Matthew Paul Olmos
BornMontebello, California
OccupationPlaywrightScreenwriter
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (BA) The New School for Drama (MFA)

Matthew Paul Olmos

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Matthew Paul Olmos is an American playwright from Los Angeles, California. Now living in Brooklyn, New York, he is most well-known for his play the living'life of the daughter mira, which won Arizona Theatre Company's 2015 National Latino Playwriting Award[1] and was named one of the Best Unproduced Latin@ Plays 2017 by the 50 Playwrights Project.[2], and so go the ghosts of mexico a three-play cycle about the US-Mexico drug wars.

Biography

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Accolades

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2015 sident Artist, Princess Grace Awardee in Playwriting

Works

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the living' life of the daughter mira

life in capitivity

the shooters of an american president

"i am a drop'dead gorgeous, fabulous, stylish, exotic'ass gem amongst thousands of rocks" by elliot rodger

so go the ghosts of mexico 3 part work

writings in the brooklyn rail and new york theater review[3]

  1. ^ Bartkowski, Becky (2015-07-02). "Matthew Paul Olmos Wins Arizona Theatre Company National Latino Playwrighting Award". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
  2. ^ "50PP's Best Unproduced Latin@ Plays 2017". 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  3. ^ "matthew paul olmos - publications/other writing". matthewpaulolmos.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.