MICHAEL RONCA (he/they) is an actor, writer, director and teaching artist based in NYC and the Greater Philadelphia area. His first form of live theatre was going to local professional-wrestling at a in the back of a farmer’s market. When it comes to writing, Michael is especially intrigued by the idea of pity and why we feel it. Currently, Michael is procrastinating writing his thesis for his MFA in Playwriting from Columbia and is the script assistant and dramaturg for MCC’s production of Anne Washburn’s Anon, directed by Anne Kauffman. He was also recently the Bookwriting Fellow for the Off-Broadway revival of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and participated in The 24 Hour Plays Nationals. As a writer: Sprawl (National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist, SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series Finalist 2022), Live The Fourth (SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series 2025, Industry Reading 2026), Poser (Nashville Film Festival Finalist), Jobber (Blacklist Top List 2024, Nashville Film Festival Finalist), Sinkin’ City, USA (Climate Action New Play Collective at DePaul University), An Adaptation of Julius Caesar (Columbia University). As a director: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Facetime Theatre), Something Rotten (TSSYT), The Wolves (Site Unseen Theatre Co.), Bright Half Life (Columbia University), Nine Muses Lab Fellow. Member of the Dramatist Guild. Founder of Site Unseen Theatre Company (@siteunseentheatre) BFA Drama and Dramatic Writing, NYU Tisch. MFA Playwriting Columbia University. @roncasaurus”