Having dabbled in various
theater disciplines, Matt fell in
love with scenic design while still
an undergraduate at Plymouth
State University. Scenic design
offers a wonderful blend of
pictorial and sculptural elements
as well as endless possibilities of
textures and materials. Matt went
on to graduate studies at the
University of Georgia and
received his M.F.A. in Scenic and
Lighting design 2007.
Matt’s professional career
began in earnest when he joined
the staff of the Lyric Stage
Company in the Fall of 2007 as
production manager. Over the
next 10 years Matt had the
privilege to work with and design
for some of the best theater
artists in New England including
Spiro Veloudos, Courtney
O’Connor, Dawn Meredith
Simmons, Rachel Bertone,
Benny Sato-Ambush and
Larry Cohen to name only a few.
In 2020 Matt was nominated for
an Elliot Norton Award alongside
his fellow designers for the Lyric’s
production of The Cake.
In 2017 Matt’s career moved
westward when he joined the
faculty at HolyokeCommunity
College where he is currently
Associate Professor of Theater.
Matt is a passionate believer
that theater and the performing
arts should be available to
community college students as
a field of study.
When not in the theater or
the classroom, Matt is an avid
hand-tool woodworker and
plein-air painter. He enjoys hiking,
backpacking, biking and canoeing.
Matt lives inPittsfield,
Massachusetts with his wife,
Abigail Rollins.