“The Starlite Inn” is named Finalist at the Los Angeles Television and Script Festival, 2025.
“The Starlite Inn” is named Official Selection at the Las Vegas Film and Screenwriting Festival, 2025.
“The Starlite Inn” advances as a second rounder at the Austin Film Festival.
“The Lazy Susan” is published in Spellbinder, a quarterly literary journal in the UK. Autumn, 2025.
“The Starlite Inn” named Official Selection at Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, 2025. It will move on to compete for Best Play.
“Citizen No. 5,000,238 Has a Complaint” published in the sci-fi anthology Test Tube Theatre. Fresh Words Literary Magazine, July 2025.
Dramatic monologue “Non-Contact” published in Qutub Minar Review, July 2025.
That’s it. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported indie live theatre at the world premiere of The Starlite Inn.
Review from the Eureka Times-Standard, published May 29, 2025.
Mitch and Tisha Sloan, (producer/director) of The Starlite Inn have an interview on Wendy Butler’s “Art Attitude” show on Humboldt Hot Air. Topics include the origins of the Starlite Inn and insight into the production. Listen here: https://archive.org/details/art-attitude-starlite-inn-05162025
The Starlite Inn named an official selection at Purple Sky Int’l Film Festival 2025, from Hamburg, Germany.
Songs from Szechuan Garden named an official selection and will advance in competition at the Panther City Film Festival, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Stand-up at the Arcata Vets Hall May 15, 2025.
The Starlite Inn named winner for BEST PLAY at the Swedish International Film Festival 2025.
The Starlite Inn named Finalist for the Hollywood Screenings Film Festival 2025. Festival to be held May 3, 2025. UPDATE: Mitch was at the event. Starlite Inn won a prize in “BEST CONCEPT”.
The Starlite Inn tickets (May 22-24) are available here: https://100thmonkeyproductions.ludus.com
The Starlite Inn is named “Best Long Form Script” at the Bull City International Film and Screenplay Festival in Durham, North Carolina for 2025.
Mitch will play in longform improv with Present Company Improv March 15, 2025 at Exit Arcata.
Mitch has an interview on KHUM with host Jordan Dobbins on Feb 27, 2025. Topics of discussion include the writing of Songs from Szechuan Garden.
“Songs from Szechuan Garden” named BEST STAGE PLAY at the Oxford Script Awards. February 21, 2025
“Songs From Szechuan Garden” named Honorable Mention at NYC Play Reading Festival 2025.
Staged Reading of “The Starlite Inn” held at The Exit Theatre: Arcata on January 11, 2025. Featuring: Larry Crist, Mike Murdock, Rachel Houska, Ximena Gutierrez, and Mitch Finn.
Mitch has an Interview on Art Attitude about The Starlite Inn reading in January with Wendy Butler on December 29, 2024.
“Mom’s Apple Stamps” published in the North Coast Journal on December 4, 2024.
“Wuss Last Words” announced as Winner in the Mens’ Issues catagory at Round the Globe Film and Music Festival and will play at the Wildling Theater in Springfield, Oregon on October 20, 2024.
“Songs from Szechuan Garden” named FINALIST at the Las Vegas International Film and Screenwriting Festival in the stage play category, 2024.
“Wuss Last Words” named Official Selection of Woodburn Falls Film Festival 2024 (July, 2024).
“Backpacker’s Dilemma” at Exit Arcata, (June 2024)
Mitch acts in a dark comedy “The Backpacker’s Dilemma” by Daniel Lehman. Co-starring Vic Howard. Directed by Wendy Butler.
Short Play Festival – Times-Standard (Review)
Short Play Festival at Arcata’s EXIT Theatre – Mad River Union
“Foster Poet” at Exit Arcata, (June 2024)
Mitch directs the sketch comedy “Foster Poet” by Clinton Festa at the Exit Arcata. The cast includes players from improv: Levi Loria, Izzy Ferraro, Shannon Mathews, Ximana Sastrias, and Jeffrey Maiten. Performances on June 20-22.
EXIT Theatre Arcata presents ‘Short Play Festival’ – Times-Standard
Environmental Film Festival Official Selection 2024 for “Beautiful Specimen” (May 2024)
Dramatists Guild Membership (Feb 2024)
Staged Reading of “Songs from Szechuan Garden” (March 2024)
Exit Arcata, March 15th, 7:00pm
Present Company Improv (Jan 2023 – Present)
Long-form improv performing at Exit Arcata
“Wuss Last Words” Assembly Cut complete (March 2024)
“Scrimshaw” Longform Improv Set, Exit Arcata, (March 2024)
“Haunted Rail Tour” (Oct. 2023)
“Wuss Last Words” (Oct. 2023)
“Pintauro” (Aug-Sept 2023)
An evening of one-act plays from Joseph Pintauro’s Metropolitan Operas will be performed at the North Coast Reparatory Theater (Aug-Sept 2023). Mitch acts in dual roles.
Pintauro’s Defining Moments at NCRT | Front Row | North Coast Journal
“Sex in the Park” (6/23 – 6/24/23)
Mitch directs the short “Sex in the Park” by Jack Ruskin at the Exit Theater in Arcata with a stellar cast Ruthi Engelke and Brad Harrington.
Times Standard article “A Theatrical Journey“
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