Matt Schatz is a writer and composer.

His plays and musicals include Bobby Robotowitz, a finalist for the 2026 Terrence McNally Award, receiving a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere at IAMA Theatre Company in association with InHouse Theatre in Los Angeles; City Theatre in Pittsburgh; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.; Luna Stage in West Orange, New Jersey; and Theatre Lab in Boca Raton, Florida. His other works include The Burdens (The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, City Theatre, and others); A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill (Geffen Playhouse); An Untitled New Play by Justin Timberlake (City Theatre/Pittsburgh CLO); and The Past, a Present Yet to Come (InHouse Theatre; published by TRW). He is also the composer-lyricist of the upcoming Merlin Returns, starring Piff the Magic Dragon.

Schatz is the recipient of the Kleban Prize in Musical Theatre, the ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Award, the Edgerton New Play Award, the Reva Shiner Comedy Award, and the Award for Outstanding Lyrics at the New York Musical Festival. His debut poetry collection, Shoes Last Longer in LA (Kung Fu Treachery Press, 2024), led to his being named Humor Writer of the Month by the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. His most recent collection is Dramaturgatory: Poems for Theater People (Kung Fu Treachery Press, 2026).

Schatz has written for television, film, animation, and podcasts for AMC, Lucasfilm, Nickelodeon, Sony, Spotify, TBS, and USA, among others. He is the founder of the Matt Schatz TMI Musical Theater Lyric Writing Workshop, which he teaches in Los Angeles and online. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.