Michael Sharp

Michael Sharp has committed his efforts to building a just world, both as an attorney and as the founder of a focused lending platform, SharpAnderson Capital. Throughout his life, he made an effort to write and perform in theatrical works that directly address the growing threat to democracy that we now find ourselves. He studied theatrical technique at HB Studio with Austin Pendleton and Edward Machado. He developed a TV pilot based on drug addiction in the legal and corporate world, with Robert Nathan and Anthony Edwards (“Knifework”). He workshopped “SpottedDog”, reflecting the lessons of 9/11, with both Craig Lucas, featuring Ben Shenkman and Anthony Edwards, with further reading with Eduardo Machado. He has authored numerous plays and worked in film and television. These include “No Fences”, the life of a black cow hand in 1880’s US and Canada, “I’m Not Henry”, a story of abuse and repressed memory among working class New Yorkers, and he is working on a television pilot “Aegyptus”, dealing with sex and gender in Roman era Egypt. He is a former board member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association; completed numerous Iron Man triathlons as a sponsored athlete, and is supported by his wife Denise and by his three daughters, Emily, Olivia, and Sofia. He has been involved in homeless shelter work, passionate animal rescue efforts, and has served as a counselor and mentor to many young men in drug and alcohol induced crisis.