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UC Berkeley · Political Economy & Film

Miro Alan Alagoz.

I build things that need people to believe in them: stories, campaigns, policies, restaurants, and start-ups. A strategist by trade; a storyteller at heart.

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7Restaurant locations, grown from one
3.99GPA (W) · 3.96 GPA (UW) · L&S Fellow at Berkeley
40+Stage & screen productions
4Election cycles worked
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Business

Apr 2019 — Now

Midnight Express Café & Café de Miro

Chief Strategy Officer

Helped grow my family's restaurant business from one location in 2019 to seven across Michigan and Illinois. My parents weren't proficient in English, so I became the link for communication, management, contracts, partnerships and expansion.

Since 2024, I've led all efforts of expansion, currently focused on establishing locations around the Bay Area.

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  • Managed emails and day-to-day communication for the business
  • Fostered partnerships and attended meetings on the company's behalf
  • Maintained community outreach
  • Helped with scheduling and organized catering
  • Led expansion efforts and tracked finances
  • Stepped into the kitchen whenever it was needed
Mar 2026 — Now

Agora Sphere

Co-Founder · Chief Marketing, Strategy, Commercial & Legal Officer

Co-founded a social media start-up built for real discourse. In charge of every legal document, launch and marketing strategy, scope of partnerships, and VC relations.

Apr — Jun 2025

KurdMax

Lead Partnership Consultant

Chief consultant on a partnership between KurdMax, the largest film studio in Iraqi Kurdistan, and BKM, the largest film studio in Turkey.

Aug 2025 — Now

Business & Film Association, UC Berkeley

VP · Consultant · Production Team

Led all efforts of recruitment, community relations, social curation, diversity/equity/inclusion, and human resources as the Vice President of UC Berkeley's premier entertainment consulting organization. Worked for companies such as Playbill (app development) and Virgin Music Group (artist marketing) as a consultant, while sourcing from companies such as Yahoo and ABC News as an outreach officer.

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Politics

Dec 2024 — Aug 2026

Campaign Employee

Michigan Democratic Party · via Rep. Phil Skaggs

Ran state-level election strategy for the 2025–26 cycle. Led media and a statewide data collection and analysis report used to allocate funding across every state and federal race in 2026.

2019 — 2025

Organizer & Volunteer

Democratic Party · 2020, 2022, 2024 cycles

250+ hours for candidates including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. Co-founder and president of my school's chapter. Interviews on outlets like Status Quo and Edip Yuksel reached 300,000+ views.

2024 — 2025

We The People

Constitutional Debate · Coach & Captain

3rd in Michigan in 2024. 2nd in Michigan and 17th nationally in 2025 as coach and captain, with an individual national ranking of 6th.

2021 — 2025

Model UN & Debate

Senior Member · Film & Debate Club President

Four years on my school's Model UN team, reaching senior status and placing at conferences including University of Michigan MUN.

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Dec 2019 – Nov 2020 · Jun – Nov 2022 · Aug 2024 – Jun 2025

On the ground

Campaign Organizer & Volunteer

Registered voters, organized rallies, recruited volunteers, collected donations, canvassed and polled across three election cycles.

2021 — 2025

Other involvements

High school

Film Club President and Co-Chair. Debate Club Co-Founder and President. Drama Club, Key Club, Red Cross Club, Kids Food Basket, and UNICEF member. Guest writer for the school paper. Student Council representative. 50+ hours of community service.

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Stage & Screen

30+ productions on stage, 6 more as a director, stage manager or crew, and over 2,000 hours in community theater, trained by Broadway and Hollywood professionals.

On Stage

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2026
  • TonyWest Side StoryUC Berkeley Barestage
2025
  • Archie13: The MusicalStageGR
  • ShrekShrek: The MusicalStageGR
  • Ensemble / Judas / Barret sang “Heaven on Their Minds” and “Titanic”A Historic Cabaret (one-act)Interlochen Center for the Arts
2024
  • BruceMatildaStageGR
  • Apostle (Telly) / Thomas AquinasGodspellEast Grand Rapids High School
  • Ensemble / Editor sang “What a Waste”Wonderful TownInterlochen Center for the Arts
2023
  • HerculesThe Winter CabaretGrand Rapids Civic Theater
  • PugsleyThe Addams FamilyStageGR
  • Athos, The MusketeerThe Three MusketeersGrand Rapids Circle Theater
  • EgeusA Midsummer Night's DreamEast Grand Rapids High School
2022
  • Ensemble / KnightCinderellaForest Hills Central High School
  • Cinderella's FatherInto the WoodsStageGR
  • King Henry Award WinningAnne of a Thousand Days (one-act)Forest Hills Central High School
  • EnsembleThe Little MermaidStageGR
  • FeuillyLes Misérables in ConcertGrand Rapids Civic Theater
  • GlogauerOnce in a LifetimeBlue Lake Fine Arts Camp
  • Ensemble / Servant / MerchantRobin HoodEast Grand Rapids High School
2021
  • KeithHigh School ConfidentialStageGR
  • Ensemble13 The MusicalStageGR
  • Pirate King sang “I Am the Pirate King”A Pirate CabaretBlue Lake Fine Arts Camp
  • KurtThe Sound of Music holiday run, 30 performancesGrand Rapids Civic Theater
2020
  • Bobby FlossyThe Show Must Go OnlineChildren's Creations
  • Ensemble / SalesmanThe Music ManChildren's Creations
  • HortonSeussicalChildren's Creations
  • The ClownTwo Nights Before ChristmasChildren's Creations
2019
  • EnsembleI Need a VacationFHC CW Elementary School
  • PuckA Midsummer Night's Dream (one-act)Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
  • CaptainThe Tempest (one-act)Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
  • King DuncanMacbeth (one-act)Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
  • EnsembleHamlet (one-act)Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp
  • EnsembleA Christmas CarolChildren's Creations

Directing & Production

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  • DirectorThe Game24H Theatre · East Grand Rapids HS · 2023
  • DirectorThe Time We Killed Tony's Uncle24H Theater · East Grand Rapids HS · 2022
  • StagehandAristoCatsStageGR · Summer 2022

On Screen

Companies & Programs

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Summers 2022, 2024, 2025

Two summers at the nation's premier summer musical theater program, trained by Broadway professionals and starring in shows like the sold-out run of Wonderful Town. A third summer in film, producing my own short and starring in another.

Young Artists Studio

Grand Rapids Civic Theater · 2022–23

Inaugural member of the year-long intensive led by Hollywood and Broadway professionals, after five years of training at the Civic.

CalTV

News Correspondent

Create news packages on the UC Berkeley community, handling planning, filming, interviewing and editing as a member of the college's premier TV club.

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UC Berkeley's Barestage

Actor · Aug 2026 — Now

Starred as “Tony” in West Side Story, produced by the university's musical theater troupe in a two-week sold-out run.

Grand Rapids Civic Theater

Actor, Director, Stage Manager, Student · Dec 2019 — Jun 2023

Acted in 3 productions, including “Kurt” in a sold-out 30-performance Sound of Music. Stage managed Elephant & Piggie through a dozen sold-out shows. Assistant directed a finals performance at “Ten For All,” the Civic's playwriting competition.

Grand Rapids Circle Theater

Actor · Feb — Jul 2023

Starred as “Athos, The Musketeer” in the mainstage run of The Three Musketeers.

StageGR

Actor, Stage Manager · Mar 2021 — Jul 2025

Acted in 8 productions, including “Shrek” in Shrek: The Musical, “Bruce” in Matilda, “Archie” in 13: The Musical and “Pugsley” in The Addams Family.

East Grand Rapids & Forest Hills Central HS

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer · Aug 2022 — Jun 2025

Acted in 6 productions, including “Telly” in Godspell, “Egeus” in A Midsummer Night's Dream and an awarded “King Henry.” Directed and produced 3, including Radium Girls.

Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Actor, Student · 3 summers

Trained in a theater program specializing in music, Shakespearean, and contemporary theater, and acted in 6 productions.

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Writing

Somewhere in Ankara: a short play about my father's years as a Kurdish political prisoner in a Turkish prison camp.

In development

Hum of a Lullaby, a feature film

Mute, Wingless, Songbirds, a full-length play on Kurdish suffering in Turkey

Plus two short plays and two short musicals

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  • Short filmLose-Lose2024
  • Short playSomewhere in Ankara, Then and Now2023
  • Short musicalMinutes to Normandy2022
  • Short musicalAustin2021
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Training

Intensives

  • Young Artists Studio · inaugural class, 2022–23
  • Interlochen Musical Theatre · 2024, 2025
  • Interlochen Filmmaking · 2021
  • Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp · 3 summers
  • IB Higher Level Film · IB score 6

Voice, Languages & Accents

  • Range · F1–B4 (B5 in falsetto), baritone / bari-tenor
  • Languages · fluent English and Turkish, semi-fluent Kurdish
  • American · General, Midwestern, Southern, New York, California
  • Also · British, Scottish, Irish, Middle Eastern / Turkish / Kurdish

Software

  • Fluent · Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Noteflight, Excel, Claude Code
  • Semi-fluent · Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Logic Pro X, GarageBand
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Programs

  • Grand Rapids Civic Theater Young Artist Studio · a year-long intensive for West Michigan students pursuing the arts at a professional or collegiate level. 250+ hours of classes and masterclasses from Broadway and Hollywood alumni and guest artists. Member of the 13-person inaugural class (2022–23); personal mentor Michael Empson.
  • Interlochen Musical Theatre: Wonderful Town · 6-week intensive, the camp's highest level of theater (2024)
  • Interlochen Musical Theatre: Showcase · 3-week intensive, the camp's highest level of theater (2025)
  • Interlochen Intermediate Filmmaking · 3-week intensive (2021)
  • IB Higher Level Film · East Grand Rapids HS, the highest-level film class available to high school students worldwide (2023–25)
  • Primetime Pioneers · East Grand Rapids HS, the school's highest-level TV and journalism class (2022–23)
  • Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp · 3 summers (2019, 2021–22)

Classes & Workshops

  • Theater 110 with Christopher Harold, UC Berkeley · Fall 2026 (in progress)
  • Theater 109 with Michael Moran, UC Berkeley · Spring 2026 · A
  • Theater 10 with Margo Hall, UC Berkeley · Fall 2025 · A
  • Acting with Kevin Kolton Bradley · Summer 2025
  • Dialect coaching with Tyne Turner · Summer 2025
  • Dance with Rick Faugno and Joyce Chittick · Summers 2024, 2025
  • Monologue coaching with Krista Williams and Anne Copper · Summers 2024, 2025
  • Acting with Jeff Nauman · Summer 2024
  • Scriptwriting masterclass with Janet Leahy · Summer 2024
  • 4+ years of vocal classes with Mark Jackson, Hollis Bokhout, Josh Keller, Hannah DeBoer, Arthur Miller, Angela L. Owens, Daniel P. Ryan, Matt Salvo and Ben Lohrberg · 2021–25
  • 4 years of choir with Pamela Kriekard, Sean Ivory and Emily Verdonk · 2018, 2020–23
  • 10 theatrical classes at Grand Rapids Civic Theater · 2020 to now
  • Six Broadway national tour dance workshop · Winter 2023
  • Tootsie Broadway national tour production workshop · Fall 2022
  • Come From Away Broadway national tour vocal workshop · Fall 2022
  • Western Michigan University musical theater workshop · Fall 2022
  • 2 Disney singing workshops and 1 Universal Studios singing workshop · 2021–22
  • Performed 5 songs at Walt Disney World · Spring 2021 & Fall 2022

Theatrical Training

  • Advanced · acting, voice, directing
  • Intermediate · song and show writing, music theory, stage management, dance (mostly ballet, jazz and musical theater)
  • Basic · stage combat and weapons, theatrical intimacy, improv, guitar, piano

Honors, Awards & Services

  • Dean's List & Honors to Date · College
  • Summa Cum Laude · High school
  • AP Scholar with Honors & Distinction
  • AP World History: Modern · AP score: 5
  • AP Macroeconomics · AP score: 5
  • AP U.S. Government · AP score: 5
  • AP Comparative Government · AP score: 5
  • AP Psychology · AP score: 5
  • AP Human Geography · AP score: 5
  • AP United States History · AP score: 4
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Education

University of California, Berkeley

BA Political Economy · BA Film & Media
Minors in Philosophy/Politics/Law and Theater
L&S Fellow · 3.99 GPA (W) · 3.96 GPA (UW)
Dean's List · Honors to Date

East Grand Rapids High School

International Baccalaureate & AP
4.3 GPA (W)

StrategyBusiness DevelopmentExpansionPartnerships ManagementContractsReal EstateConsulting OutreachSocial MediaCreative DevelopmentProduction PhotographyVideographyActingAdobe PremiereFinal Cut ProWritingScreenwriting DirectingVoiceEnglishTurkishKurdish

Open to internships, roles and collaborations

Let's talk.

miroalanalagoz1@gmail.com ↗ miroalan@berkeley.edu ↗