Matthew Richter (born April 9, 1968 in New York City) is an American author, producer, performer, and arts entrepreneur living in Seattle, Washington. He is the Cultural Space Liaison for the City of Seattle. He is also well known as the founder of Consolidated Works, a contemporary arts center in Seattle. He continues his long-running association with the 14/48 festival, the self-described "world’s quickest theater festival," a semiannual speed-theater marathon formerly held at Consolidated Works.