(JUNE 19, 2024) The Forty Hour Club is excited to announce that our new Documentary Short Film, A PHANTOM SONG,
is an official selection of The Maine International Film Festival in Waterville!
The film will screen on Saturday July 20 at 1:00 & Sunday July 21 at 3:00pm.
Read The Bangor Daily News Press Release HERE:
is an official selection of The Maine International Film Festival in Waterville!
The film will screen on Saturday July 20 at 1:00 & Sunday July 21 at 3:00pm.
Read The Bangor Daily News Press Release HERE:
The Pequod, Or, The Lifeboat
Radio Story by Producer Emily Reeves, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies.
Story of Michael Gorman's epic artistic quest—from theaters, to job sites, to a recovery center in Augusta, Maine.
Winner Best Student Documentary 2023 New York Festivals Radio Awards!
Radio Story by Producer Emily Reeves, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies.
Story of Michael Gorman's epic artistic quest—from theaters, to job sites, to a recovery center in Augusta, Maine.
Winner Best Student Documentary 2023 New York Festivals Radio Awards!
Maine Playwright Channels Message About addiction Into a Musical
September 2, 2022, ERIC RUSSELL, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (Front page Feature Story)
September 2, 2022, ERIC RUSSELL, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (Front page Feature Story)
Maine playwright explores the effects of opiate addiction on the fishing community in a new play
September 2, 2022. FEATURE RADIO STORY by KEITH SHORTALL, MAINE PUBLIC RADIO.
September 2, 2022. FEATURE RADIO STORY by KEITH SHORTALL, MAINE PUBLIC RADIO.
Rockland Playwright's New Work Explores a Fatal Overdose's Effect on a Fishing Family
September 1, 2022. FEATURE STORY by JUDY HARRISON, BANGOR DAILY NEWS.
September 1, 2022. FEATURE STORY by JUDY HARRISON, BANGOR DAILY NEWS.
TELEVISION FEATURE STORY/INTERVIEW
by EMMA SMITH, GOOD MORNING MAINE SHOW, ABC 7/WFVX Bangor, ME. (Aired 9/18 & 9/19 2022)
by EMMA SMITH, GOOD MORNING MAINE SHOW, ABC 7/WFVX Bangor, ME. (Aired 9/18 & 9/19 2022)
No Way Out But Through Art
Forty Hour Club Aims to Harpoon The Whale of Addiction
AUGUST 31, 2021 - ETHAN ANDREWS, THE FREE PRESS (ROCKLAND, ME)
Forty Hour Club Aims to Harpoon The Whale of Addiction
AUGUST 31, 2021 - ETHAN ANDREWS, THE FREE PRESS (ROCKLAND, ME)
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DEC 6, 2018— THE BRINY is a podcast by radio producer Matt Frassica about our connections to the sea. Listen to his interview with Mike.
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The Art of Addiction: Play Shines Light on Maritime Opioid Abuse
NOV 29, 2018 (ONLINE), JANUARY 2019 (PRINT) — by CAROLINE LOSNECK for NATIONAL FISHERMAN (PORTLAND, ME)
NOV 29, 2018 (ONLINE), JANUARY 2019 (PRINT) — by CAROLINE LOSNECK for NATIONAL FISHERMAN (PORTLAND, ME)
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NOV 26, 2018— Michael Gorman (Playwright) & Arthur Adair (Director) are interviewed by Janet Coleman
for WBAI Public Radio (NYC) about their new play "Chasing The New White Whale".
for WBAI Public Radio (NYC) about their new play "Chasing The New White Whale".
Midcoast to Manhattan: New White Whale Opens at La MaMa
NOV 21, 2018 — DAGNEY ERNST, COURIER GAZETTE (ROCKLAND, ME)
NOV 21, 2018 — DAGNEY ERNST, COURIER GAZETTE (ROCKLAND, ME)
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Chasing Moby Dick Into the 21st Century
OCT 14, 2018- BOB KEYES, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (PORTLAND, ME)
Playwright Mike Gorman Explores The Ruinous Effects of The Opiate Epidemic on the Commercial Fishing Industry Using
Mellville's 19th Century Monster as a Metaphor for the Modern Plague of Addiction.
OCT 14, 2018- BOB KEYES, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (PORTLAND, ME)
Playwright Mike Gorman Explores The Ruinous Effects of The Opiate Epidemic on the Commercial Fishing Industry Using
Mellville's 19th Century Monster as a Metaphor for the Modern Plague of Addiction.
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Playwright Michael Gorman Explores Opiate Addiction, Commercial Fishing, & Moby Dick
FEB 1, 2018- KAY STEPHENS, PENOBSCOT BAY PILOT (ROCKLAND, ME)
FEB 1, 2018- KAY STEPHENS, PENOBSCOT BAY PILOT (ROCKLAND, ME)
Space Gallery announces $65,000 in funding for 13 Maine artists
DEC 1, 2017- BOB KEYES, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (PORTLAND, ME)
Winners of this year's Kindling Fund grants (Andy Warhol Foundation) include a multi-discipline effort by playwright Michael Gorman
on how the opioid epidemic is affecting the fishing community.
DEC 1, 2017- BOB KEYES, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (PORTLAND, ME)
Winners of this year's Kindling Fund grants (Andy Warhol Foundation) include a multi-discipline effort by playwright Michael Gorman
on how the opioid epidemic is affecting the fishing community.
"THE HONOR AND GLORY OF WHALING" at Rockland Arts Center Explores Fishing & Addiction
JUNE 6, 2017- BOB KEYES, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (PORTLAND, ME)
JUNE 6, 2017- BOB KEYES, PORTLAND PRESS HERALD (PORTLAND, ME)
