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Matt Steinberg was a playwright with the NYU Gallatin Theater Group, where he had a workshop of his first play THE BETTER PARTY. Since graduating, he's been a member of The New Group Theater's playwrights workshop. Most recently, Matt has developed his newest play SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE with The Tank Theater.

Matt started out 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.

He has worked as the assistant to Steven Levenson since 2017. During this time, he 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).

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Alexander Vlahos Brings DRIFT to VAULT Festival

TV star Alexander Vlahos, known for roles in beloved BBC drama Versailles and Merlin, will star in a darkly comic, tour-de-force solo show at VAULT Festival 2022. 
Outside Edge Theatre Company Will Workshop LESSONS FOR DRIVING

Lessons for Diving by Silas Parry, directed by Matt Steinberg will be workshopped 19-24 July, with showcase on 24 July and performed by Sebastián Capitán Viveros, Patrick McNamee and Dan Wolff. This will be followed by Kristian Phillips' Drift, directed by Matt Steinberg and performed by Tom Rhys Harries, workshopped 26 – 28 July with the showcase on 28 July; and finally, Boomerang by Jack Stanley will be developed 29 – 31 July, with the showcase on 31 July, directed by Jude Christian. Showcases will be at the Jerwood Space.
Outside Edge Theatre Company Announces A New Chair Of The Board Of Trustees

Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC), the UK's only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, today announces that Tom Robertson will be the award-winning organisation's next Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Outside Edge Theatre Company Announces The Winner Of The Phil Fox Playwriting Award

Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC), the UK's only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, today announces Silas Parry as the winner of the inaugural Phil Fox Playwriting Award, with his magic realist script Lessons For Diving. Parry will receive a £6,000 commission and mentorship from chair of the judging panel, Tony Award-winning playwright Enda Walsh.
Outside Edge Theatre Company Announces Finalists For The Inaugural 2020 Phil Fox Playwriting Award

Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC), the UK's only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, is delighted to announce the finalists for the inaugural Phil Fox Award for Playwriting. Selected from 350 entries, the finalists are Sarah Connors, Silas Parry, Kristian Phillips, Jack Robson and Jack Stanley.
Outside Edge Theatre Company Announces Shortlist For The Inaugural 2020 Phil Fox Playwriting Award

Outside Edge Theatre Company (OETC), the UK's only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Phil Fox Award for Playwriting. Selected from 350 entries, the award is named after OETC's founder who passed away in 2014.
Matt Steinberg's SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE To Premiere Via Zoom

The premiere of Socially Unacceptable, written by Matt Steinberg and directed by Ran Xia, will be presented on Zoom.
Outside Edge Theatre Company Announces Judges And Funding For The Phil Fox Award For Playwriting

Outside Edge Theatre Company, which is the UK's only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction, is pleased to announce that Simon Stephens, Barbara Broccoli OBE, Matt Applewhite and Sonya Hale will join Enda Walsh as judges for the inaugural Phil Fox Award for Playwriting. The Carne Trust will provide support for this year's competition with a generous donation toward the costs of the award's administration.
Outside Edge Celebrates 20th Birthday With Launch Of Script Writing Competition With Enda Walsh

Outside Edge Theatre Company celebrates its 20th birthday this November as the UK's only theatre company and participatory arts charity focused on addiction. To mark this momentous occasion OETC hosted an evening of performances at Troubadour Theatre (White City) on November 1st. As well as reflecting on the success of the past twenty years, the evening looked towards the future by announcing a new script competition to be judged by multi-award-winning playwright Enda Walsh and other leading theatre industry figures.
Actors In Recovery From Substance Misuse Perform Bold New Production About America's Opioid Crisis

A Very Happy Scrappy Sackler Family Thanksgiving, premiering October 24 at DARE Festival 2019, explores the civil lawsuits filed against members of the billionaire family who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid prescription painkiller OxyContin. 
BWW Review: TUMULUS, Soho Theatre

The corpse of a young man is found dead on the Tumulus on Hampstead Heath. Then, another one. Both are immediately linked to the city's chemsex scene but Anthony thinks something else is going on, so he sets off on a personal investigation that spans parties and intimacy in Christopher Adams' play.
Photo Flash: First Look at TUMULUS at Soho Theatre

Atmospheric production photos have been released from Tumulus, opening tonight, at Soho Theatre.
Harry Lister Smith Joins the Cast of TUMULUS

Harry Lister Smith (acclaimed UK breakthrough film God's Own Country and A Woman of No Importance in the West End) is today announced as final casting in TUMULUS, a fast-paced thriller transferring to Soho Theatre from 16 April to 4 May.
Ian Hallard And Ciaran Owens Will Lead TUMULUS at Soho Theatre

Ian Hallard (The Boys in the Band, Vaudeville and Park Theatre) and Ciaran Owens (Candide, RSC) are to star in the transfer to Soho Theatre of Christopher Adams's play, TUMULUS, a fast-paced noir-style murder mystery thriller set against the backdrop of London's gay scene.
VAULT Presents Authentic Stories Of Substance Misuse And Recovery

'Check-in/Check-out', premiering March 6-10 at VAULT Festival 2019, is a new play devised by Outside Edge Theatre Company's ensemble of actors in recovery from substance misuse. The UK's only theatre company with a focus on addiction, Outside Edge has worked with performers in recovery for twenty years to create productions that examine issues related to substance misuse, addiction and recovery. Plunging the audience into the heart of addiction, 'Check-in/Check-out' presents the performers' personal narratives of recovery and positions these stories in context next to contributing social factors.
AMIOS Presents: A Chorus* SHOTZ! (*Greek)

SHOTZ! is a theatrical pressure cooker that every month pairs 6 groups of actors, writers, and directors together to create brand new 10-minute plays and perform them the first Monday of the month at The Kraine Theater, 85 E. 4th St., NY. Unified by three common criteria, each collection of plays captures a variety of perspectives around the month's theme, and is the best, most consistent showcase of up-and-coming talent in NYC theater.
Sinead Matthews and More Star in TROUT STANLEY's UK Premiere at Southwark Playhouse, Now thru Dec 7

The UK premiere of Claudia Dey's acclaimed play comes to The Little starring Sinead Matthews (A Time to Reap, Royal Court; The Changeling, The Glass Menagerie, Young Vic; The Master & Margarita, Complicite at Barbican and on tour; Women of Troy, The Mandate, National; The Wild Duck, Donmar), Vinette Robinson (Hamlet, Young Vic; Measure for Measure, National Theatre; Speaking Like Magpies, RSC; Tender Napalm, Southwark Playhouse; Sherlock) and Dylan Smith (Private Lives with Kim Cattrall, Toronto and Broadway; Zadie's Shoes, Finborough; Golden Swords, Shakespeare's Globe; Total Recall, 300, Eastenders).
Sinead Matthews and More to Star in TROUT STANLEY's UK Premiere at Southwark Playhouse, Nov 20-Dec 7

The UK premiere of Claudia Dey's acclaimed play comes to The Little starring Sinead Matthews (A Time to Reap, Royal Court; The Changeling, The Glass Menagerie, Young Vic; The Master & Margarita, Complicite at Barbican and on tour; Women of Troy, The Mandate, National; The Wild Duck, Donmar), Vinette Robinson (Hamlet, Young Vic; Measure for Measure, National Theatre; Speaking Like Magpies, RSC; Tender Napalm, Southwark Playhouse; Sherlock) and Dylan Smith (Private Lives with Kim Cattrall, Toronto and Broadway; Zadie's Shoes, Finborough; Golden Swords, Shakespeare's Globe; Total Recall, 300, Eastenders).
THE SLUTS OF SUTTON DRIVE Set for The Finborough Theatre, London, Now thru 9 July

As part of the multi-award-winning Finborough Theatre's Summer Season, acclaimed US playwright Joshua Conkel makes his UK debut with the world premiere of the darkly comic The Sluts of Sutton Drive, opening at the Finborough Theatre for a strictly limited run of six Sunday and Monday performances from today, 24 June 2012 to the 9th of July.

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