Matthew Paul Olmos Explained
Matthew Paul Olmos is a Mexican-American playwright from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his play a home what howls (or the house what was ravine), which premiered at Steppenwolf Theater in 2024;[1] as well as so go the ghosts of mexico a three-play cycle about the US-Mexico drug wars which was selected for a production at La MaMa by Sam Shepard.[2]
Biography
Matthew Paul Olmos was born in Montebello, California to a police officer and Labor/Delivery nurse.[3] Originally planning to write, direct and act in movies, Olmos was not exposed to theatre until his senior year of college when he took an Intro to Playwriting course. Olmos stayed an extra year and switched his major to receive a B.A in Playwriting, after his professor told him he had talent for playwriting.
Olmos moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2001 to pursue playwriting. He received his M.F.A in Playwriting from the New School of Drama in 2004.
Career
In 2009, his play i put the fear of méxico in'em, which was developed while he was in residency at INTAR theatre got him selected as a Sundance Institute Time Warner Storytelling Fellow.[4] [5] Olmos worked at the Lark Play Development Center before quitting to be a full-time playwright.[6] In 2012, Olmos was in residence at New Dramatists as part of his Princess Grace Fellowship. In 2013, Olmos was selected in the Ucross Foundation's Sundance Institute Theatre Program.[7] In the same year, he received the inaugural Ellen Stewart Emerging Playwright Award.[8]
Accolades
Works
Full length plays
- that drive thru monterey
- sing it to the air, sing it to the ground, spill the wine, take that pearl
- Richie never slept, was always up, moving around at night
- a home what howls (or the house what was ravine)
- immorality may well be imagined
- three girls never learnt the way home
- the broken'hearts of a corrupted white house
- the shooters of an american president
- "i am a drop'dead gorgeous, fabulous, stylish, exotic'ass gem amongst thousands of rocks" by elliot rodger
- the living'life of the daughter mira
- The OLMOS FAMILY Play
- so go the ghosts of méxico, a brave woman in mexico
- so go the ghosts of méxico, the rise of azul
- so go the ghosts of méxico, a daughter sings the poet song
- i put the fear of méxico in'em
- The Nature of Captivity
- monkey
- nobody rides a locomotive no'mo
- the death of the slow'dying scuba diver
Essays
Notes and References
- Web site: Masseron . Meg . January 9, 2024 . Steppenwolf Theatre Presenting World Premiere of A Home What Howls . June 25, 2024 . Playbill.com.
- Web site: matthew paul olmos - the scripts. matthewpaulolmos.com. en. 2017-05-01.
- News: Cafecito: Matthew Paul Olmos. HowlRound. 2017-05-01. en.
- Web site: Sundance Institute Announces 2009 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows . 2017-05-01 . www.sundance.org.
- Web site: BBC World Service - Arts & Culture - International Playwriting Competition 2011: Meet the winners. en-GB. 2017-05-01.
- Web site: Matthew Paul Olmos: so go the ghosts of mexico. Christopherson. Jody. 2013-04-05. Huffington Post. en-US. 2017-05-01.
- Web site: Ucross Foundation :: Sundance Institute Theatre Program. www.ucrossfoundation.org. en. 2017-05-01.
- Web site: Seven Artists Selected for 2013 Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation. www.sundance.org. 2017-05-01.
- Web site: Sundance Institute Announces 2009 Time Warner Storytelling Fellows. www.sundance.org. 2017-05-01.
- Web site: October 19, 2011 . Sam Shepard Selects Playwright Matthew Paul Olmos to Create New Work at La MaMa E.T.C.. June 25, 2024 . Theatermania.
- News: 2012 Princess Grace Awards Winners Announced. Backstage.com. 2017-05-01.
- Web site: Hetrick . Adam . November 5, 2012 . Sundance Selects Michael John LaChiusa, Stephen Wadsworth and Radha Blank for Ucross Retreat . June 25, 2024 . Playbill.com.
- Web site: Miller . Sean . April 24, 2014 . Sundance Institute Unveils Theater Lab Slate . June 25, 2024 . Backstage.com.
- News: Bartkowski . Becky . 2015-07-02 . Matthew Paul Olmos Wins Arizona Theatre Company National Latino Playwrighting Award . 2017-04-18 . Phoenix New Times.
- Web site: 2017 . 2017/18 L.A. WRITERS' WORKSHOP . June 25, 2024 . Center Theatre Group.
- Web site: November 15, 2018 . Actors Theatre of Louisville Announces 43rd Humana Festival . June 25, 2024 . American Theatre.
- Web site: Dmytryk . Zenon . August 3, 2020 . GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE SELECTS SIX PLAYWRIGHTS FOR 2020/2021 CYCLE OF "THE WRITERS' ROOM" . June 25, 2024 . Geffen Playhouse.
- Web site: Meyer . Dan . March 30, 2021 . Drama League Awards Announces 2021 Nominees and Special Recognition Recipients . June 25, 2024 . Playbill.com.
- Web site: June 28, 2022 . Playwrights' Center Welcomes Inspiring New Cohort of Core Writers . June 25, 2024 . PlaywrightsCenter.
- Web site: February 10, 2023 . EST/Sloan Announces 11 New Science-Oriented Play Commissions . June 25, 2024 . AmericanTheatre.
- Web site: Higgins . Molly . December 13, 2023 . Dramatists Guild Foundation Reveals Inaugural Catalyst Fellowship Recipients . June 25, 2024 . Playbill.com.