bio

Matthew is a dramaturg, designer, administrator and writer based in Minneapolis, MN. He also dabbles in technician work, community development, cultural planning and in development work. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts with a minor in Urban Studies from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

As a dramaturg, he has worked with the Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwrights Workshop, Penumbra Theatre Company and Theater Mu, the University of Minnesota and the Apollo Theater. He is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA) and was awarded their Early Career Dramaturg Residency Grant for 2019, supporting his work on the co-production of The Brothers Paranormal with Penumbra Theatre Company and Theater Mu under dramaturg Saymoukda Vongsay

As a lighting designer, he has worked with Hedge Theater Co., Flombeii, LABrador, and within the University of Minnesota’s BFA/Guthrie Acting Program. As a scenic designer, his work has been unrealized but includes classwork at the University of Minnesota.

As a writer, his work has been seen in Hedge Theatre Company’s Mini Plays for Minneapolis, at the Playwright’s Center’s Ubu Roi Bakeoff (hosted by Paula Vogel), at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Players’ Fringe Festival 2017 (All Bets Are Off), and at Introspect Arts’ New Works Festival (It’s a Work in Progress, 2015). His poetry has been published in the D.C. Everest literary magazine, Point of Convergence (2014, 2015).