Not Approved For Cancer Treatment

Michael Thomas Cain is an award winning and critically acclaimed writer, director, and producer for film and theatre working mostly in and around New York City and just completed the feature film TOP HATE (Director, Editor, Producer, etc.). Recent films written and directed by Michael are "Not Approved For Cancer Treatment" (Austin Revolution Film Festival, Chelsea Film Festival, Indie Gathering International Film Festival, etc.) and "Eliminated" (Chelsea Film Festival, Indie Gathering International Film Festival, etc.). Michael is the founder of Forgotten Artist Productions (a full-service production company), and in the last few years, this production company has produced several film projects that have been screened at prominent international film festivals and collected numerous film awards and nominations at these festivals. In May of 2022, Michael wrote and directed the play version of “Not Approved For Cancer Treatment” in the New York Theater Festival. In 2017, Michael directed and produced FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH ELLEN written by Andrew Selig as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festivity. In recent years, Michael wrote and directed WHERE ART LIVES (performed at UNDER St. Marks Theater) and “Eliminated” (performed at Manhattan Repertory Theatre) for the stage, and he directed two Marlin Thomas plays titled “I Never Heard Such Silence” (performed at Manhattan Repertory Theatre and the 13th Street Repertory Theatre) and “Germaine and Diane” (performed at the Jewel Box Theater as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival). In 2012, Michael wrote, directed, and produced ENOUGH’S ENOUGH! at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club as part of the NY International Fringe Festival, and in March 2023, ENOUGH’S ENOUGH! had a staged performance by the UR Here Theater Company in Fresno, California. Michael has earned an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from Adelphi University and a B.A. in Communications/Theatre from Augusta College. In addition to his creative pursuits, Michael is a college/university educator in and around New York City (including New York Film Academy) and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America.