Faculty Profiles

For Texas State, Matt is an Assistant Professor of Lighting Design, and he teaches courses in both the MFA and BFA lighting programs and mentors all student lighting designers in the program's 8+ show season.

As a professional designer, Matt's lit productions for Seattle Rep, Syracuse Stage, Arden Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, the Contemporary American Theater Festival, San Jose Rep, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Zach Theater, Arkansas Rep, Midland Festival Ballet, Phoenix Theatre, Cumberland County Playhouse, Book-It Rep, Playhouse on the Square, Cortland Rep, Omaha Theater Company, ArtsWest Playhouse, New Stage Theatre, Sound Theatre Company, and others. He was also the associate designer for the Asolo Rep and 5th Avenue Theatre's co-production of Ragtime, and he's assisted designers including Paul Miller and Duane Schuler.

Matt's background is as a resident artist, and he designed for seven seasons with Arkansas Rep in Little Rock, AR, and four with Zach Theater in Austin, TX, while managing each company's lighting and video departments. He's also created architectural light as a member of Brooklyn-based Sighte Studio, with residential and commercial projects in New York, Connecticut, Tennessee, and elsewhere. Prior to joining Texas State, Matt held faculty positions at the University of Houston and Mississippi State University.

Matt's designs have been nominated by the Seattle Writer's Guild, the Syracuse Area Live Theatre Awards, and the Ostrander Awards in Memphis, and his design of It Happened in Little Rock appeared on the cover of American Theatre.

MFA, University of Washington School of Drama.
BA, Mississippi State University.