Matt's Writing

Matt Werner, writer & editor

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Oakland Unseen releases Spring 2023 issue

Oakland Unseen is a satirical newspaper in the style of The Onion. It is hyper-local fake journalism that covers Oakland and San Francisco’s real news stories through satire. Our street team of newsies is handing out 10,000 copies of this newspaper for free at San Francisco Sketchfest venues in early 2023, and also at Oakland’s […]

Burning Man: The Musical now a feature film!

Burning Man: The Musical had its world premiere on Broadway On Demand and Streaming Musicals on August 27, 2021. Watch the film now. After working with the composer Gene Back for 6 years, we’re excited to announce that our satirical musical comedy has been turned into a feature film. It was shot on a soundstage […]

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Oakland Unseen releases Spring 2023 issue

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Oakland Unseen is a satirical newspaper in the style of The Onion. It is hyper-local fake journalism that covers Oakland and San Francisco's real news stories through satire. Our street team of newsies is handing out 10,000 copies of this newspaper … [Read more]

Burning Man: The Musical now a feature film!

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Burning Man: The Musical had its world premiere on Broadway On Demand and Streaming Musicals on August 27, 2021. Watch the film now. After working with the composer Gene Back for 6 years, we're excited to announce that our satirical musical … [Read more]

My Off-Broadway debut!

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Agnus, a crime drama I co-wrote and co-produced, ran at Theatre Row in Manhattan from Jan-Feb, 2018. My co-writer and co-producer, Ise Lyfe, played the title role of Agnus. The show is a crime drama like "A Few Good Men," but set 30 years in the … [Read more]

Public Theater debut!

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Back on September 5, 2016, I had my New York acting and writing debut as part of the #BARS Workshop Vol 2 led by Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal. We spent the summer of 2016 writing theater-in-verse, and then we presented our pieces, introduced by … [Read more]