Matthew Ivan Bennett
Matthew Ivan Bennett serves as a Resident Playwright at Plan-B Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. Since 2005, he’s premiered over 20 plays with them, including 11 radio plays in collaboration with KUER’s RadioWest. Working with the Transgender Education Advocates of Utah, he developed "Eric(a)" and it won the Best Drama award at the United Solo Festival in New York. Twice he’s contributed to the...
Matthew Ivan Bennett serves as a Resident Playwright at Plan-B Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. Since 2005, he’s premiered over 20 plays with them, including 11 radio plays in collaboration with KUER’s RadioWest. Working with the Transgender Education Advocates of Utah, he developed "Eric(a)" and it won the Best Drama award at the United Solo Festival in New York. Twice he’s contributed to the Great Plains Theatre Commons and has been a finalist at the O’Neill for "Let Down Your Hair," a modern retelling of "Rapunzel" through the lens of sex education in America. He’s worked with the Omaha Community Playhouse, The Constructivists in Milwaukee, and his short plays have appeared in Toronto, New York, and DC. His poetry has been published with Sugar House Review, Western Humanities, Utah Life, and unearthed. His feature film "The Whole Lot" was an Official Selection at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the Kansas City Underground Film Festival in 2022. It will appear at the Mumbai Indie-Fest in 2023. Matt is a recent alum of Futurescapes and a member of the Dramatists’ Guild. He's on Mastodon @mibwright@mastodon.social.