ABOUT

Matt is an award-winning designer for theatre, themed entertainment, and live events based in New York City. In addition to a freelance career, Matt works as Design Director for OriginalX Productions (formerly SuperflyX).

Matt’s experiential and theatrical work has been seen throughout the United States and abroad. He lead the team developing several immersive experiences for Warner Bros. including Wizarding World: Celebrate Hogwarts and WB100: Celebrate Every Story. Other clients include: Celebrity Cruises, Europapark, Hasbro, MSC Cruises, O Magazine, SeaWorld, Sesame Place and Nickelodeon. He served as production designer for Hershey’s Unwrapped, an immersive theatrical chocolate-tasting experience created for Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, PA (IAAPA Brass Ring Award).

As a theatrical designer, Matt's design work has appeared across the country, including the University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music, Timber Lake Playhouse, Weathervane Playhouse (Newark, OH), The Omaha Playhouse, The Rose Theater (Omaha, NE), Northern Kentucky University, and Cincinnati Opera. In 2016, he worked as an assistant designer at The MUNY in St. Louis, MO.

Matt is the 2018 recipient of the USITT Scene Design Award. He holds a BFA from Creighton University and a MFA from the University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music.

Upcoming projects:

Urinetown, Scenic Design, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE