UPCOMING!
Michael is currently finishing his MFA in Acting at the Old Globe / University of San Diego Shiley Graduate Theatre Program.
This September, Group 36 will be presenting their 2024 Actor Showcase in LA and NYC.
Our Los Angeles Showcase is September 23rd at 1PM and 7PM at the Garry Marshall Theater.
Our New York City Showcase is September 23rd at 1PM and 7PM at the Public Theatre - SHIVA.
RSVP HERE
This summer, he will be involved in their two Summer Shakespeare Festival productions - 'Henry 6, Part One: Flowers and France' and 'Henry 6, Part Two: Riot and Reckoning', adapted and direct by Barry Edelstein.
For more information on the training program, visit www.graduateacting.com
For more information on upcoming productions, visit www.theoldglobe.org
Reviews
Much Ado About Nothing
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 20 - August 7, 2022
"Robles’ powerfully portrayed Claudio, Leonato (Remo Airaldi) and Don Pedro (Michael Underhill) have a perfectly choreographed contemplation scene where the eavesdropping Benedick learns some interesting information" - by Jacquinn Sinclair, WBUR
"Michael Underhill’s Don Pedro is smugly cynical." - by Bill Marx, ArtsFuse
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 20 - August 7, 2022
"Robles’ powerfully portrayed Claudio, Leonato (Remo Airaldi) and Don Pedro (Michael Underhill) have a perfectly choreographed contemplation scene where the eavesdropping Benedick learns some interesting information" - by Jacquinn Sinclair, WBUR
"Michael Underhill’s Don Pedro is smugly cynical." - by Bill Marx, ArtsFuse
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Fred Sullivan
The Gamm Theatre
May 5th - 29th, 2022
"Michael Underhill does a superb job as the stalwart, earnest Lysander." - by John McDaid, Broadway World
"The play demands a large cast, but standing out as the four lovers are Angelique M. C'Dina (last seen in "An Octoroon" here,) Nora Eschenheimer, Erik Roble, and Michael Underhill. They are energetic, frantic, and funny..." - by: Will Demers, Edge Media Network
"...performances of note: Angelique C’Dina and Michael Underhill as Hermia and Lysander, the pretty-but-not-too-bright lovers who attempt to escape Athens to be married. (Pro tip: Don’t tell your unhinged best friend your plans.)" - By Kimberly Rau, WPRO
WITCH
Written By Jen Silverman
Directed by Rebecca Bradshaw
Huntington Theatre Company
July 21 - August 8, 2021
*Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor for a Large Theater -
Elliot Norton Awards - 2022
"The entertaining Jen Silverman narrative (running now through Nov. 14) is an adaptation of "The Witch of Edmonton" and focuses on the complicated relationship between Elizabeth Sawyer (Lyndsay Allyn Cox), the neighborhood outcast, and Scratch (Michael Underhill), a leather-clad devil. The two are natural talents with an onstage chemistry that's fun to watch." - Jacquinn Sinclair, WBUR
"We, meanwhile, are left to think about that flicker of attraction we see between the duo. The bantering energy Cox and Underhill bring to their exchanges quickens our interest." - Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
"Everybody wants and needs something, and the situation Silverman has created is ripe for a visit by the devil, known here by his pseudonym Scratch and winningly performed by Michael Underhill." - Rich Fahey, On Boston Stages
Written By Jen Silverman
Directed by Rebecca Bradshaw
Huntington Theatre Company
July 21 - August 8, 2021
*Nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor for a Large Theater -
Elliot Norton Awards - 2022
"The entertaining Jen Silverman narrative (running now through Nov. 14) is an adaptation of "The Witch of Edmonton" and focuses on the complicated relationship between Elizabeth Sawyer (Lyndsay Allyn Cox), the neighborhood outcast, and Scratch (Michael Underhill), a leather-clad devil. The two are natural talents with an onstage chemistry that's fun to watch." - Jacquinn Sinclair, WBUR
"We, meanwhile, are left to think about that flicker of attraction we see between the duo. The bantering energy Cox and Underhill bring to their exchanges quickens our interest." - Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
"Everybody wants and needs something, and the situation Silverman has created is ripe for a visit by the devil, known here by his pseudonym Scratch and winningly performed by Michael Underhill." - Rich Fahey, On Boston Stages
The Tempest
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 21 - August 8, 2021
"Michael Underhill is perfect as that goodly handsome prince, matching her innocence with his own noble exuberance, his open heart mirrored by a no-holds-barred delivery of his ardor. Underhill has steadily grown as an actor and has found his own rhythm within Shakespeare’s meter." - Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce's Choices
"… that is, until Miranda and her newfound beloved Ferdinand (Michael Underhill, a hero anyone would happily follow) teach the old magician the power of love and restore his humanity." - Bob Verini, New York Stage Review
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Steven Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 21 - August 8, 2021
"Michael Underhill is perfect as that goodly handsome prince, matching her innocence with his own noble exuberance, his open heart mirrored by a no-holds-barred delivery of his ardor. Underhill has steadily grown as an actor and has found his own rhythm within Shakespeare’s meter." - Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce's Choices
"… that is, until Miranda and her newfound beloved Ferdinand (Michael Underhill, a hero anyone would happily follow) teach the old magician the power of love and restore his humanity." - Bob Verini, New York Stage Review
King John
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kimberly Gaughan
Praxis Stage
January 30 - February 16, 2020
"Underhill is masterfully dynamic, seeming to age over the course of a few hours, and successfully navigating the antagonistic implications of a deceptively pitiful hero... Underhill introduces complexity to a season which seems to examine, in two female-directed productions, how women navigate misogyny in the context of war. Underhill's king shows the ways in which the fragile male ego, a major political disadvantage in both plays, is an equal impediment to those who enforce and enact its continuity as it is to its more immediate victims." - Andrew Child, Broadway World Boston
"As the title character, Michael Underhill turns in a remarkably confident Shakespearean performance. It’s not immediately apparent as the show’s first act doesn’t give him a ton to do, but it’s there in the details. He doesn’t lock up at the prospect of working with a poetic text. There’s a looseness in how he holds himself as he slinks across the stage. It’s not a stagey performance, the lines slip out of his mouth with a natural ease. That first act sets the groundwork for the second half when John faces a moral dilemma and Underhill finally has something to skink his teeth into."
- James Wilkinson, Theatre Mirror
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Kimberly Gaughan
Praxis Stage
January 30 - February 16, 2020
"Underhill is masterfully dynamic, seeming to age over the course of a few hours, and successfully navigating the antagonistic implications of a deceptively pitiful hero... Underhill introduces complexity to a season which seems to examine, in two female-directed productions, how women navigate misogyny in the context of war. Underhill's king shows the ways in which the fragile male ego, a major political disadvantage in both plays, is an equal impediment to those who enforce and enact its continuity as it is to its more immediate victims." - Andrew Child, Broadway World Boston
"As the title character, Michael Underhill turns in a remarkably confident Shakespearean performance. It’s not immediately apparent as the show’s first act doesn’t give him a ton to do, but it’s there in the details. He doesn’t lock up at the prospect of working with a poetic text. There’s a looseness in how he holds himself as he slinks across the stage. It’s not a stagey performance, the lines slip out of his mouth with a natural ease. That first act sets the groundwork for the second half when John faces a moral dilemma and Underhill finally has something to skink his teeth into."
- James Wilkinson, Theatre Mirror
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Written By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Peter DuBois
Huntington Theatre Company
September 20 - October 20, 2019
"The roster of supporting actors comprises a who’s-who of Boston acting talent, enjoyable to watch even though “R&G’’ doesn’t really give them enough to do: Melinda Lopez as Gertrude, Ed Hoopman as Claudius, Ken Cheeseman as Polonius, Omar Robinson as Horatio, and the likes of Laura Latreille, Dale Place, Kadahj Bennett, Michael Underhill, and Marc Pierre in various roles." - Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
Written By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Peter DuBois
Huntington Theatre Company
September 20 - October 20, 2019
"The roster of supporting actors comprises a who’s-who of Boston acting talent, enjoyable to watch even though “R&G’’ doesn’t really give them enough to do: Melinda Lopez as Gertrude, Ed Hoopman as Claudius, Ken Cheeseman as Polonius, Omar Robinson as Horatio, and the likes of Laura Latreille, Dale Place, Kadahj Bennett, Michael Underhill, and Marc Pierre in various roles." - Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
Cymbeline
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 17 - August 4, 2019
FREE on the Boston Common
"Jonathan Higginbotham and Michael Underhill roll around and tussle like bear cubs until they must take on the weight and pomp of their inheritance." - Carolyn Clay, WBUR ARTery
"The two lads, who have the rowdy demeanor and grooming habits of the Wildlings in “Game of Thrones,’’ have a connection to Imogen that none of them knows about. Their scenes are eventful, and Gleadow, Higginbotham, and Underhill bring a lot of energy..." Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
"He’s cooked up some amusing business involving the wild and wooly long lost sons of Cymbeline played by the musclebound duo of Jonathan Higginbotham and Michael Underhill..." Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce's Choices
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 17 - August 4, 2019
FREE on the Boston Common
"Jonathan Higginbotham and Michael Underhill roll around and tussle like bear cubs until they must take on the weight and pomp of their inheritance." - Carolyn Clay, WBUR ARTery
"The two lads, who have the rowdy demeanor and grooming habits of the Wildlings in “Game of Thrones,’’ have a connection to Imogen that none of them knows about. Their scenes are eventful, and Gleadow, Higginbotham, and Underhill bring a lot of energy..." Don Aucoin, The Boston Globe
"He’s cooked up some amusing business involving the wild and wooly long lost sons of Cymbeline played by the musclebound duo of Jonathan Higginbotham and Michael Underhill..." Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce's Choices
Photo by Maggie Hall
Photograph 51
Written By Anna Ziegler
Directed by Rebecca Bradshaw
Central Square Theatre
March 14 - April 14, 2019
"REVISING HISTORY: PHOTOGRAPH 51 AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER" - Maggie Brady, Dig Boston
"...the appropriately energetic turn by Underhill" - Jack Craib, South Shore Critic
Written By Anna Ziegler
Directed by Rebecca Bradshaw
Central Square Theatre
March 14 - April 14, 2019
"REVISING HISTORY: PHOTOGRAPH 51 AT CENTRAL SQUARE THEATER" - Maggie Brady, Dig Boston
"...the appropriately energetic turn by Underhill" - Jack Craib, South Shore Critic
Photo credit Courtesy of Huntington Theatre Company/Photo by T. Charles Erickson
Man In The Ring
Written by Michael Cristofer
Directed by Michael Greif
Huntington Theatre Company
November 17 - December 23, 2018
"STELLAR! PACKS A PUNCH! Directed with inventive muscularity by Michael Greif (Rent, Dear Evan Hansen).” — The Boston Globe
"Simply a masterpiece. THE BEST PRODUCTION ONSTAGE NOW!”— Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce's Choices
"A moving and tender story about holding and finding your own when the world has boxed you in.”— Jared Bowen, WGBH
Written by Michael Cristofer
Directed by Michael Greif
Huntington Theatre Company
November 17 - December 23, 2018
"STELLAR! PACKS A PUNCH! Directed with inventive muscularity by Michael Greif (Rent, Dear Evan Hansen).” — The Boston Globe
"Simply a masterpiece. THE BEST PRODUCTION ONSTAGE NOW!”— Joyce Kulhawik, Joyce's Choices
"A moving and tender story about holding and finding your own when the world has boxed you in.”— Jared Bowen, WGBH
Photo by: Evgenia Eliseeva
Richard III
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Steve Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 16 - August 5, 2018
"Michael Underhill, as Richmond, is dashing and exuberant..." - Boston Arts Diary
"Michael Underhill's feisty Richmond..." - Jules Becker, My South End
Written By William Shakespeare
Directed by Steve Maler
Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
July 16 - August 5, 2018
"Michael Underhill, as Richmond, is dashing and exuberant..." - Boston Arts Diary
"Michael Underhill's feisty Richmond..." - Jules Becker, My South End
Photo Credit: Maggie Hall Photography
Hotel Nepenthe
Written By John Kuntz
Directed by Alex Lonati
Brownbox Theatre Project
"Hotel Nepenthe" By Killian Melloy / EDGE Boston
"The Goings On at Hotel Nepenthe" By Rev. Irene Monroe / MySouthEnd
"The Hotel Nepenthe is a Wild Ride Through Alternate Universes" By Mike Hoban / TheaterMirror
"Here's looking at you, and your other you, kid, kid, kid..." By Bishop Knight / New England Theater Geek
Written By John Kuntz
Directed by Alex Lonati
Brownbox Theatre Project
"Hotel Nepenthe" By Killian Melloy / EDGE Boston
"The Goings On at Hotel Nepenthe" By Rev. Irene Monroe / MySouthEnd
"The Hotel Nepenthe is a Wild Ride Through Alternate Universes" By Mike Hoban / TheaterMirror
"Here's looking at you, and your other you, kid, kid, kid..." By Bishop Knight / New England Theater Geek
Photo by: Danielle Fauteaux-Jacques
Brilliant Adventures
by Allistair Macdowall (Apollinaire Theatre Company)
"...magnificently acted production..."
"Apollinaire's 'Brilliant Adventures' Lives Up To Its Name" By Jeremy Goodwin, WBUR's The ARTery
"Underhill has the gravitas needed to add moral complexity to a low level thug who has convinced himself that his terrible acts were the best choices in a menu of terrible options — and only realizes that he is a monster when face-to-face with someone worse."
"Realism Goes Time-Tripping" By Ian Thal, The ArtsFuse
"Although Rob is a bit of a ruffian, his love for his brother comes across clearly, and Underhill has found the perfect balance among the competing forces of anger, resentment, earnestness, and loyalty to make you empathize with Rob."
"Regional Reviews: Boston" By Sarah Chantal Parro, Talkin' Broadway
Brilliant Adventures
by Allistair Macdowall (Apollinaire Theatre Company)
"...magnificently acted production..."
"Apollinaire's 'Brilliant Adventures' Lives Up To Its Name" By Jeremy Goodwin, WBUR's The ARTery
"Underhill has the gravitas needed to add moral complexity to a low level thug who has convinced himself that his terrible acts were the best choices in a menu of terrible options — and only realizes that he is a monster when face-to-face with someone worse."
"Realism Goes Time-Tripping" By Ian Thal, The ArtsFuse
"Although Rob is a bit of a ruffian, his love for his brother comes across clearly, and Underhill has found the perfect balance among the competing forces of anger, resentment, earnestness, and loyalty to make you empathize with Rob."
"Regional Reviews: Boston" By Sarah Chantal Parro, Talkin' Broadway