Matthew Lopez

Matthew Lopez is a critically acclaimed playwright and screenwriter best known as the author of “The Whipping Man.” The work is one of the most produced plays in the United States in recent times. The play made its debut at the Montclair, NJ, Luna Stage and was also acted out at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. Starring Andre Braugher and produced by Doug Hughes, it had sold out performances and its production was extended four times. The play would ultimately win the Lucille Lortel and Obie awards and ran more than 100 performances off Broadway. The New York Outer Critics Circle awarded Matthew Lopez a John Gassner Award. The play has also been critically acclaimed abroad and been produced more than forty times across the globe. Lopez is also the author of the TheatreWorks Palo Alto produced work “Somewhere.” His work “Reverberation” premiered at the Hartford State company in 2015. His other works include “The Legend of Georgia McBride,” and his most popular and most recent work “The Inheritance.” The latter which is based on “Howards End” by EM Forster won eight nominations at the Olivier Awards in 2018 and made its debut at London’s Young Vic Theatre in 2018.