Playwright
Matthew Salazar-Thompson
ABOUT ME
Matthew Salazar-Thompson is a playwright born in Los Angeles and raised in San Diego. He received his bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University, his MA in Theatre from San Diego State University and his MFA in Creative Writing with a double emphasis in fiction and playwriting from UC Riverside.
He has been commissioned by The San Diego Repertory Theatre (Star Crossed), North Coast Repertory Theatre (The Little Mermaid, The Perfectly Preposterous Pirate Adventure of Solana Beach, Ted Williams: A Tip of the Cap, Mistletoe, Music & Mayhem!), Compass Theatre (9066, The 146 Point Flame), New Fortune Theatre (Cellar Door, Switching Tracks), Coronado Playhouse (If the Shoe Fits, A Roman Holiday), The Road Theatre (Who's on Alpha?), and Point Loma Playhouse (The Complete History of Theatre (abridged), A Christmas Carol: The Classic Radio Drama).
His play, Who's Afraid of Me, Myself and Edward Albee? was conceived of and mentored by Edward Albee himself over the course of several years.
In 2016 Mr. Thompson collaborated with La Mama Experimental Theatre Group in Umbria, Italy with resident master playwright Mac Wellman in the development of his comedy The Complete History of Theatre (abridged) and the revision of The 146 Point Flame.
Switching Tracks was a semi-finalist for the Detroit New Works Festival in 2017.
Grants include the MiraStar Playwright Award and Direct to Arts Award from the city of Solana Beach.
His plays have been published through Dramatic Publishing, Heuer Publishing, Eldridge Publishing, Brooklyn Publishing and Norman Maine Publishing. His non-fiction is published through Arcadia Publishing while his novel is available via e-Kindle.
Currently he heads the Playwriting Department at San Diego City College where he teaches He has also taught at UCSD Extension, MiraCosta College, College of the Desert and Southwestern College.
