I’m back at Google on a short-term contract with Magnit @ Google. I’m editing the writing of a new AI tool Google is working on. My current writing contract goes from December, 2024-August, 2025.
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 First Friday and other events between February-March, 2023.
Download the PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3pdcmdh3z5rlhwg/Oakland-Unseen-Spring-2023.pdf
Additional copies are available for a limited time at these locations throughout the Bay Area: https://oaklandunseen.tumblr.com/print
Learn more about the issue in this write-up by Broke-Ass Stuart: https://brokeassstuart.com/2023/02/14/oaklands-satirical-news-source-back-in-action/
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 with 10 actors during April, 2021. Watch the behind-the-scenes on the making of the film on YouTube.
To learn more about the background on this project, read my interview with Oakland Magazine.
First West Coast Reading of Burning Man: The Musical
The composer Gene Back and I are excited to present the first staged reading of Burning Man: The Musical on the West Coast at Z Below in San Francisco on December 7-8, 2019. A limited number of tickets are available for free at http://www.zspace.org/burningman.
This new musical comedy about hippies vs. techies follows Molly (AKA Sparkle Pony) on her journey at Burning Man. Learn more about the musical at http://burningmanthemusical.com/.
Book and Lyrics by Matt Werner
Music by Gene Back
Direction by Domenique Lozano
Music Direction by Krista Wigle
Executive Producer Matt Werner
Associate Producer Danny Marin
Stage Management by Anastasia Wirth
Sound Design by Michael Creason
CAST
Molly – Maya M Sherer
Bill the Billionaire- Göran Norquist
Joe – Bryan Munar
Hazel the Hippie – Susan Gundunas
Chad/Ensemble – Benjamin Pither
Ensemble – Claire Pearson
Ensemble – KC Dela Cruz
Ensemble – Jack Isaacson-Brewster
THE BAND
Keyboard – Naomi Sanchez
Guitar/Bass – Julian Shipp
Drums – Mark Abbott
ADDITIONAL TEAM
Orchestrations – Rodney Bush
Production Assistant – Jacob Battersby
Production Assistant – Dillon Feldman
In Partnership with Z SPACE at Z BELOW in San Francisco, California
Special Thanks to:
Executive Artistic Director Lisa Steindler
Associate Artistic Director Rose Oser
the Production and Front of House Teams at Z Space
*Burning Man: The Musical is a parody of the Burning Man event and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Burning Man Project*
Burning Man: The Musical being pitched to Broadway producers
Tune in this Friday, Feb 8, 2019 at 1pm EST–the composer Gene Back and I are pitching Burning Man: The Musical to Broadway producers as part of ‘Sing Tank’, which is like Shark Tank, but for aspiring Broadway shows. We’ll be the last (of 7) shows giving 5-minute pitches. Tune in live at https://www.facebook.com/applesandorangesarts/videos/299317247454771/. A recording will be posted at http://nycoc.org/accelerator-winter-2019/.
My Off-Broadway debut!
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 future.
Read more about it on my blog!
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