After a successful premier run at The Hollywood Fringe Festival, Teoli’s new musical, “Housewife ‘52” received a BEST MUSICAL nomination. Created and written by John Wuchte, the show features songs co-written by Wuchte and Teoli. Teoli also Arranged, Music Directed and played guitar in the show.
Rihanna's Fenty Beauty
Rihann'a’s Fenty Beauty held an influencer event in Hollywood this past February, 2022. Teoli was tasted with creating the music for the featured presentation of the night. Rihanna herself was in attendance and presented the event.
Rihanna outside the event.
Greg Is Here
Michael recently wrapped the short film documentary, “Greg Is Here” by Brett Nicoletti which will premier at the 2022 Sunscreen Film Festival!!!
One Way Ticket To Oregon
Rescheduled from they’re pre-pandemic plans, “One Way Ticket To Oregon” features several original music tracks from Michael Teoli. Playing NOW at The Blue Door!
Mystic Seaport Museum
Michael recently scored a handful of corporate spots for Mystic Seaport Museum created by Brett Nicoletti at Smile Films. Click to watch This Is MSM, Shipyard, and Donors for free now!
Division
Composer
Michael recently completed scoring Jaime Andrews’ first feature film, Division. More details to follow.
Housewife, 1952
Michael continues his partnership with John Wuchte and Kick Boom Theater as they present the new musical experience, Housewife, 1952, opening June 5th at the Hollywood Fringe Festival!
The Trees
Written by Teoli’s longtime friend and collaborator Joe Fria, and directed by the wonderful Jillian Armenante, Michael was thrilled to join a fantastic team to create a sizzle short film on what will hopefully season into a full length feature.
Gatsby an Immersive Illumination
Though now a seasoned theatre veteran, Gatsby an Immersive Illumination Chapter 1: East Egg is Michael’s first time creating an original score for immersive theatre! The show Directed by Kristen Boulé and presented by 2Cents Theatre is running NOW and Michael’s jazz score has already been mentioned in nearly every review!
Still Waiting For Lefty
Michael was commissioned to create an original song to act as a “sister song” to We Didn’t Start The Fire for Gregory Craft’s original play, Still Waiting For Lefty playing at the 2021 Hollywood Fringe Festival! The song, “We Didn’t Light The Match” is an original “list song” that covers popular culture and events from 1989 (when We Didn’t Start The Fire was released) to present day. Music video coming soon!!!
Hold Your Breath
Again teaming up with The Bag director, Jeremy Shipp, Michael had a great time scoring the horror short, Hold Your Breath. More info coming soon!!!
Released, Not Free
Released, Not Free Ten unique voices of experience, determined to stay on the road to redemption, share their stories in a 40 minute film created and directed by Michael Kearns. Presented by Skylight Live! Music by Michael Teoli.
SHOUT!
Teoli is excited to create original music for the Virtual West Coast Premiere of SHOUT!, an anthology of personal narratives by LGBTQ veterans Directed by Herb Hall for The Museum of the American Military Family.
Hey Esther
Michael was thrilled to again work with Hotline director, Rebecca Larsen on her follow up short, Hey Esther! the film also features the amazing Carrie Keranen and Regular Show alumni William Salyers
TONYA WINS 4 Broadway World Awards!!!
TheatreZone’s production of Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera won 4 Broadway World Regional Awards including Production of a Musical of The Decade! Director Mark Danni took home Director of The Decade for his work on the show. Tlaloc Lopez-Watermann set design won set design of the decade, and our Nancy, Whitney Winfield took home the gold for Vocalist Of The Decade!!! Congrats to all!!!
ADOBE MAX - COVID-19 SPOT
Michael was thrilled to work with Adobe, C41 Media and director, Peter Sillen, scoring Adobe’s covid-19 PSA that will premiere at Adobe Max. Watch the video here!!!
Video Palace: In Search of the Eyeless Man
The world of the hit Shudder podcast VIDEO PALACE is BACK! While this time in book form, with Teoli’s memorable theme being used in the audiobook.
A collection of chilling stories from the leading writers in horror and suspense exploring elusive urban legends.
In the popular podcast Video Palace, Mark Cambria, aided by his girlfriend Tamra Wulff, investigated the origins of a series of esoteric white videotapes. Cambria went missing in pursuit of these tapes, but not before hearing whispers of an ominous figure called the Eyeless Man.
Fascinated by the podcast and Cambria’s disappearance, Maynard Wills, PhD, a professor of folklore, embarks on his own investigation into the origins of the tapes and the Eyeless Man, who he believes has lurked in the dark corners of media culture and urban legends for at least seventy-five years. As part of his study, he has invited popular writers of horror and gothic fiction to share their own Eyeless Man stories, whether heard around the campfire or experienced themselves.
Get swept away in this thrilling and terrifying collection of tales from contributors including:
-Bob DeRosa
-Meirav Devash and Eddie McNamara
-Owl Goingback
-Brea Grant
-Merrin J. McCormick
-Rebekah and David Ian McKendry
-Ben Rock
-John Skipp
-Graham Skipper
-Gordon B. White
-Tamra Wulff and Mary Phillips-Sandy
GETATAXLAWYER.COM Jingle & Commercial Spots
Michael created the jingle for American Tax Solutions’ GETATAXLAWYER.COM which has now been featured in multiple spots all over television and Dodgers games in Los Angeles. Teoli also created the scoring for multiple TV spots for ATS.
The Venardos Circus
Michael composed and produced the music for The Venardos Circus’ new show, Wanderlust! The circus tours nationally.
Weekend At Jesus's
Michael scored Barry Finnegan’s 25 minute comedy short, Weekend At Jesus’s.