Born in Waco, Texas, Matt bounced around between Louisville, Kentucky; the high plains of West Texas; and Cambridge, England; before going to college at Boston University, and ultimately landing in New York City in 2006. He is a freelance director with a focus on new work, classics, and musicals. He is currently pioneering the medium of digital performance.
Upcoming credits include: WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? by Brian Quijada (Actors Theatre of Louisville), METAMORPHIC by Dolores Díaz (A digital workshop w/ WildWind Performance Lab, Texas Tech), and MIKE PENCE SEX DREAM by Dan Giles (A digital workshop w/ Ensemble Studio Theatre). Recent credits: BRONTE by Polly Teale (A digital stream w/ Stella Adler NYU), MACHINAL (Strasberg Institute), SELKIE by Krista Knight (Dutch Kills, Wild Project), THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN’S WINDOW (NYU Grad), WE THE PEOPLE: AMERICA ROCKS! (Theatreworks, US Tour), DISCO PIGS (Drama League DirectorFest, Sheen Center), Lorca’s BLOOD WEDDING (Rutgers University), THE ADVENTURES OF MINAMI: A ROBOT FROM JAPAN WHO MAKES YOU FEEL SAFE WHEN LONELINESS IS PALPABLE: PART 1 by Leah Nanako Winkler (The Brick, in partnership with The Dramatists Guild Fund), THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, PART 1: HERE IN ST. CLOUD’S (Rutgers University), WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? by Brian Quijada (Kennedy Center), Charles Mee’s A PERFECT WEDDING (Atlantic Conservatory), Amy Fox’s SILVER MEN (Ensemble Studio Theatre), George Bizet’s CARMEN (New York Opera Exchange), AYKROYD (Fordham University), KID PRINCE & PABLO by Brian Quijada (Ars Nova, ANT Fest), Jahna Ferron Smith’s SIR (2017 Winner Samuel French Festival), Leah Nanako Winkler’s TAISETSU NA HITO (2014 Winner Samuel French Festival), THE MAN-MADE ROCK (4th St. Theatre), and Krista Knight’s COACH DARLING (F*It Club). Regional credits include: Lanford Wilson’s HOME FREE! and Michael John Garcés AUDIOVIDEO (Williamstown Theatre Festival).
Matt has developed new work with playwrights such as Will Arbery, Hilary Bettis, Amy Fox, Dan Giles, Mara Nelson-Greenberg, Mary Hamilton, Lily Houghton, Nadja Leonard-Hooper, Claire Kiechel, Krista Knight, Dan McCabe, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Christina Quintana, CQuintana, Abby Rosebrock, Brian Quijada, Jen Silverman, Jahna Ferron-Smith, Will Snider, Leah Nanako Winkler and Zhu Yi, at companies such as Ars Nova, Clubbed Thumb, Page 73, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Mint, Primary Stages, The Flea, New York Opera Exchange, INTAR, The Lark, and F*It Club.
He has served as Associate or Assistant Director to Jack O’Brien, Daniel Sullivan, Kevin Moriarty, Vivienne Benesch, Mark Wing-Davey, Anne Kauffman, Hunter Foster, Gordon Greenberg, Denis Jones, Joe Grifasi and others. He has led workshops at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Long Island University and Boston University College of Fine Arts. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at NYU Stella Adler, teaching “Theatremaking in the Digital Age”.
He is a 2017 Drama League Directing Fellow, a Jonathan Alper Directing Fellow (Manhattan Theatre Club) and a proud member of Ensemble Studio Theatre.
As an actor he has appeared on Broadway in WAR HORSE and THE COAST OF UTOPIA (Lincoln Center Theater), and most recently Off-Broadway in Nicky Silver’s TOO MUCH SUN (Vineyard Theatre). B.F.A. from Boston University.
Website: www.mattjdickson.com