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Matthew Joseph "Matt" Corriel (born November 12, 1982) is an American composer and lyricist.

He was raised in Nanuet, New York. [1] Corriel studied literature at Harvard University, graduating in 2005, and earned his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2013. [1] [2] From 2007 to 2010, he was the operations director for Harvard's Freshman Arts Program and resident songwriter and drama tutor in Adams House. [3] [4]

Corriel's works for musical theatre include, among others, A Christmas Carol, [5] Middle School Madness, High School Intervention , and Chocolate Soup, which are licensed through Dramatic Publishing. [4] Both Intervention and Chocolate Soup won the annual Moss Hart Award of the New England Theatre Conference. [6] [7]

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Intervention is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Matt Corriel, and script by Jill Jaysen. It was also shown at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2007, the Center Stage Theatre Company in Westport, Connecticut, the Acorn Theatre in New York City, and the Staged Equity Reading, York Theatre NYC. It won the Moss Hart Award. The cast included Adam Riegler.

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  2. About Matt Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine , from Matt Corriel's personal web site, retrieved 2010-09-04.
  3. Freshman Arts program staff Archived 2010-11-13 at the Wayback Machine , Harvard University, retrieved 2010-09-04.
  4. 1 2 Author biography Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine , Dramatic Publishing, retrieved 2010-09-04.
  5. Kolas, Paul (December 6, 2005). "Foothills adds nice twist to 'Christmas Carol'", Telegram & Gazette , p. C5.
  6. "'Intervention' Now Playing NYMF 9/23, Wins Moss Hart Award", Broadway World, September 19, 2007, archived from the original on March 23, 2011, retrieved September 4, 2010.
  7. "'Chocolate Soup', Now Playing at NYMF, Wins Moss Hart Award", Broadway World, September 12, 2008.