Matt Steinberg has worked as the assistant to Steven Levenson since 2017. During this time, he served as the showrunner's assistant on FX's limited series FOSSE/VERDON, as well as assistant to playwright on DAYS OF RAGE (Second Stage) and DEAR EVAN HANSEN (Music Box). Currently, Matt is assisting Steven Levenson on two feature films, for which Levenson has written the screenplay: ...TICK, TICK, BOOM (dir. Lin Manuel Miranda) and DEAR EVAN HANSEN.
Matt was a resident playwright for the NYU GALLATIN THEATER GROUP, getting a production of his first play THE BETTER PARTY. He then went on to join The New Group Theater's young playwrights workshop, where he mounted a reading of his play ROCKSTAR. Most recently, Matt has developed his newest play SOCIALLY UNACCEPTABLE with The Tank Theater.
In 2019, Matt's pilot OUR VERY IMPORTANT PODCAST was a finalist for the Sundance Episodic Lab.
Matt started out writing during in the world of New York comedy– performing stand-up around NYC, writing sketches at the Upright Citizen's Brigade, and even contributing jokes as the writer’s intern at LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS.