Matthew A. Everett

Writer

Union membership

Actors' Equity Association

Affiliations

Dramatists Guild
MN Fringe Festival
Theatre Unbound

Awards

2009 "Audience Favorite" in the Museum of Bad Art Plays from Commedia Beuregard for the script "Two Left Feet"
2008 Lavender Magazine Top 10 Theater Productions list for afterdark theatre's production of "Leave"
2007 MN State Arts Board Artists Initative Grant ("Love's Prick")
2002 MN State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant ("The Hopes and Fears of All The Years")
1999 MN State Arts Board Fellowship ("Leave [The Surface of the World]")
1998 Drama-Logue Award, Outstanding Achievement in Writing for the Theater ("Heaven and Home")

Finalist for:
2001 MN Independent Film Fund ("Make Me")
2000 Actors Theater of Louisville Heideman Award ("Dandelion Snow")
2000 National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center ("Leave [The Surface of the World]")
1999 McKnight/IFP-North Screenwriting Fellowship ("Heaven and Home")
1999 Outfest Screenwriting Competition ("Heaven and Home")
1999 Morrow Screenwriting Fellowship ("Heaven and Home")
1998 Nominee, Best Theatrical Production - GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) ("Heaven and Home")

Contact information

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Primary telephone: (612) 872-4538
Web site: www.matthewaeverett.com

General availability

Weeknights
Weekends

Experience

2009 commisssion from Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA ("Medea & Jason: Rubicon Waltz)
2009 "Two Left Works" for Commedia Beauregard's Masterworks: Museum of Bad Art Plays showcase
2008 "Leave" - afterdark theater company (Morris & Minneapolis, MN)
2008 "Dog Tag" (written with Anne Bertram) performed at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge (Jan), the Minnesota Fringe Festival (Aug), and Bruschetta 2008 from Appetite Theater in Chicago (Oct/Nov)
2008 "The Bronze Bitch Flies At Noon" also part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival (Magicword Theater)
2007 "Love's Prick" - workshop production funded by Minnesota State Arts Board grant
2006 commission from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA ("But Not For Love")
2006 commission from Starting Gate Productions ("How The Coyote Stole Fire")
2005 "Invisible" and "Head Above Water" part of Thirst Theater at Joe's Garage
2004 "Dandelion Snow" cycle of short plays part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival
2004 "Leave" part of the Bedlam Theatre Community Ten Minute Play Festival
2004 "Studpuppy" - Edinboro State University, PA
2002 commission from California State University in Fullerton, CA ("The Hopes and Fears of All The Years")
2001 commission from Allegheny College in Meadville, PA ("Studpuppy")

Other:
Full scripts for "Leave," "Heaven and Home," "Studpuppy," and "But Not For Love," as well as the collections "Short Plays vol. 1 and 2" "Plays for Young Actors and Audiences" and "Theatre Unbound's 24 Hour Play Project selected plays" series, all published through www.lulu.com - 2008
Published monologues in "Audition Arsenal - 101 Monologues by Type, 2 Minutes and Under" (Smith and Kraus Publishing), and "The Playwrights' Center's Monologues for Men" (Greenwood-Hienemann Publishing) - both 2005
Member of Dramatists Guild - 2004-present
Host of TV show "Cue to Cue: a conversation about theater in the Twin Cities" - 2003-present
Blogger about the Minnesota Fringe Festival - 2003-present
Evaluator for the Ivey Awards - 2006-present