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Matthew Freeman

MATTHEW FREEMAN

  (1975 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Matthew Freeman is a Brooklyn-based playwright with a BFa from emerson College. His produced plays include the Death of King arthur, (Gorilla Repertory Theater); Reasons for Moving, (the Local Productions); Genesis, (Handcart ensemble); 465, (Metropolitan Playhouse);the Great escape; the Americans; the Most Wonderful Love; What To Do To a Girl; the White Swallow; When is a Clock, (Blue Coyote Theater Group); an Interview with the author as a part of the Pretentious Festival and Trayf at the Baby Jesus One-act Jubilee, (the Brick Theater). He was chosen as one of nyTheatre.com's "People of the 2004." His freelance writing has appeared on Maxim Online, Complex Magazine, Gamespy and MTV Magazine.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Americans, The         Brandywine Distillery Fire         Confess Your Bubble         Death Of King Arthur, The         Dream Of A Ridiculous Man         Exposition         Genesis         Glee Club         Great Escape, The         Interview With the Author, An         Listeners, The         Metaphor, The         Most Wonderful Love, The         Reasons For Moving         Standards Of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast         Standards Of Decency Project         That Old Soft Shoe         What To Do To A Girl         When Is A Clock         White Swallow, The         Why We Left Brooklyn (or The Dinner Party Play)

Americans, The

Synopsis:
a young man writes a poem, "the Americans," so beautiful that the walls of his room rise into the sky and explode, covering New York in wood and plaster rain. For three young men vaguely nervous about what their lives are becoming, it is, at least, something different.
Matthew Freeman

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013    2004

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-americans   -

Music:
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Genre:
Drama One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Brandywine Distillery Fire

Synopsis:
Brandywine Distillery Fire began as an attempt to destroy storytelling or an attempt to tell story in the way that Jackson Pollack paints landscapes. Playmakers Michael Gardner and Matthew Freeman conjectured that to develop a theater work in the "wrongest" way possible might be a liberating experience for artists and audiences alike. they proceeded with a series of workshops. In the workshops, they led a process of improvising a play from scratch. and failing. Deliberately. and writing it down. and failing further. What resulted are texts that promise narrative, performances that promise elegance, sets and costumes that promise classicism, and a production that never delivers on its promises. One of the byproducts of the play's development is a performance style which mimics the play's stuttering, smiling "failures." Prominent words in a sentence are mis-stressed while adjoining and supplementary words are given weight. the effect is a delivery that recalibrates an audience's ear and forces the spectator to hear language anew.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Incubator Arts Project
131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003    40430

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Music:
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Piece

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Confess Your Bubble

Synopsis:
This show is part of the Brick theater's Democracy festival. Due to a plea bargain, Senator Carl Corpuscle, a Democratic Senator from the Great State of Washington (not D.C.) is delivering a speech about his life and views on the government to students at a local high school. attendance is not mandatory, and only students over 17 may attend. Senator Corpuscle talks about his role in the Democratic administration, delivers a civics lesson, and offers dire warnings - with slides to illustrate his points.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Brick theatre
575 Metropolitan avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211    21 Jun 2012

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Company

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Death Of King Arthur, The

Death Of King Arthur, The
Thomas Mallory's L'morte D'arthur is transformed into a five-act play in verse in this thrilling epic tale. the Holy Grail has been found and the Round Table has won its place in history, but Lancelot has returned from the Quest in shame, a secret sin on his head. King arthur discovers the sin, and the ensuing struggle Dramatically exposes the deep flaws and nobility of the arthurian myth as it examines the transition from an idealistic monarchy to a modern and pragmatic democracy.

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1st Produced:
Central Park, NY    Oct 2001

Organisations:
Gorilla Repertory Theatre (New York, NY, United States)

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
120-130 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  11            Female:  4            Other:  11 males, 4 females (14-25 actors possible: 11-17 males, 3-8 females)

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Dream Of A Ridiculous Man

Synopsis:
a man, ostracized by society and at the end of his rope with humanity has made the decision to kill himself. the revolver lies on the table in front of him, as he accidentally drifts into sleep and dreams a dream that will change him forever. This courageous, philosophical story by Dostoevsky examines the societal and political implications of faith, science, and human nature. Is the true nature of man good? What responsibility do we have as citizens of the world? What is religious faith and what is its potential to create or destroy human existence?"
Press Release

Notes:
from Fyodor Dostoevsky's story, Dream of A Ridiculous Man

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Exposition

Synopsis:
exposition is a non-narrative theatrical collision. Created from the ground up over the span of a month, exposition eschews planning and structure in favor of imPulse and intuition. Kittens and gorillas, prayer and sushi, amusement parks, television and car crashes collage and merge in unfamiliar ways. the artists are dancing about architecture, singing about dance, and trying hard not to tell you a story.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Brick Theater, NY, USA >>>    19 Nov 2009

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Genesis

Genesis
Contemporary re-imagination of five medieval Mystery plays telling familiar Bible stories

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Common Basis Theatre, NYC    -

Organisations:
Handcart ensemble

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Glee Club

Synopsis:
Matt Freeman's play about eight misfit members of Romeo, Vermont's cut-throat Glee Club. they are on the verge of meltdown after their soloist makes the disastrous decision to save his own life. Will they be ready in time for the big recital? and isn't music the most important thing? Glee Club is a comedy about singing. Singing makes people happy
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
Antidepressant Festival, NY    2009

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Company

1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc (2010)   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
60-70 min Comedy

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Great Escape, The

Synopsis:
Things have changed since Henry last visited Mom. For starters, the decor is decidedly kitschier, and his sister Catherine decidedly creepier. and Mom has a new husband. and she's locked herself upstairs. In Freeman's absurdist comedy, adults remain children and go to extremes to stay that way. a family reunion never felt so much like a hostage crisis--or maybe it's the other way around.
Matthew Freeman

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Flatiron Playhouse, NYC    2004

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-great-escape   -

Music:
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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Interview With the Author, An

Synopsis:
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Notes:
part of Pretentious Festival

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Genre:
One act

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Listeners, The

Synopsis:
The Listeners is surreal drama about ritual as a ward against the unknown. The Listeners casts the audience in the role of "the listeners" themselves, observing them through one-way mirrors and peep holes in the walls of the four-sided set.

Notes:
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1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-listeners   -

Music:
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Genre:
surreal drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Metaphor, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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1st Published:
the Best 10-Minute Plays Of 2012. Published by Smith and Kraus, Inc.    -

Music:
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Genre:
ten min

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Most Wonderful Love, The

Synopsis:
When Mother and Father celebrate their long and happy marriage with an unprecedented ceremonial 'unwedding' their friends and relations gather from all over to feast on the spoils." the play is described as a "scathing satire on contemporary marriage and American fundamentalism."
Press Release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013    2006

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/the-most-wonderful-love   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Reasons For Moving

Synopsis:
One day Mark becomes unreasonably afraid of the tramp who has been camping out on his front lawn. He devises a plan to dig a tunnel to his next door neighbour and escape the tramp

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Standards Of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast

Synopsis:
Blue Coyote theater group commissioned eight of their favorite playwrights to create new short plays meditating on new media and pornography. Presented in a stripped-down style, the plays are raunchy, funny, and surprisingly tender. Is our pornutopia breaking down our capacities for empathy and reflective thought, for intimacy and sustained attention? Standards of Decency 3: 300 Vaginas Before Breakfast uses a very old medium to explore what the new media are doing to us, publicly and privately, for better and for worse, at the place where technology, sex, and relationships collide.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
written by David Johnston, Matthew Freeman, David Foley, Mac Rodgers, Jordan Seavey, Bruce Goldstone, Jacqueline Christy, Cheri Magid, Adam Szymkowicz

1st Produced:
Access theatre
380 Broadway, 4th floor, New York, NY 10013    02 Jun 2011

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Company

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/standards-of-decency-series-3   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Standards Of Decency Project

Synopsis:
Blue Coyote theater Group presents a program of nine new short plays that collectively the notions of decency and obscenity. the playwrights were asked to write a piece that includes at least one of these elements--nudity, blasphemy, and violence--in a manner that is fully warranted and justified (that is, that avoids mere gratuitousness or sensationalism), while also intended to offend conventional standards of decency. Blue Coyote says that it seeks to spark a discussion about the uses and abuses of transgressive performance onstage with this presentation.
nytheatre.com

Notes:
the playwrights Are: David Johnston, Matthew Freeman, David Foley, Brian Dykstra, Boo Killebrew, Laura Henry, Kristen Palmer, John Yearley, And Stan Richardson

1st Produced:
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013    2006

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Short Play One act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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That Old Soft Shoe

Synopsis:
This show is part of the Brick theater's Too Soon Festival. This is the official blurb: In That Old Soft Shoe, a Senator from the Pacific Northwest arrives to inspect the goings-on in an undisclosed location, throwing the staff into turmoil. Will their dancing lessons prove sufficient? Or will they all wind up working at a phone bank in Dallas? after all, it's a new administration.
- nytheatre.com

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  -

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What To Do To A Girl

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    2006

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
in "Standards of Decency Series 1", http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
short play

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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When Is A Clock

When Is A Clock
When Gordon's wife disappears, the only clue to her whereabouts is a dog-eared copy of an odd book called 'Traveling to Montpelier'. Pursued by police as a potential homicide suspect, and perpetually nagged by his smart-ass teenage son, Gordon takes off to a strange Pennsylvania town to search for his missing wife. Did Gordon commit an unspeakable crime? Or does this bizarre book, with its cult-like missives, have a hand in her disappearance
- press release

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Access Theatre, 380 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013    2008

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  3            Other:  -

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White Swallow, The

Synopsis:
Cameron has not had sexual relations with his wife in years. He arranges for a younger man Nick to come over. Nick is paid $300 to perform. He does not realise that all he has to do is eat an egg. Cameron can only get off with something that reminds him of something that made him exited on television when he was eleven

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    2008

Organisations:
Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
in "Standards of Decency Series 2: Blue Coyote's Happy Endings", http://www.indietheaternow.com/Plays   -

Music:
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Genre:
short play

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Why We Left Brooklyn (or The Dinner Party Play)

Synopsis:
A darkly comic snapshot of an ambitious, aging, evangelically ethical, and heartbroken group who are navigating their own marriages, livelihoods, and sputtering dreams.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
East Fourth Street Theater in New York, NY    2013

Organisations:
Theater Accident in association with Blue Coyote Theater Group

1st Published:
http://www.indietheaternow.com/Play/why-we-left-brooklyn   -

Music:
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Genre:
tree act play 120 min

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  5            Other:  -

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