Mike Kiernan (writer and performer) As a young man, Kiernan read Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln. This began a lifelong interest in this president and the Civil War. A study of the literature and letters of the Civil War period reveals many of the sources that Benet used for John Brown's Body, including Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln. Kiernan has gone to many of those same sources and written additional vignettes. Kiernan is a professional actor appearing in regional theater in the Boston area. He also performs in commercial and industrial films and videos.

MIKE KIERNAN Mike Kiernan has written and since 1998 has been performing in his one-person play called Lincoln. Directed by Tom Hunter, the play is about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. Much of the material is based on Steven Vincent Benet's John Brown's Body. Kiernan plays several different characters in the play. He performs for schools and colleges and other special audiences. He was nominated in 1999 for Best Solo Performance Award by the Independent Reviewers of New England. Kiernan is a founding director and is the president/treasurer of the New England Repertory Company. This is a small company of actors, writers, dancers, choreographers and musicians based in Providence, RI at the Bell Street Chapel and in Mansfield, MA at the MMAS Black Box Theater. Tom Hunter is the artistic director. OTHER RECENT THEATER CREDITS Our Town - (Narrator/Director), NERC, Lady of Sorrows, Sharon, MA American Dream - (Director), NERC, MMAS Black Box Theater One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - (Ruckly) Orpheum Theater, Foxboro, MA Rip Van Winkle - (Characters) Orpheum Theater, Foxboro, MA Morning's at Seven - (David) Walpole Footlighters, Walpole, MA Come Blow Your Horn - (Harry Baker) Orpheum Theater, Foxboro, MA Lost in Yonkers - (Director) MMAS Black Box Theater Art by Yasmina Reza - (Director)  MMAS Black Box Theater Social Security (Dave)  -   Mill River Theater, Central Falls, RI Fantasticks  (Henry)  -  MMAS Black Box Theater, Mansfield, MA Greetings  -   ( Phil Gorski)       Walpole Footlighters,Walpole, MA St. Joseph On His Head -  (Old Man)   New England Rep, Bell Street For A Winter’s Night -  (Old Narrator)  New England Rep, Bell Street Hello, Out There -   (Sheriff)      New England Rep, Bell Street Christmas Feast -   (Story Teller)     New England Rep, MA/RI Tour All My Sons -    (Jim Bayless)      New England Rep, Dean Theater Ten Little Indians - (Rogers)       NQAT Theater, N. Quincy, MA Broadway Bound  -   (Ben)       NQAT Theater, N. Quincy, MA A Few Good Men  - (Markinson)  Friends of the Drama, Arlington, MA The Crucible -    (Putnam)     Footlight Club, Boston, MA Bus Stop  - (Carl) Orpheum Theater, Foxboro, MA TRAINING Kiernan has been studying acting with Tom Hunter in his Advanced Acting Workshop for the past seven years. He studied voice with Blaine Cory for two years. March, 2004