Artist

Mike Batistick is the author of three critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway plays: Chicken, Port Authority Throw Down and Ponies. Ponies was designated as a New York Times Critics Pick when it was released as a film in 2012. In television, he has written for FX’s The Americans and Dick Wolf’s Chicago PD on NBC. His original pilot We Counted Your Knives is currently in development with USA Network. Other plays include Bodega Lung Fat (Public Theater New Work Now) and Flag (Hangar Theater in Ithaca, NY). Member: MCC Playwrights Coalition. Commissions: Atlantic Theater, Working Theater. A graduate of Julliard’s writing program, he grew up in New Jersey and went to undergrad at Fordham University in the Bronx. His plays are available through Dramatists Play Service.