Michael Raver
{{short description|American actor, journalist, model, playwright (born 20th century)}}
{{Use mdy dates |date=December 2024}}
{{Use American English |date=December 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=December 2024}}
Michael Raver (born 20th century) is an American actor, journalist, model, and playwright.
Life and career
He was born in New York City.
He had his stage debut in Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy The Persians at the National Actor's Theater in 2007, alongside Len Cariou, Michael Stuhlbarg and Michael Potts. He portrayed physicist Richard Feynman in the 2015 television film How We Built the Bomb.
His adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was presented by Sonnet Repertory Theatre in 2012, starring Sam Underwood. His original plays include Fire on Babylon,{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FIRE-ON-BABYLON-Workshop-Set-for-2016-Fresh-Fruit-Festival-20160526|title=Fire on Babylon Workshop Set for 2016 Fresh Fruit Festival.|author=Peterson, Tyler |date=May 26, 2016 |publisher=BroadwayWorld |access-date= December 27, 2024}} Riptide{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Michael-Potts-More-to-Lead-Reading-of-New-Michael-Raver-Play-RIPTIDE-20150925|title=Michael Potts & More to Lead Reading of New Michael Raver Play Riptide|author= Peterson, Tyler |date=September 25, 2015|publisher=BroadwayWorld|access-date= December 27, 2024}} and Quiet Electricity.
Raver appeared as a model in men's underwear brand Ken Wroy's 2015 winter campaign and menswear clothier Kai D American Artisan's 2012 fall collection.
He has written articles for The Huffington Post, Playbill, Classical TV and the New York City Monthly about the performing arts, food and culture. Some of his interviewees have included KT Tunstall, Margaret Cho, Shawn Colvin, and Jewel.
He served as a judge for The Publishing Triangle's Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBT Fiction from 2014 through 2016.
{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3716948/|title=Michael Raver|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=29 October 2020}}
{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/wesley-taylor-lauren-molina-uncover-the-picture-of-dorian-gray-at-march-7-reading-com-176799|title=Wesley Taylor, Lauren Molina Uncover the Picture of Dorian Gray at March 7 Reading|first=Andrew|last=Gans|date=7 March 2011|website=Playbill|accessdate=29 October 2020}}
See also
{{Portal|Biography|Fashion|Film|New York City|Television|Theatre}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raver, Michael}}
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century American journalists
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:21st-century American male writers
Category:American male dramatists and playwrights
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male journalists
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Journalists from New York City
Category:Male actors from New York City
Category:Male models from New York (state)