Welcome to Matteson!

FULL-LENGTH: A suburban couple hosts a welcome-to-the-neighborhood dinner party for their new neighbors — a couple recently (forcibly) relocated from Chicago's roughest housing project — and it's anything but welcoming. A dark intra-racial comedy about reverse gentrification and how we deal with the "other" when the other looks just like us.
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Welcome to Matteson!

Recommended by

  • Peter Fenton:
    25 Oct. 2023
    I had the pleasure of seeing this piece performed in its rolling world premiere at NJ Rep this past weekend! Inda Craig-Galván has written four well-rounded, nuanced characters colliding in an often funny, hard-hitting skewering of how classism and racism manifest within factions of the African-American community. This piece's strength is in its dialogue, and Patricia serves as an exceptionally human antagonist. I have no doubt this piece will become a standard in black box theaters across the country and world, deservedly so!
  • National New Play Network:
    19 Jul. 2022
    Welcome to Matteson! by Inda Craig-Galván was featured in NNPN's 2022 National Showcase of New Plays, and we are pleased to recommend it.
  • John Bavoso:
    26 Jun. 2022
    I’m happy to add onto the heap of praise this play has received! Craig-Galván has taken the living room drama and shaken it up expertly. The interplay between the two couples is delicious enough, even before you get to the brilliant ending—one that’s done so deftly that it feels almost inevitable, rather than gimmicky. This script was an absolute joy to read, and I desperately hope I get to see it up on its feet one day!

Development History

  • Reading
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    NNPN Showcase
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    2022
  • Reading
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    The Old Globe - Powers New Voices Festival
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    2019
  • Workshop
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    Ojai Playwrights Conference
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    2019
  • Reading
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    Miranda Theatre Company
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    2018
  • Reading
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    Kitchen Dog Theater New Works Festival
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    2018
  • Reading
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    Capital Stage Playwrights' Revolution
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    2018
  • Workshop
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    Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan Lab for New Works
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    2016

Awards

Winner
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Jeffry Melnick New Playwright Award
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Primary Stages
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2019
Winner
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Blue Ink Playwriting Award
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American Blues Theater
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2018