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Actor
Training & Education

MFA in Shakespeare & Performance - Mary Baldwin University

Concentration in Directing

Thesis Title: “Radical Rest for the Theatre Artist: Choosing Embodied Presence in Times of Personal and Communal Crisis”

MA in Theatre & Performance Studies - University of Colorado Boulder

Thesis Title: "Trans Identity On and Off Stage: A Guide for Supporting Trans Actors Performing Roles Outside of Their Gender Identity"

 

BA in Theatre - University of Colorado Boulder

Focus in performance and consent-based practices

Intimacy Choreography Training

Theatrical Intimacy Education

2023 - Creating with Consent: Onstage Intimacies (40-hour summer intensive)

2022 - Best Practices (Greg Geffrard, Emily Rollie)

Intimacy Directors and Coordinators

2023 -

            Introduction to Trauma-Informed Communication (Roque Rodriguez)

            Level 2 - Foundations of Intimacy (Charlie Baker, Zoe Burke)​

2022 -

             Working with Trans and Non-Binary Artists (Raja Benz, Joy Brooke Fairfield)

             Level 1 - Foundations of Intimacy (Nicole Perry, Claire Wilcher)

             Anatomy of an Apology (Charlie Baker)​​

Professional

TYA The Rainbow Goose

Studio Apartment

Mischief, Magic & Murder

Puffs

Miraculous Journey of Edward

Tulane (educational tour)

Explorer

u/s Monty

​Felix Fairbourne

Wayne Hopkins

Voice of Edward/musician

University
Pre-Professional

The Goblins

Bartholomew Fair

Henry VI Part 3

TYA Pericles (educational tour)

81 Minutes (devised piece)

The Prince/Constable/Bard

Bartholomew Cokes

Margaret/Clarence/Exeter/others

The Storyteller

Gower

The Two Noble Kinsmen

A King and No King

The Importance of Being Earnest

Julius Caesar

Gallathea

She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms

3rd Queen/Jailor's Brother/others

Gobrius

Lady Bracknell

Metellus Cimber/Titinius/others

Rafe

Chuck Biggs

Staged Readings

One and the Same

​Bell in Campo

Bubble, Bubble

The Boat Races

Antonio

Valeroso/la Gravity/Messenger

Oakley

Max

Theatre SilCo Educational Outreach / Morgan Cobb

Violet Mirage / Che Flory

Byers Enterprises / Sarah Cramer

Silver Line Theatre Exchange / Jeremy West

CU Community Outreach / Kaitlin Nabors

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / company directed

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / Raphael Massie

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / Anna Taylor & Jess Snellings

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / Anna Taylor & Self

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / Doreen Bechtol & Molly Seremet

Shakespeare & Performance / Doreen Bechtol & Matt Davies

Shakespeare & Performance / Anna Bigham & Ashley Wright

University of Colorado Boulder / Chip Persons

Sandbox Student Series / Jo Hoagland

University of Colorado Boulder / Kaitlin Nabors

University of Colorado Boulder / Amanda Rose Villarreal

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / Katy Shinas

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / Anna Taylor & Kelley McKinnon

CU 24-Hour Play Festival / Jean Niederkorn

CU New Play Festival / Oliver Garland III

Workshops

The Winter's Tale (queer edition)

Perdita

Rogero/Dorcas

Antigonus

Script cut workshop / Jo Hoagland

Streetlight Shakespeare Ens. / Ashley Wright

Showcases

All's Well That Ends Well

Measure for Measure

The Winter's Tale

Pericles

Cymbeline

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Galatea (by M.J. Kaufman)

Lafew

Escalus

Polixenes

Lysimachus

Cymbeline

Chief

Phyllida

MBU Directing Scenes / Lora Lassiter

MBU Directing Scenes / Megan Parlett

MBU Directing Scenes / Joan Raube-Wilson

MBU Directing Scenes / Anna Bigham

MBU Directing Scenes / Ethan Goodmansen

CU Boulder Directing Scenes / Cailyn Sales

CU Boulder Directing Scenes / Louie DiSibio

Film

Cognition

EtherOr

Doctor

Man/Richard

CU Boulder Cinema Studies / Jordan Terry

CU Boulder Cinema Studies / Zander Constien

Matthias has experience with last minute, emergency  put-ins

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