Matt Barbot is a Nuyorican playwright based in Brooklyn, New York.
Barbot worked as an actor before becoming a playwright at the age of
26 with his first play, Infallibility. His best-known play was El
Coquà Espectácular and the Bottle of Doom.His play A List of Some
Shit I've Killed was published in the anthology Red Bull Shorts Volume
III.Barbot was born and raised in a Puerto Rican family in Brooklyn,
New York where he attended Regis High School, a Jesuit High School. In
his Church History course he found a "window into Catholicism," later
inspiring his work Infallibility. Barbot began to write and perform in
high school, including original oratories as both a Freshman and
Sophomore. Barbot received degrees in Creative Writing and Theater at
Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA and an MFA from
Columbia University School of the Arts.Barbot had experience as an
actor before becoming a playwright, having performed in "A Letter From
Omdurman" and other plays at the Flea Theater. Although writing and
producing plays is his main focus, as a fan of comics, Barbot worked
as an editor and writer with comic book creator Edgardo Miranda
Rodriguez for Somos Arte's La Borinqueñ and Darryl Makes Comics'
DMC.Barbot's produced his first play Infallibility when he was 26
years old. Infallibility focuses on questioning religion, faith, and
identity. The play is the story of an 18-year-old deacon named Carlos,
tricked into impersonating a dead pope's voice in a trial where he
ends up in jail. The play is set in the jail and performed for the
prison guards. Infallibility was produced in 2014 as a part of the
annual New York International Fringe Festival, and was one of Indie
Theater Now's Best of FringeNYC 2014.
Barbot worked as an actor before becoming a playwright at the age of
26 with his first play, Infallibility. His best-known play was El
Coquà Espectácular and the Bottle of Doom.His play A List of Some
Shit I've Killed was published in the anthology Red Bull Shorts Volume
III.Barbot was born and raised in a Puerto Rican family in Brooklyn,
New York where he attended Regis High School, a Jesuit High School. In
his Church History course he found a "window into Catholicism," later
inspiring his work Infallibility. Barbot began to write and perform in
high school, including original oratories as both a Freshman and
Sophomore. Barbot received degrees in Creative Writing and Theater at
Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA and an MFA from
Columbia University School of the Arts.Barbot had experience as an
actor before becoming a playwright, having performed in "A Letter From
Omdurman" and other plays at the Flea Theater. Although writing and
producing plays is his main focus, as a fan of comics, Barbot worked
as an editor and writer with comic book creator Edgardo Miranda
Rodriguez for Somos Arte's La Borinqueñ and Darryl Makes Comics'
DMC.Barbot's produced his first play Infallibility when he was 26
years old. Infallibility focuses on questioning religion, faith, and
identity. The play is the story of an 18-year-old deacon named Carlos,
tricked into impersonating a dead pope's voice in a trial where he
ends up in jail. The play is set in the jail and performed for the
prison guards. Infallibility was produced in 2014 as a part of the
annual New York International Fringe Festival, and was one of Indie
Theater Now's Best of FringeNYC 2014.
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