Michael Friedman

Michael Friedman is a founding artist of The Civilians, and has written music and lyrics for the company's Canard Canard Goose, Gone Missing, Nobody's Lunch, This Beautiful City, In the Footprint, The Great Immensity, and Pretty Filthy; he also wrote music for Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns..., and co-created the company's 2012 TED Talk. Other works include the musicals The Fortress of Solitude, Love's Labour's Lost, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Unknown Soldier, and Saved. With Steve Cosson, he is the co-author of Paris Commune.