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Matt Hoverman

Matt Hoverman

Matt Hoverman is a playwright for grown ups and TV writer/producer for kids whose groundbreaking work in animation has been recognized with an Emmy, the Humanitas Prize and the Sentinel Award, as well as nominations for Annie, NAMIC and GLAAD Awards. For Disney Junior: RoboGobo (co-ep/story editor), Firebuds (story editor), Fancy Nancy (for which he created Disney Junior’s first character on the autism spectrum), Sofia the First (for which he created Disney’s first princess with a disability), Spidey & His Amazing Friends and Goldie & Bear. For PBS, he wrote for Arthur and Curious George (including a special commemorating the 75th anniversary of the book series).

As a playwright, Matt’s farcical comedies include Puck’d: A Middle-Aged Summer Night’s Dream, The Glint, Who You See Here, Thrillsville, In Transit and Christmas Shorts – many of which have been given starry readings on and off-Broadway starring actors like Beau Bridges, Jean Smart, Michael McKean, Cecily Strong, Edie Falco, Hank Azaria, Debra Messing, Alicia Silverstone and Christina Ricci. Matt's plays have also been produced and/or developed by the La Jolla Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Huntington Stage, Guild Hall, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, the Transport Group, Ojai Playwrights Conference, the Edward Albee Foundation and theatres across the country – and have been nominated for a Drama Desk Award and won the FringeNYC Best Playwriting Award and the Samuel French OOB Short Play Festival. Matt co-wrote magician David Copperfield’s Vegas show and wrote the book for Disneyland Paris’ live stage musical Disney Junior Dream Factory.

Also an actor, his credits include the La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Rep, The Acting Company (national tour), the Women’s Project, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and extensive voice-over appearances on the cartoons Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sonic X, Shaman King, The WinX Club, Sofia the First, Viva Piñata, Dinosaur King, One Piece, The Harlock Saga, Chaotic, Cubix and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Also a solo show teacher/director, Mr. Hoverman has midwived the creation of over 200 solo shows, including winners of the 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013 FringeNYC Best Solo Show Awards in his Go-Solo workshops.

Education: Brown University: BA in Playwriting; University of California, San Diego: MFA in Acting.

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