Matt Steinberg is a native of Los Angeles, but moved to New York City as soon as he possibly could. His most recent play, Socially Unacceptable, was developed with Primary Stages ESPA and was produced at The Tank Theater.
Matt served as the showrunner's assistant on FX's limited series FOSSE/VERDON, as well as assistant to playwright on DAYS OF RAGE (Second Stage) and DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Music Box). Matt was a resident playwright for the NYU GALLATIN THEATER GROUP, getting a production of his first play THE BETTER PARTY. He then went on to join The New Group Theater's young playwrights workshop, where he developed his play ROCKSTAR.
Currently, Matt is assisting Steven Levenson on two feature films, for which Levenson has written the screenplay: ...TICK, TICK, BOOM (dir. Lin Manuel...
Matt Steinberg is a native of Los Angeles, but moved to New York City as soon as he possibly could. His most recent play, Socially Unacceptable, was developed with Primary Stages ESPA and was produced at The Tank Theater.
Matt served as the showrunner's assistant on FX's limited series FOSSE/VERDON, as well as assistant to playwright on DAYS OF RAGE (Second Stage) and DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Music Box). Matt was a resident playwright for the NYU GALLATIN THEATER GROUP, getting a production of his first play THE BETTER PARTY. He then went on to join The New Group Theater's young playwrights workshop, where he developed his play ROCKSTAR.
Currently, Matt is assisting Steven Levenson on two feature films, for which Levenson has written the screenplay: ...TICK, TICK, BOOM (dir. Lin Manuel Miranda) and DEAR EVAN HANSEN. In 2019, Matt's pilot OUR VERY IMPORTANT PODCAST was a finalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab.
Matt started out writing during in the world of New York comedy– performing stand-up around NYC, writing sketches at the Upright Citizen's Brigade, and even contributing jokes as the writer’s intern at LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS.