Welcome to Matteson!

by Inda Craig-Galván

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.

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!

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  • Shaun Leisher: Welcome to Matteson! by Inda Craig-Galván
    “

    A brilliant take on the "living room drama." Loved how weird this play gets at the end. Would love to see this produced and watch actors inhabit these rich roles.

    A brilliant take on the "living room drama." Loved how weird this play gets at the end. Would love to see this produced and watch actors inhabit these rich roles.

    ”
  • Peter Fenton: Welcome to Matteson! by Inda Craig-Galván
    “

    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!

    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: Welcome to Matteson! by Inda Craig-Galván
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    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.

    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.

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Development History

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

Awards

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