ELF THE MUSICAL |
Walter Hobbs |
Sierra Repertory Theatre |
THE ROYALE |
Max |
Capital Stage Company |
THE HUMANS |
Erik Blake |
Capital Stage Company |
AN EVENING WITH SIR TWADDLE DRECK |
Sir Twaddle Dreck |
Parodos Theatre Festival (Canada) |
THE WIZARD OF OZ |
Professor Marvel/Wizard of Oz |
Sierra Repertory Theatre |
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER |
Matt Drayton |
Sierra Repertory Theatre |
METEOR SHOWER |
Gerald Newman |
Fusion Theatre (NM) |
SWEAT |
Stan |
Capital Stage Company |
MAN OF LA MANCHA |
Governor/Innkeeper |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
THE CRUCIBLE |
Reverend Samuel Parris |
Lucky Penny Productions |
AN OCTOROON |
Playwright/Lafouche/Wahnotee |
Capital Stage Company |
THE TEMPEST |
Prospero |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
LOVE AND INFORMATION |
ensemble |
Capital Stage Company |
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL |
Jackson Boudreaux |
Lucky Penny Productions |
THE TICKET |
Wally Hickel |
Cyrano's Theatre (AK) |
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY |
Sir John Middleton |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
MACBETH |
Macduff |
Sierra Repertory Theatre |
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD |
Chairman - William Cartwright |
Davis Shakespeare Festival |
TWELFTH NIGHT |
Sir Toby Belch |
Davis Shakespeare Festival |
JULIUS CAESAR |
Julius Caesar |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
THE GRAPES OF WRATH |
Pa Joad |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
SHE LOVES ME |
Mr. Maraczek |
Davis Shakespeare Festival |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING |
Dogberry/Don John |
Davis Shakespeare Festival |
ROMEO AND JULIET |
Rabbi Laurence |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE |
Mr. Bennet |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY |
Everett K. Olson |
Capital Stage Company |
THE GINGERBREAD LADY |
James Perry |
New Helvetia Theatre |
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM |
Nick Bottom |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
AJAX IN AFGHANISTAN (world premiere) |
Odysseus |
Hydrama Theatre Centre, Hydra, Greece |
ELEKTRA IN BOSNIA (world premiere) |
Menalaus |
Hydrama Theatre Centre, Hydra, Greece |
DIAL M FOR MURDER |
Tony Wendice |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
SUPERIOR DONUTS |
Arthur Przybyszewski |
Capital Stage |
EQUIVOCATION |
Richard/Garnet |
B Street Theatre |
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS |
Jacob Jerome |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
SOMEONE WHO'LL WATCH OVER ME |
Michael Watters |
Capital Stage |
NOISES OFF |
Lloyd Dallas |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
LITTLE WOMEN |
Professor Friedrich Bhaer |
Foothill Theatre Company |
CYRANO DE BERGERAC |
Antoine De Guiche |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
OF MICE AND MEN |
George Milton |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
OTHELLO |
Iago |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
PRIVATE LIVES |
Elyot Chase |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
COMPLEAT WKS OF WILLM SHKSPR (ABRIDGED) |
Adam |
Foothill Theatre Company |
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW |
Petruchio |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
AMADEUS |
Antonio Salieri |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
MACBETH |
Seyton/Murderer |
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival |
COMEDY OF ERRORS |
Dromio of Syracuse |
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival |
TARTUFFE |
Tartuffe |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
A CHRISTMAS CAROL |
Ebenezer Scrooge |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
ARCADIA |
Ezra Chater |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
FULLY COMMITTED |
Sam Peliczowski |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
GHOSTS |
Pastor Manders |
Sierra Repertory Theatre |
LOST IN YONKERS |
Uncle Louie Kurnitz |
Palm Canyon Theatre |
ARMS AND THE MAN |
Capt. Bluntschli |
Sacramento Theatre Company |
ROUGH CROSSING |
Sandor Turai |
Sierra Repertory Theatre |
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE |
Ensemble |
Royal National Theatre of Great Britain |
Matt began working professionally as an actor while still at university. Following the completion of his theatre degree, he moved to Chicago and earned his living as an actor for several years before moving to Los Angeles. There he enjoyed a rich career that included theatre (The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain's production of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE with Sir Ian McKellen), film ("Gods and Generals" with Robert Duvall), television ("Santa Barbara"; "General Hospital"; "Off Centre"; "Courthouse" and "13 Reasons Why), and voice-over (dozens of roles including the star of the Cartoon Network Anime series, "Tenchi-Muyo" and taking over for Robin Williams as Batty in "FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue"). While in Los Angeles, Matt was appointed Artistic Coordinator for the Classical Theatre Lab, an actor's "gym" that meets Monday nights to perform scenes and monologues to be coached by luminaries of stage and screen, including Olympia Dukakis, Alan Rickman, Patrick Stewart, Brain Cox, Richard Dreyfuss, Lynn Redgrave, to name a few. In 2002 Matt was approached by the Sacramento Theatre Company to become a company member. Since then he has appeared in over forty productions at STC, (see above); as well as many directing credits, (see link above); eventually being appointed Artistic Director in 2010. Matt's an adjunct professor of Theatre Arts for the Los Rios Community College District, a Teaching Artist for Capital Stage's CapStage Academy, an instructor for the Rio Valley Charter School's Arts Guild, been a regular teacher for STC's Young Professional Conservatory's Master Classes and summer camp program, as well as a private acting coach. His playwriting has been seen in productions of MOTHER GOOSED!, a British style panto; his autobiographical one-man show FITS AND PARTS: MY LIFE IN STAGES and a staged reading of BEAT ASIDE APOLLO'S ARROW, which was awarded runner-up for the New England Theatre Conference's John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award. His newest work, a comic spoof entitled AN EVENING WITH SIR TWADDLE DRECK, which he also performs, premiered at the Parodos Theatre Festival in Toronto, Canada in 2019. Now free-lancing again, Matt is busy with acting and directing assignments around the country. He is a proud member of American and Canadian Actors' Equity Associations, SAG-AFTRA, the Dramatists Guild and the American Federation of Teachers. |