Matt Aromando is a comedy writer and performer living in Brooklyn, New York. He writes for the Magnet Theater Sketch Team, Souvenir, hosts the podcast TeaBD, and performs stand-up comedy. In his spare time he writes in his blog, posts videos to his YouTube channel, and can be seen performing with the improv teams Jazzercise and Jammy.
Matt spent several years in the Boston comedy scene before moving to New York. Matt performs stand-up, improv, and sketch comedy. He has performed around the country in comedy clubs and festivals. He produces sketch comedy for Horseshoe & Hand Grenade Productions.
Stand-up
Matt has opinions on everything and wants to share them with the world. His stand-up is based around his life experiences and all the things, from inane to meaningful, that he’s over-thought to the point of hilarity. He was a stand-up comic in Boston for several years, performing in clubs all over the city and the rest of New England and now resides in Brooklyn. He likes to take real-life observations and ponder about them to the point of absurdity.
Matt performs stand-up comedy regularly wherever people will have him. This includes being booked at: Catch a Rising Star (Providence, RI); The Comedy Connection (Providence, RI); The Comedy Studio (Cambridge, MA); Davis Square Theatre (Somerville, MA); Dick Doherty’s Comedy Den (Boston, MA); Great Scott (Boston, MA); ImprovBoston (Cambridge, MA); Muchmore’s (Brooklyn, NY); Nick’s Comedy Stop (Boston, MA); The PIT Loft (New York, NY); Somerville Theatre (Somerville, MA).
Improv
Matt is currently performing improv in New York with the indie teams Jazzercise and Jammy.
Matt has completed the improv training programs at ImprovBoston and Improv Asylum in Boston and is in the Advanced Study Program for improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and the Conservatory at the Magnet Theater in New York City.
Matt’s indie improv group, Big Gulp, was a resident team for ImprovBoston’s weekly Friday night show, Studio 40, for 18-months, from December 2012 through June 2014. Big Gulp has also performed at the Del Close Marathon, Baltimore Improv Festival, Boston Comedy Arts Festival, Women in Comedy Festival, and Hartford Improv Festival.
Matt performed competitive improv regularly with ComedySportz Boston from September 2013 until August 2014. In March of 2014, he competed in ComedySportz Buffalo’s 49 1/2 hour Improvathon. He has also performed as a guest for ComedySportz New York City.
Matt’s improv instructors have included Matt Besser, Armando Diaz, Shannon O’Neill, Mike Still, Megan Gray, Rick Andrews, Louis Kornfeld, Peter McNerney, Nick Kanellis, Don Fanelli, and Will Luera.
Sketch
Matt is a sketch writer and actor. He is currently a writer for the Magnet Sketch Team, Souvenir. He is also in the Advanced Study Program for sketch at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. His work can be seen in the videos Who’s the Gift?, Vote 4 Me, Moon Ghost, Selling Snapchat, and Sibling Rivalry; all on the sketch comedy YouTube channel, Horseshoe & Hand Grenade Productions.
On stage, Matt has written and performed sketch at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Magnet Theater, ImprovBoston, Improv Asylum, The Peoples Improv Theater, The PIT Loft, and UNDER St. Marks. He has been on two different winning teams for ImprovBoston’s Battle Royale: Dictator’s Time Machine and Sketchprov. He wrote and performed regularly in the SNL-style show Current Eventuals in Boston and, in 2015, performed with the Current Eventuals in the NYC Sketch Fest. In 2014 and 2015, he was also a part of NYC Sketch Fest with the group, Always On Deck.
Matt’s sketch instructors have included Michael Delaney, Ben Wietmarschen, Caitlin Bitzegaio, Brandon Bassham, and Rachael Mason from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. He has taken workshops with with Kevin McDonald of Kids in the Hall and Eric Drysdale of The Colbert Report.
Festivals
Matt has performed at festivals across the east coast.
NYC Sketch Fest – 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
Del Close Marathon – 2014, 2015, 2017
NYC Improv Fest – 2016, 2017
Women In Comedy Festival – 2014
Hartford Improv Festival – 2014
ComedySportz Buffalo Improvathon – 2014
Boston Comedy Arts Festival – 2013
Boston Comedy Festival – 2013
Baltimore Improv Festival – 2013
Booking
Matt is available for bookings by email: matt@mattaromando.com or by phone: 323-761-0578.