Born in Waco, Texas, Matt bounced around between Louisville, Kentucky; the high plains of West Texas; and Cambridge, England; before going to college at Boston University, and ultimately landing in New York City in 2006. He is a freelance director with a focus on new work classics, and musicals.
Recent: GARSIDE’S CAREER (Mint Theater), WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? by Brian Quijada (Steppenwolf), THE LONESOME WEST by Martin McDonagh (Playmakers Repertory Company Ground Floor), THE CHARIOTEER by Dan Giles (Juilliard), STEP MOM, STEP MOM, STEP MOM by Jahna Ferron-Smith, (InterACT), SMART by Mary Elizabeth Hamilton (Ensemble Studio Theatre), THREE SISTERS and THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW (NYU Grad), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Queens College), WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS! (Theatreworks, US Tour), SELKIE by Krista Knight (Dutch Kills), DISCO PIGS by Enda Walsh (Drama League, Sheen Center), BLOOD WEDDING and THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (Rutgers Mason Gross), THE ADVENTURES OF MINAMI by Leah Nanako Winkler (The Brick/Dramatists Guild), KID PRINCE & PABLO by Brian Quijada (Ars Nova), and Bizet’s CARMEN (New York Opera Exchange). His productions of WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? with Satya Chávez have been seen across the country at Denver Center, Cleveland Play House, Colorado Springs, and Actors Theatre of Louisville (nominated for Drama League Award).
As an actor he has appeared on Broadway in WAR HORSE, THE COAST OF UTOPIA (Lincoln Center Theater), and most recently Off-Broadway in Nicky Silver's TOO MUCH SUN (Vineyard Theatre). He is a Drama League Fellow, a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow (Manhattan Theatre Club) and member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stella Adler, teaching "Theatremaking in the Digital Age". B.F.A. from Boston University.