He is best known for his play a home what howls (or the house what was ravine), which premiered at Steppenwolf Theater in 2024;[1] as well as so go the ghosts of mexico a three-play cycle about the US-Mexico drug wars which was selected for a production at La MaMa by Sam Shepard.

[2] Matthew Paul Olmos was born in Montebello, California to a police officer and Labor/Delivery nurse.

[3] Originally planning to write, direct and act in movies, Olmos was not exposed to theatre until his senior year of college when he took an Intro to Playwriting course.

[citation needed] In 2009, his play i put the fear of méxico in'em, which was developed while he was in residency at INTAR theatre got him selected as a Sundance Institute Time Warner Storytelling Fellow.

[4] [5] Olmos worked at the Lark Play Development Center before quitting to be a full-time playwright.