Star Trek''. She has written a three hundred page script for a new ''Star Trek'' television series and needs to reach Los Angeles so that Joss Whedon can read it. And despite what her caregiver and younger sister wants, Wendy also desires her freedom. In 2008, the play was performed for Thumping Claw alongside one acts written by Carla Ching,
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and Lloyd Suh, starred
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, Monica Hong and Bernadette Bonfliglio, and was directed by Heidi Helen Davis. The short play is also the basis for Golamco's feature film screenplay of the same name, made into the film '' Please Stand By'' (2017), directed by Ben Lewin ('' The Sessions'') and starring
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as well as
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.


Accolades and awards

Golamco also received the Helen Merill Award, was a member of the
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's writing workshop, and is currently working on new play commissions from the
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and the
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. Golamco is also a member of the playwright collective
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.


Film, screenplays and teleplays

Golamco has also written the screenplay for the award-winning short film, ''Dragon of Love'' starring
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and directed by Doan La. He has also co-written a feature film entitled ''The Achievers'' (based on a stage play he wrote entitled "Achievers") with Abraham Lim, and also directed by Abraham Lim, starring
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,
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, Samantha Quan and Alexis Rhee. In 2014-2015, Golamco wrote a feature film screenplay entitled '' Please Stand By'', which was released in 2017, directed by
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('' The Sessions''), and also starring
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,
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and
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. In 2019, Golamco co-wrote the screenplay along with
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and
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for the film '' Always Be My Maybe'', directed by
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. In May 2019, Golamco was confirmed to co-write the '' Akira'' live action adaptation with
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(who was set to direct before exiting to direct '' Thor: Love and Thunder'').


Grimm

Golamco is currently a staff writer for the NBC television series ''
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''. For the series, he has written the teleplays for the episodes "You Don't Know Jack" (Season 4, episode 20) (2015), "Hibernaculum" (Season 4, episode 17) (2015), "Cry Luison" (Season 4, episode 5) (2014), "El Cucuy" (Season 3, episode 5) (2013) and "Synchronicity" (Season 3, episode 17) (2014), the story for the episode "The Law of Sacrifice" (Season 3, episode 18) (2014), and was a story editor for the episode "Thanks for the Memories" (Season 4, episode 1) (2014) of NBC's series ''Grimm''. He has also served as a story editor on episodes 2-16 of Season 4.


Education and background

Golamco is a graduate of
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(UCLA), where he majored in English literature. He also graduated from Redwood High School in
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Bibliography


Plays

* ''Build'' (2012) * ''Year Zero'' (2009) * ''Cowboy versus Samurai'' (2005) * ''The Shadow of the Moon'' (2005) * ''Achievers'' (2001)


Short plays

* ''Please Stand By'' (2008) * ''Heartbreaker'' (2007)


Screenplays

* ''Akira'' (TBA) (with
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) * '' Always Be My Maybe'' (2019) * '' Please Stand By'' (2017) * ''The Achievers'' (2006) * ''Dragon of Love'' (short) (2003)


Teleplays

* "You Don't Know Jack", ''
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'' (Season 4, episode 20) (2015) (written by) * "Hibernaculum", ''Grimm'' (Season 4, episode 17) (2015) (written by) * "Cry Luison", ''Grimm'' (Season 4, episode 5) (2014) (written by) * "Synchronicity", ''Grimm'' (Season 3, episode 17) (2014) (story and teleplay) * "El Cucuy", ''Grimm'' (Season 3, episode 5) (2013) (written by) * "The Law of Sacrifice", ''Grimm'' (Season 3, episode 18) (2014) (story) * "Thanks for the Memories", ''Grimm'' (Season 4, episode 1) (2014) (story editor) * "Rebirth", ''
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'' (Season 1, episode 8) (2018) (teleplay)


References


External links

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Interview with Playwright Michael Golamco
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