Michelle Wilson

Michelle Wilson is a Tony nominated American actress known for her work on Broadway in Sweat and A Raisin in the Sun. Other New York credits include Sweat (Public Theater), Detroit '67(Public Theater), New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Lark, Classical Theater of Harlem and the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference.Selected regional: Detroit '67 (Baltimore Center Stage and Detroit Public Theatre), Follow Me to Nellie's, The People Before the Park (Premiere Stages), Fahrenheit 451, For Colored Girls (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), Two Trains Running (Goodman Theatre), Indiana Rep, Stella Adler Theater (Los Angeles). TV/Film: "Blue Bloods," "E.R.," Reverse Cowgirl, Nehemiah (2014 Pan African Film Fest), Sink, and The Bicycle (2014 Pan African Film Fest).

The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)

Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Krejčí
CAST:  Chloë Sevigny  •  Jaeden Martell  •  John Turturro  •  Eve Hewson

Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Krejčí
CAST:  Chloë Sevigny  •  Jaeden Martell  •  John Turturro  •  Eve Hewson

Premature (2020)

The summer before she leaves for college, Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious outsider Isaiah; her entire world is turned upside down as she navigates the demanding terrain of young love against a changing Harlem landscape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rashaad Ernesto Green
CAST:  Zora Howard  •  Joshua Boone  •  Michelle Wilson  •  Alexis Marie Wint

The summer before she leaves for college, Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious outsider Isaiah; her entire world is turned upside down as she navigates the demanding terrain of young love against a changing Harlem landscape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rashaad Ernesto Green
CAST:  Zora Howard  •  Joshua Boone  •  Michelle Wilson  •  Alexis Marie Wint

Between the World and Me (2020)

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamilah Forbes
CAST:  Ta-Nehisi Coates  •  Angela Bassett  •  Alicia Garza  •  Jharrel Jerome

Based on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ #1 New York Times bestseller and originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater, this special combines elements of that production - including powerful readings from Coates’ book - with documentary footage from the actors’ home life, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kamilah Forbes
CAST:  Ta-Nehisi Coates  •  Angela Bassett  •  Alicia Garza  •  Jharrel Jerome

Clean (2022)

Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good intentions mark him a target of a local crime boss, Clean is forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Solet
CAST:  Glenn Fleshler  •  Richie Merritt  •  John Bianco  •  Dinora Walcott

Tormented by a past life, garbage man Clean attempts a life of quiet redemption. But when his good intentions mark him a target of a local crime boss, Clean is forced to reconcile with the violence of his past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Solet
CAST:  Glenn Fleshler  •  Richie Merritt  •  John Bianco  •  Dinora Walcott

A Love Song (2022)

Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Walker-Silverman
CAST:  Dale Dickey  •  Wes Studi  •  Michelle Wilson  •  Benja K. Thomas

Two childhood sweethearts, now both widowed, share a night by a lake in the mountains.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Walker-Silverman
CAST:  Dale Dickey  •  Wes Studi  •  Michelle Wilson  •  Benja K. Thomas

Someone Will Assist You Shortly (2021)

SOMEONE WILL ASSIST YOU SHORTLY explores a hospice nurse's panic and isolation as he cares for his abusive and cognitively impaired father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Levenson
CAST:  Reed Birney  •  Michelle Wilson  •  Frank De Julio  •  Lucy Owen

SOMEONE WILL ASSIST YOU SHORTLY explores a hospice nurse's panic and isolation as he cares for his abusive and cognitively impaired father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Levenson
CAST:  Reed Birney  •  Michelle Wilson  •  Frank De Julio  •  Lucy Owen