Forty Hour Club

DRIVING THE NARRATIVE / 2019

Founded by Playwright and Director Michael Gorman and a collective of independent artists, “The Forty Hour Club”, is dedicated to creating productions that ask the question “To what consequence?” The productions focus on the economic, environmental and systemic destruction facing working communities and the paramount issue of sustainability.

Mike and the Forty Hour Club are currently working on an epic project “Chasing the New White Whale”, that includes a series of environmental installations and performances, as well as a trilogy of plays--“The Honor and Glory of Whaling” — that deals with the issue of opiate addiction in the commercial fishing community of New England. 
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Mike's newest play "Chasing The New White Whale" premiered Nov-Dec 2018 in The Ellen Stewart Theater at La MaMa in NYC, where Mike is the newly appointed 'Playwright in Residence.'

Mike Gorman is a wonderful, iconoclastic, fascinating playwright.”

—Martin Denton, Indie Theater Now

Fedallah and the Phantoms / Staged reading series at LaMama Theatre and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art

Fishing for Paradise / Multi-media installation and staged reading at La Mama Galleria, New York City

Arts & Advocacy

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If you’re interested in partnering with the Forty Hour Club on an upcoming event or production, please contact us. We are always interested in creating new models that combine arts and advocacy to explore
​critical social, cultural and environmental issues.

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