Matthew Sheridan

Matthew Sheridan

Matthew Sheridan’s work has been performed throughout the US as well as in Canada and the UK. A Bronx native, he is a graduate of LaGuardia High School of the Arts (drama major), and a Presidential Arts Scholar in Theatre. He earned a BFA cum laude in Music Composition from the State University of New York at at Purchase, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Plays

  • The Ambition Bird by Matthew Sheridan
    Cast: 
    4
    ·
    Genre: drama, musical
    Genre: drama, musical
    Home alone on a windy November night, estranged from family and friends, haunted by memories, confessional poet Anne Sexton writes to stay alive.
  • Audition by Matthew Sheridan
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
    Genre: comedy
    Anxiously awaiting her sixteen-bar shot at stardom, an early-arriving auditioner pounces on an unsuspecting piano accompanist for an impromptu, last-minute rehearsal.
  • The Silver Bell by Matthew Sheridan
    Cast: 
    5–30
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    Genre: fable/folktale, fantasy + 2 more
    Genre: fable/folktale, fantasy, musical, young audiences
    Lost in the forest of Silver Isles, protected only by her magic bell, innocent Princess Mirabella encounters natural and supernatural forces as she searches for the way home.

    AVAILABLE AS A MUSICAL AND AS A STRAIGHT PLAY.

  • Unfinished by Matthew Sheridan
    Cast: 
    3
    ·
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller + 1 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller, radio drama
    The accidental reunion of once-close college friends Brian and Philip avalanches into an identity-shaking confrontation in this drama-mystery.

    ZOOM-FRIENDLY READERS-THEATRE VERSION AVAILABLE. ALSO AVAILABLE AS A RADIO PLAY.

  • Small Talk by Matthew Sheridan
    Cast: 
    2
    ·
    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    A man in his 30s revisits a diner that was a hangout in his teenage years and finds himself having an unusual conversation.
  • The Boy Without Fear by Matthew Sheridan
    Cast: 
    3–14
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    Genre: adaptation, adventure + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, adventure, fable/folktale, opera, young audiences
    Ten-year-old Ron runs away from home in search of "fear," something he's never felt.