Matt Webster is an award-winning actor and writer. Matt performed on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre in DGF Toasts: Stephen Schwartz. In addition to singing in the show, Matt contributed the vocal arrangements. Matt has been seen onstage as Glad Hand in the Broadway Tour of West Side Story and won Best Actor for his portrayal of Johnny Pope in A Hatful of Rain (BroadwayWorld). In 2019, Matt portrayed the role of Derek in the award-winning, world premiere of his new play BACK, which is now being turned into a television series. The pilot script won Best TV Script at the Santa Barbara International Film Fest, Best Drama Pilot at the Oxford Film Fest, and numerous other quarterfinalist and semifinalist placements.

In addition to BACK, Matt’s plays and musicals include: Love Somebody Now (with Tony and Grammy Nominated composer Andrew Lippa); Kingdom Come (winner Best Musical at the Downtown Urban Theatre Fest), Jay and the Contest (winner Risk Theatre Playwriting Award), Reveries, Fat Man’s, and Alex Fox: American Hero. With his frequent collaborator Taylor Ferrera, Matt has co-written: Cinderella; Democracy, Day 1; County Fair – A Country Hits Musical; Tessa Takes a Turn; Betty Zane; and Propaganda! The Musical - which made its international debut at the Gaetnerplatz Theatre in Munich, Germany. During the pandemic it was released as a full podcast musical, featuring a complete orchestra and a cast filled with Broadway stars. In 2021, Matt and Taylor won the prestigious Webby Award for Best Podcast Writing for Propaganda, the Podcast Musical. 

Matt is the Creative Director of Andrew Lippa’s production company, Made Up World, is a founding member of the Magic Forest Theatre Company, and teaches acting and text analysis at The New York Film Academy, where, as Resident Playwright, he has had nine short films produced. Matt received his BFA in Acting from West Virginia University where he was named the Outstanding Graduate from the College of Creative Arts. Matt is a proud Appalachian writer, a Johnny Mercer Award Winner, and was named the 2023/2024 Abingdon Theatre Company’s Artist in Residence.