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Matthew Wilson

MATTHEW WILSON  

 Nationality:    USA
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Matthew Wilson is a playwright, actor, and director whose plays In the Wreckage, Drowning of Thirst, and Radio Hysteriahave all been produced in Chicago's thriving storefront theatre scene. His work "has an awful lot in common with great pop music, revealing essential human truths in a compact, catchy way" (Nick Green, Chicago Reader) and "reverberates with deep longing and anxiety" (Justin Hayford, Chicago Tribune). Directing credits include productions of The Shawl, No One Will Be Immune, Under Observation, and The New World Order.For eighteen months he wrote and performed weekly monologues and sketches for Chicago community radio station WZRD. Stage acting credits include Smokers (Great Beast Theatre), Two Doors Down from Tip-Top (Curious Theatre Branch) andSacrilege (Shapeshifters Theatre Co.). His original solo pieces have appeared in Ian's Dog and Pony Show and Something Wicked This Way Comes.

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below is a list of Matthew Wilson's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Big Nothings         In the Wreckage         Radio Hysteria         Triad         Ventriloquist Circle, The         Wolf Hunt, The

Big Nothings

Synopsis:
Three short plays dealing with 1 man and 1 woman. A suburban teenager has an emotional discussion with an overly involved teacher; a small-town husband and wife discuss the petty larceny of a family member; and an emergency room patient in a large city receives a mysterious cell phone call for the doctor who is treating him

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1st Produced:
Hysteria Productions, Chicago, IL, USA    2004

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 70-75 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  flexible

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In the Wreckage

Synopsis:
Three short, modern pieces on love and estrangement, designed to be performed together: In The Big Lockout, a woman addresses a very distant lover through three ardent monologues. The title piece,In the Wreckage, involves a mysterious onlooker coaching the victim of a violent car crash through the aftershock. Tearing free from the machinery may kill him; staying put will mean facing the truth. And the woman in Past Tense reenacts a chilling story from her past to a man, seemingly oblivious, who is obsessed with the future.

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1st Produced:
The Revue (Burnaby, BC, Canada)    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
60-75 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  3 males, 2 females (4-5 actors possible: 2-3 males, 2-3 females)

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Radio Hysteria

Synopsis:
A radio DJ introduces monologues from various characters around the city. The monologues may be the songs he's playing or may be the radio listeners

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1st Produced:
Great Beast Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA    2001

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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 70-80 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Triad

Synopsis:
A therapist is blackmailed for information on a client who has been disfigured in a knife attack.

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1st Produced:
Curious Theatre Branch Rhinoceros Festival, Chicago, IL, USA    2005

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 70-75 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Ventriloquist Circle, The

Synopsis:
Matt Wilson's The Ventriloquist Circle dives into the madcap world of legendary adult-film star, Hugh Cox. After Mr. Cox is found murdered on the set of his latest film, the ensuing investigation devolves into the bastard-child of a 1960's Happening and an episode of Law & Order. The Ventriloquist Circle is an exploration into the internet's democratization of taboo to the point of banality - the aesthetics of a BDSM conference at a Holiday Inn. The piece is a tumble down the rabbit-hole of a contemporary mind.
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1st Produced:
Dixon Place
161 Chrystie Street, New York, NY 10002    06 Jan 2012

Organisations:
Sister Sylvester

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 70-75 min

Parts:
Male:  9            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Wolf Hunt, The

Synopsis:
A young former drug dealer, fresh out of "white man's prison," searches for his birth family with the help of the officer who arrested him.

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1st Produced:
Curious Theatre Branch Rhinoceros Festival, Chicago, IL, USA    2003

Organisations:
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1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Drama, 70-75 min

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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