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Welcome! I'm a theatre professor, author, playwright, improviser, and all around swell fellow. Check out info on my plays, directing, teaching, and scholarly work (you know you want to). Or get more info on my books Satire & The State, Long Form Improv & American Comedy - The Harold, and The Comedy Improv Handbook. Feel free to contact me for scripts, to give me money, or anything else.
Latest News...​
  • My latest book - Satire & The State: Sketch Comedy and the Presidency - is coming soon! Pre-order your copy HERE!
  • I will be performing at The Albright Improv Festival in February!
  • I will be a panelist for Reading Theater Project's "Writing for Performance" discussion!
  • My latest article, "Sketch Comedy in the Age of Trump" was just published by Theatre/Practice - read it HERE!
  • I'll be directing a new play festival at Albright College in April!
  • My TYA play Gustav - The Goose Who Wouldn't Fly ​has been published by Heuer Publishing - get a copy!
  • Theatre Journal just released a book review for Long Form Improvisation & American Comedy: The Harold, calling it "among the top theoretical works on improvisation." 
  • Check out my Amazon Author Page and buy all of your favorite plays and books...and then a few of mine in one spot - HERE!
"Matt Fotis is brilliant." - Nuvo