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MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS (1977 - ) |
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Nationality: Mexican USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Received his B.A. in Playwriting from UC Santa Barbara, where he received a Corwin Award for Best Full-Length Play, The Tragedy of Catalina's Lover. While there he acted in The Shadowbox, Romeo and Juliet, The Birthday Party, a guerilla production of Gallow's Humor and the film Clarimonde from the 1999 Reel Loud Festival. His directing credits include the original scripts Confessions and Walk of Pride. He then attended UCLA's School of Film, Theatre and Radio where he was given the GOP Award for Graduate Playwriting. Finally, he earned his MFA in Playwriting from The Actor's Studio Drama School. As a playwright, he has been produced several times in Santa Barbara and was part of the THAW festival at HERE in NYC. He was part of the 2003 and 2004 Latino Festivals and the 2002 Black History Festival at The Actor's Studio Drama School and his children's play, Cingo Amigos, was produced at Colegio de St. Augustinos in Spain. His plays The Vampire Lesson and the beautifulest room were produced through The Actor's Studio Repertory at Westbeth Theatre in New York. He was the 2004 Alternate Recipient of New Dramatists Van Lier Award. His plays seal sings its song, Wonders of the Human Body, and locomotive were produced at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City. His adaptation of Hideo Tsuchida's It Is Said The Men Are Over In The Steel Tower was produced at TBG Theatre, and he was one of the ensemble writers for Myth America, produced by Personal Space Theatrics in 2007. He is a member of the Playwright/Director Workshop at The Actor's Studio and a finalist in the 2007 Ensemble Studio Theatre One-Act Marathon. He is on staff at the Lark Play Development Center and is the founder and Artistic Director of woken'glacier theatre company.
Plays by Matthew Paul Olmos
Bus That Got Cut Over Its Eye, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2009 | |||||
Company: | EBE Ensemble | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #94514 | |||
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Genre: | play One Act | |||||
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Notes: | part of Elephants on Parade 2009 | |||||
Synopsis: | where four ne'er-do-well bus riders take a journey of existential and class warfare. | |||||
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Death of the Slow'Dying Scuba Diver, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 12 Apr 2012 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #139178 | |||
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Notes: | staged reading as part of terraNOVA Collective's Groundbreakers program on Thursday, April 12 | |||||
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i put the fear of mexico in em | ||
| 1st Produced: | Page to Stage festival, Washington, DC | 2009 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #102902 | |||
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Synopsis: | Two couples confront each other in a back-alley bar in Tijuana. The Mexican couple, Efron and Juana, taunt, challenge and ridicule an American couple, Jonah and Andrea. Juana carries an assault rifle slung over one shoulder for equal rights. But there's a sense that Efron, himself a human machine gun, is more assertive than Jonah. In the verbal crossfire that ensues, word play from the Mexicans connotes the distancing created by cultural and language differences. The Spanish word guera, meaning blond, for example, can be interpreted as a white woman who is not welcome. Also the Spanish word guerra, a close sound-alike, means war. The two couples are at war with each other. When certain barriers are crossed, whether it's physical boundaries between countries, or in personal or sexual relationships, the situation grows dangerous. At the close of the excerpt, the American woman goes off with the Mexican man. | |||||
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It Is Said The Men Are Over In The Steel Tower | ||
| 1st Produced: | Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York | 2006 | ||||
Company: | Theatre Arts Japan | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62856 | |||
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Genre: | Translation | |||||
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Notes: | Original Playwright - Hideo Tsuchida. Theatre Arts Japan presents Volume 2 of its Reading Series, which introduces contemporary Japanese plays and playwrights to American audiences. Adapated by Matthew Paul Olmos; translated by M. Cody Poulton | |||||
Synopsis: | A black comedy about four men of vaudeville team, "The Happy Lads", on a morale-boosting tour for army troops during a war. The play deals with wartime and identity, yet it remains a comedy. The play addresses no specific place or time. Rather it suggests the characters are at a battlefront somewhere in the world. The play focuses on the interpersonal relationships of the four men, and how they behave in the surroundings of an ongoing war. | |||||
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locomotive | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012 >>> | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54326 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | explores the consequences of a broken home. Through this story of a mother, father, and daughter dealing with the disintegration of their family, the play deals with themes of alcoholism and parenthood. | |||||
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Myth America | ||
| 1st Produced: | TBG Theatre, NYC | 2007 | ||||
Company: | Personal Space Theatrics | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #67343 | |||
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Synopsis: | Conceived and curated by Stephen Wargo. Features new writings by Arthur Kopit, Theresa Rebeck, Israel Horovitz, Rachel Axler, Ian Cohen, Brian Dykstra, Jason Grote, Matthew Paul Olmos, Julien Schwab, Saviana Stanescu, and Lloyd Suh. : Myth America invites audiences to take a tour through the eyes and voices of Americans from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds as they live out their American dreams and myths both accomplished and crushed with expectations exceeded and unfulfilled. From the Old West to Ike's 1950s and continuing through the 21st century, this ensemble-driven piece examines the vast range of America's Melting Pot and our conflicting views and values. Icons, idols, and symbols are examined and explored-running the gamut from baseball (the Great American Pastime), to Marilyn Monroe to the modern family unit and even the acquisition of the perfect vacuum. | |||||
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Seal Sings Its Song | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012 >>> | 2005 | ||||
Company: | woken'glacier | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54605 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
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Synopsis: | Through it we examine what it means to be a victim in our country. It's the 1980's, a mysterious cancer has just begun to spread itself into an epidemic, Reagan holds the presidency and the brutal slaughter of seals has America in an uproar. | |||||
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wonders of the human body | ||
| 1st Produced: | Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012 >>> | 2006 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #54327 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Short Play One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 1 | Female | 1 | ||
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