Michael  Horn

For a production of the Wizard of Oz, we needed practical flames that could burst forth when the wizard projection appears: These are...

ThinkTank TYA commissioned an apple (actually two apples, including the backup) for a production of The Giver that performed at...

This magic mirror was created for Beauty and the Beast. It uses an HDMI display controlled by a Raspberry Pi Zero, which responds to two...

This is Lumiere's Hat from Beauty and the Beast. I was inspired by an LED Matrix candle project I saw on adafruit.com, however I needed a...

This is the Magic Rose created for Beauty and the Beast. The rose blossom itself is constructed from crepe paper, around a small peice of...

Lab Theater Project required a ventilator for a show that could be unplugged, resulting in an alarm sound. The original plan was to...

The powerful script for this show was written by local playwright, author and journalist Bill DeYoung. I worked with him previously on...

I played the poor cursed soul who inherited the Baskerville estate in an adaption of this classic Sherlock Holmes mystery. As the...

Jerome Bixby's Man from Earth is the intriguing story of John Oldman, a departing history professor, who claims to be a caveman who has...

In January 2018, I played the genius mathematician and misanthropic codebreaker Alan Turing in Breaking the Code. An article about the...

This was a LOT of (sweaty) fun, a friend of mine was directing a production of Little Shop of Horrors, and asked me to be the puppeteer...

This was my first time performing on stage since Elementary School! St. Petersburg City Theatre (formerly The Little Theater) put on a...

I'm currently workshopping a full-length play with Project Greenlight at Lab Theater Project. This story follows Frank, a Foley Artist in...

When the pandemic fell upon us, it hit my wife, Katie Calahan, especially hard. Above all else, she's an actress, it's what she loves to...

For this magical production, I created a 2-sided realistic custom gravestone and a remote-controlled tinkerbell lighting effect. This...

This is a very big project I am undertaking for Crab Devil art collective in Tampa. It’s an immersive exhibit that fills a 40’x8’x8′...

For this socially-distanced hybrid theatre/radio show, I made some fun magazines and an ON AIR sign more or less based on some pictures...

I created these props for a local production of the Little Mermaid musical. The trident head was made by shaping a styrofoam trident...

For Sleepy Hollow, we needed a scary steed for the Headless Horseman to ride, for the grand finale scene of the children’s play.  The...

This is a really exciting invention I came up with for the Sleepy Hollow.  I wanted the pumpkin head to talk – like really talk, and also...