Matt Morse

Matt Morse

Matt Morse (he/him) is an NYC-based, Midwestern hearted playwright and screenwriter. His works have been seen at Secret Theatre (NYC), 938collective (NYC), 2023 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, University of Kentucky, and the Kennedy Center National Playwriting Program. In 2022 and 2023, he was recognized as an up-and-coming queer writer by the Del Shores Foundation

Member: Dramatists Guild

Plays

  • Skater Girls by Matt Morse
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, satire
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    Keyword: college, AAPI + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, satire
    Keyword: college, AAPI, LGBTQ
    Kate, Tyler, and Lou prepare for the most important moment of their lives — a Xanadu audition at the local community theater. A coming-of-age play about “making it” as an artist… whatever that means.
  • Celestial Bodies by Matt Morse
    Cast: 
    6–11
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, religion + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: LGBTQ, religion, intimacy, sex comedy
    After his untimely (and unexpected) death, Drake Duncan finds the afterlife isn’t what he imagined. The pressure of her job has pushed God to the breaking point, and her overworked underlings can barely hold the world together. Guided by Trip, the best case worker around, Drake searches his life and death to try to change his fate. But under the surface, Evil is lurking with a plot to take over the world.
  • Stars and Stripes by Matt Morse
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, romance + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: LGBTQ, romance, college, future, military
    [TEN-MINUTE, 2m] In a fleeting night under the stars, two young men fight for their relationship before one leaves for bootcamp the next day.
  • A Furtive Glance (into Three Guy's Apartment) by Matt Morse
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, satire
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, roommates + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, satire
    Keyword: LGBTQ, roommates, college, masculinity, trans character
    [TEN-MINUTE, 3m] Three roommates navigate the power structures of masculinity after the unthinkable happens... They see each other naked.
  • Out by Matt Morse
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, romance + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: LGBTQ, romance, baseball, college
    [TEN-MINUTE, 2m] Recently-out baseball player Cal begins to question if his love life and his love for baseball are compatible.
  • Matrimony by Matt Morse
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, romance + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: LGBTQ, romance, comedy, wedding
    [TEN-MINUTE, 2m] Jason’s perfect wedding is thrown off course when he has a visitor an hour before the
    ceremony.
  • Good Dads by Matt Morse
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, family + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: LGBTQ, family, penguins, animals, fatherhood
    [TEN-MINUTE, 2m] While penguin fathers-to-be Jack and George await the hatching of their chick, they reckon with how the past influences the future as they start their new family.