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Thankful to have caught City Theatre's production! Matt Schatz delivers a wonderful musical about striving for a better tomorrow. While this show is so uniquely about theatre, it never alienates the broader audience. Well drawn characters with realistic expectations and flaws. A terrific piece that every weirdly named and over-abbreviated company should be producing!

This play has so many smart/funny/painful things to say about the politics of theater. Every beat brings a new delight. I love that Beth has a stream of jokes that makes the audience laugh, but not her fellow characters. My favorite line: "Turn left at the bronze bust of Lin Manuel Miranda."

A hilarious commentary on the political nature of theatre that just hits it all on the head! Well done!

Hilarious, sharp satire and a strong chamber musical (go beyond reading the script and listen to the music demos!). As a playwright, it's hard not to appreciate this incisive and funny look at the woes of new play development, identity and power in the non-profit theater world, and the compromises people make to achieve professional artistic success. That said, I believe that any number of audiences will find this a worthwhile and astute exploration of celebrity and the reasons white, patriarchal hegemony still have a stranglehold on the American theater.

Is it possible for a play to both utterly delight you and make you cringe in every single moment?

It turns out the answer is yes. And this is the play. I love it.

"untitled," is a blast. It's heart-felt, it's witty, and it's full of love and satire in a way that feels very genuine. I laughed reading it, and I can only imagine how hearing it with music and the full effects would create a lively, energetic experience. It feels like the rare play that would leave you feeling refreshed and full of laughter, but without rose-colored glasses -- it still asks questions about artistic integrity, fame, hope, and the power and purpose of art, and of theatre.

While it is definitely an "insider baseball" play about the world of literary managers, Matt's play speaks to everyone fighting to do the best work they can, improving both their field and themselves. And it's really, really funny.

This play hits unbelievably close to home, and I love that it doesn't flinch. Beautiful commentary on feeling small in big arenas, and on how far good intentions and artistic motivation will take you.

FUNNY. Yes, it's a little Inside Baseball, but goddamn, it's funny.

One of the best lines in it kinda/sorta speaks for the play itself. As LIZ COHEN describes: "I was sweating. I was crying. I was probably also like peeing myself. Maybe also coming... It was just like all bodily fluids, you know? At once. Now that is f@cking theater"

Despite my resemblance to his mother, I have no connection whatsoever to Mr. Schatz and hope this play finds the audience it so richly deserves. Please someone, do this play!

(Also, I am now in love with Beth.)

Savage, hilarious and rings oh-so-true if you are trying to get your work produced. I recognize these people!