Mat Smart

Mat Smart is a Core Writer at the Playwrights’ Center, where he was a McKnight Advancement Grant and two-time Jerome Fellowship recipient. His play Samuel J. and K. premiered at Williamstown Theatre Festival and featured Justin Long (subsequent productions include Steppenwolf for Young Adults and Passage Theatre). Other plays include The Hopper Collection (Magic Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company) and The 13th of Paris (City Theatre, Seattle Public Theatre, Horizon Theatre, Public Theatre of Maine, Warehouse Theatre and LiveWire). He received an MFA from UCSD. Mat is currently working as a janitor at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Special thanks to astronaut Garrett Reisman.