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Reviews of CO-OP
Part of Thicker Than Water 2008 at Ensemble Studio Theatre

 "Blessed with several tuneful songs by Matt Schatz, this meet-cute musical stars performers whose delicate, wavering voices nicely complement their characters’ nervous states of mind. Steve Boyer plays the equally angst-ridden (though not quite as unhappy) Ethan with an earnestness that you find almost exclusively in musicals. Embarrassing things are said, eyes are rolled, and a connection is made. By the end of this persuasively sincere one-act, you may well be charmed."
                                     --Jason Zinoman

"The curtain opener and the best of the bunch, Co-Op is a cute minimusical set in a crunchy-granola community food shop in rural Oregon. Using a folk-pop score and shamelessly silly lyrics (there’s much rhyming with the state’s name: “door again,” “unsure again”), book writer Brooke Lauria and composer-lyricist Matt Schatz craft a portrait of sad-sack Bean (Julie Fitzpatrick), who aches to leave her dull town, and Ethan (Steve Boyer), a shy local who actually kinda likes it there. Grizzled store manager Ted (Thomas Lyons) provides witty romantic advice in the ditty “Don’t Date Your Double.”
--David Cote

"The night starts with the gentle touch of Co-Op The Musical (book by Courtney Brooke Lauria, music and lyrics by Matt Schatz), directed with a breezy air by Jordan Young. It's a simple story of the first contact between two shy and lonely souls: Bean the shop girl at a quaint Oregon produce market, and Ethan the boy who shops there every day. They are so sweetly awkward you will root for them all the way. It also sports one of the best songs I've heard in a long while, "Don't Date Your Double" (because the two of you would "finish each other's life sentences!")."
--Kat Chamberlain

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Broadway's David Bonanno Will Head Cast of The Tallest Building in ...
The world premiere of Matt Schatz's The Tallest Building in the World, which explores the birth of the World Trade Center Towers, will begin performances April ... 
(2011-04-12)

Krysta Rodriguez, Leo Ash Evens, Jim Poulos Offer Songs You've ...
... can expect to hear highlights from Everyone’s Waiting by Leah Miles and Donny Codden and Love Trapezoid by 2009 Fred Ebb Award finalist Matt Schatz. ... 
(2010-10-25)

Songs You've Never Heard Benefit to Feature Krysta Rodriguez, Leo ...
... can expect to hear highlights from Everyone’s Waiting by Leah Miles and Donny Codden and Love Trapezoid by 2009 Fred Ebb Award finalist Matt Schatz. ... 
(2010-10-12)

Setlock, Rodenburg, Strus, Moeller Star in Humana World Premiere ...
... One Crisp Spring Morning by Alex Dremann, 3:59am:a drag race for two actors by Marco Ramirez, Roanaoke by Michael Lew with music and lyrics byMatt Schatz. ... 
(2009-03-08)

Youngblood's Asking for Trouble Play Festival Begins Oct. 21 ...
... Michael Lew, Patrick Link, Ross Maxwell, Anna Ouyang Moench, Erin Murtaugh, Qui Nguyen, Daria Polatin, Sharyn Rothstein, Erica Saleh, Matt Schatz, Phil Schmeidl ... 
(2008-10-21)

Playwrights, Directors and Cast Announced for EST's Asking for ...
... Michael Lew, Patrick Link, Ross Maxwell, Anna Ouyang Moench, Erin Murtaugh, Qui Nguyen, Daria Polatin, Sharyn Rothstein, Erica Saleh, Matt Schatz, Phil Schmeidl ... 
(2008-10-16)

Ensemble Studio Theatre Announces First Light 2009 Line-Up ...
... by Eric Ting (Jan. 16); and Posthumusical, featuring book, music and lyrics by Matt Schatz (Jan. 29), directed by Jordan Young. ... 
(2009-01-14)

New Musicals Will Tune Up in BMI's "Fall Smoker" Showcase Nov. 20 ...
... be presented; Jeff Ward will perform a song from his musical Intervention; Julie Kilpatrick, Ruth Weber and Jeff Webb will perform from Matt Schatz and Phillip ... 
(2008-11-17)

EST's Thicker Than Water 2008 Festival Begins Feb. 3 - Playbill. ...
... Co-Op The Musical, written by Courtney Lauria and Matt Schatz, with music and lyrics by Matt Schatz. Jordan Young directs Julie ... 
(2008-02-03)

EST Announces Thicker Than Water 2008 Line-Up - Playbill.com
... Co-Op The Musical, written by Courtney Lauria and Matt Schatz, with music and lyrics by Matt Schatz. Jordan Young directs Julie ... 
(2008-01-14)

EST Announces First Light Readings and Workshops - Playbill.com
... Workshops, which will be semi-staged, will include The Tallest Building in the World by Matt Schatz, By Proxy by Amy Fox, Galois by Sung Rno and Me and Marie ... 
(2007-03-14)
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