Matt Shvyrkov is a playwright originally from a double-wide trailer deep in the swampy backwoods of deep red North Florida. His work has been produced/supported/otherwise recognized by The Barrow Group, Dixon Place, The Tank, The Strides Collective, Monument Theatre Company, and Austin Film Festival, among others. He is a current member of EST/Youngblood, and teaches playwriting/screenwriting at Tusculum University. MFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts; BA: University of South Florida.