MATTHEW GREENE
Thousand Pines
Six months after a devastating school shooting, three grieving mothers prepare for their respective Thanksgiving dinner. As the different families try to process and move forward, they discover that they are bound together by more than tragedy.
WORLD PREMIERE - WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE
DIRECTED BY AUSTIN PENDLETON
"Even without the sad subject, Thousand Pines is a fabulous ensemble play."
-Broadway World
Good Standing
Facing excommunication for marrying the man he loves, Curtis is forced to reckon with faith and family, facing down the strangers who have convened a "court of love" for his soul. This solo play goes beyond its exploration of religion to examine what it means to believe.
WORLD PREMIERE - PLAN B THEATER
UNITED SOLO FESTIVAL, THEATRE ROW
"Greene's remarkable text...manages the tricky balance of respecting the deep conviction of every character's beliefs, while also making it clear the pain these beliefs can cause."
-Salt Lake City Weekly
Gregorian
Four generations of an Armenian-American family grapple with their painful past and find a hopeful way forward. As the Gregorians navigate the twentieth century, watching history repeat itself through global human rights crises, their intergenerational connections become their salvation.
WORLD PREMIERE - WALKER SPACE
WORKING ARTISTS THEATRE PROJECT
"Layered with the weight of heritage and the memorial a person carries from the tragedies of our lineage, Greene’s writing is absolutely timeless."
-Theater Scene
Adam and Steve and the Empty Sea
Two best friends, one openly gay and the other openly Mormon, struggle to hold on to the relationship they've had since childhood as politics, religion, and growing pains pull them apart.
WORLD PREMIERE - PLAN B THEATRE
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
"Greene has an accurate ear for the way young men talk to each other, and the characters of Adam and Steve are sharply drawn and distinguished."
-Salt Lake Tribune
#mormoninchief
An unassuming young man becomes the center of national media frenzy when his tweets about a Mormon presidential candidate go viral. With the arrival of an intrepid political blogger, the story breaks wide open.
WORLD PREMIERE - KRAINE THEATER
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
"For those with an interest in the relationship between politics and religion, and between the people behind political and religious facades, this play does not disappoint."
-New York Theatre Review