An Untitled New Play By Justin Timberlake

by Matt Schatz

Beth is an ambitious literary manager at a non-profit theater company in New York City. When a well-known white male playwright misbehaves, a slot opens up in the theater’s current season. Beth risks everything to fight for a play set in Kenya by an emerging female playwright. But Beth’s artistic director has another writer in mind and this writer might just be a genius! AN UNTITLED NEW PLAY BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE...

Beth is an ambitious literary manager at a non-profit theater company in New York City. When a well-known white male playwright misbehaves, a slot opens up in the theater’s current season. Beth risks everything to fight for a play set in Kenya by an emerging female playwright. But Beth’s artistic director has another writer in mind and this writer might just be a genius! AN UNTITLED NEW PLAY BY JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE is a satire about celebrity worship, identity politics, love, sex, death, truth, money, privilege, and everything else we contend with when trying to decide what stories are worth telling.

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An Untitled New Play By Justin Timberlake

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  • Zack Peercy: An Untitled New Play By Justin Timberlake

    Thankful to have caught City Theatre's production! Matt Schatz delivers a wonderful musical about striving for a better tomorrow. While this show is so uniquely about theatre, it never alienates the broader audience. Well drawn characters with realistic expectations and flaws. A terrific piece that every weirdly named and over-abbreviated company should be producing!

    Thankful to have caught City Theatre's production! Matt Schatz delivers a wonderful musical about striving for a better tomorrow. While this show is so uniquely about theatre, it never alienates the broader audience. Well drawn characters with realistic expectations and flaws. A terrific piece that every weirdly named and over-abbreviated company should be producing!

  • Maury Zeff: An Untitled New Play By Justin Timberlake

    This play has so many smart/funny/painful things to say about the politics of theater. Every beat brings a new delight. I love that Beth has a stream of jokes that makes the audience laugh, but not her fellow characters. My favorite line: "Turn left at the bronze bust of Lin Manuel Miranda."

    This play has so many smart/funny/painful things to say about the politics of theater. Every beat brings a new delight. I love that Beth has a stream of jokes that makes the audience laugh, but not her fellow characters. My favorite line: "Turn left at the bronze bust of Lin Manuel Miranda."

  • Cheryl Bear: An Untitled New Play By Justin Timberlake

    A hilarious commentary on the political nature of theatre that just hits it all on the head! Well done!

    A hilarious commentary on the political nature of theatre that just hits it all on the head! Well done!

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Pittsburgh CLO's SPARK Festival of New Musicals, Year 2018
  • Type Reading, Organization The Playwrights Union, Year 2016

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Pittsburgh CLO, Year 2020

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