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MICHAEL MATTHEWS
DIRECTOR, SDC
BROADWAY
BUTLEY
Assistant Director (Directed by Nicholas Martin)
Booth Theatre, NY
REGIONAL
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
Laguna Playhouse
MATILDA
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
SLEEPING GIANT
(World Premiere)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland
THE PRODUCERS
(2020 Ovation Nomination: Production/Musical)
Celebration Theatre
GOOD PEOPLE
(2019 Desert League Nomination: Best Director/Play, Desert League Award: Production/Play)
Coachella Valley Reperatory
BORN TO WIN
(LA Premiere)
Celebration Theatre
THE SEAFARER
Laguna Playhouse
END OF THE RAINBOW
Laguna Playhouse
CABARET
(2019 Ovation Nominations: Director/Musical, Production/Musical)
(2019 Stage Raw Award: Director/Musical)
(LADCC Award: Production/Musical)
Celebration Theatre
THE GRADUATE
Laguna Playhouse
END OF THE RAINBOW
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
12 ANGRY MEN
Laguna Playhouse
FAILURE; A LOVE STORY
CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre
(2017 Remount)
HANSEL & GRETEL: A WICKEDLY DELICIOUS MUSICAL TREAT
VPAC/Theatre Planners
1st National Tour
BILLY AND RAY
Laguna Playhouse
DREAM BOY
(LA Premiere)
Celebration Theatre
BOOTYCANDY
(LADCC Nomination: Production/Play)
(LA Premiere)
Celebration Theatre
HOME FREE
(World Premiere)
The Road Theatre
FAILURE; A LOVE STORY
(2015 Ovation Award: Director/Play, Ovation Nomination: Production/Play)
(LA Premiere)
Coeurage Theatre
SONS OF THE PROPHET
(LA Premiere)
The Blank Theatre
PSYCHE; A MODERN ROCK OPERA
(World Premiere)
PSYCHE Productions LLC
RABBIT HOLE
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
THE HOMOSEXUALS
(LA Premiere)
Celebration Theatre
FUNNY GIRL
(2013 Ovation Nomination: Director/Musical)
3D Theatricals
PETER PAN: THE BOY WHO HATED MOTHERS
(2014 LA Weekly Nominations: Director/Play and Production/Play)
(West Coast Premiere)
The Blank Theatre Company
WOLVES
(Rolling World Premiere)
Celebration Theatre
JUSTIN LOVE
(World Premiere)
(LADCC Award: Production/Musical)
Celebration Theatre
ALL YOUR HARD WORK
(World Premiere)
Brimmer Street Theatre Company
VERY STILL AND HARD TO SEE
(World Premiere)
(2012 La Weekly Nominations: Director/Play, Production/Play)
The Production Company
THE COLOR PURPLE: A MUSICAL
(2012 Ovation Awards: Director/Musical and Production/Musical; 2012 LA Weekly Awards: Director/Musical and Production/Musical)
Celebration Theatre
NERVE
(Los Angeles Premiere)
6TH Avenue Theatre Company
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ANGRY?
(2012 Ovation Nominations: Director/Play and Production/Play)
Celebration Theatre
THE TEMPERAMENTALS
(West Coast Premiere)
The Blank
TAKE ME OUT
(2011 Ovation Nomination: Director/Play; 2011 NAACP Award: Director/Play; 2011 LA Weekly Nomination: Revival/Play)
Celebration Theatre
THE BACCHAE
Edinburgh Theatre Festival, Scotland
THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE: THE MUSICAL
(West Coast Premiere)
(2011 NAACP Award: Director/Musical; 2010 Ovation Nomination: Director/Musical; Ovation Award: Production/Musical)
Celebration Theatre
HARAM! IRAN!
(West Coast Premiere)
(2011 GLAAD Nomination: Production of a Play, Los Angeles)
Celebration Theatre
THREE TALL WOMEN
West Coast Ensemble
THE SANTA LAND DIARIES
(2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
The Blank
THE JAZZ AGE
(West Coast Premiere)
The Blank
THE PRODIGAL FATHER
(World Premiere)
Playwrights 6
PORCELAIN
Celebration Theatre
STUPID KIDS
(West Coast Premiere)
Celebration Theatre
BEAUTIFUL THING
(2007 Ovation Nominations: Director/Play, Production/Play)
Celebration Theatre
THE BACCHAE
(2007 Ovation Nominations: Director/Play, Production/Play)
Celebration Theatre
FOUR
(West Coast Premiere)
Celebration Theatre
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
Assistant Director
(Directed by Sean Mathias)
Mark Taper Forum, CTG
DEAD END
Assistant Director
(Directed by Nicholas Martin)
Ahmanson Theatre, CTG
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ANGRY?
(2006 Jeff Nominations: Director/Play, Production/Play)
(Mid-West Premiere)
Circle Theatre, Chicago
THE JUDAS KISS
(Mid-West Premiere)
Circle Theatre, Chicago
IN THE BLOOD
(2004 Jeff Nominations: Director/Play, Production/Play)
Circle Theatre, Chicago
BEING 11
(World Premiere)
Serendipity at Victory Gardens, Chicago
PORCELAIN
(2001 Jeff Nomination: Director/Play)
Trap Door Theatre, Chicago
FOR COLORED GIRLS
Journeymen Theatre Company, Chicago
TRAINING
B.A. Directing, Columbia College – Chicago
Pasadena Playhouse Directors Lab 2008
National Shakespeare Conservatory – New York
La Jolla Playhouse Conservatory – La Jolla, California
*Artistic Director, Celebration Theatre, Los Angeles Feb. 2005 – August 2008