Matt Davis /Singer/Director/Playwright 517.581.6781 [email protected] Directing/Playwriting Resume Avail. on Request PROFESSIONAL (SELECTED ROLES) Pope Joan Lucius O'Malley Theatre Dir. Tom O'Horgan Working (w/Charles Durning) Mill Worker Northlight Theatre Dir. Dan Stetzel Romeo MI Shakespeare Fest. Grapefruit Moon: The Music of Tom Waits Matt Humanities Fest. An Evening With Carner and Gregor Featured Singer Michigan Theatre

ACADEMIC THEATRE (SELECTED ROLES) Dancing at Lughnasa Michael Roosevelt University Dir. Belinda Bremner The Cradle Will Rock Dauber Roosevelt University Dir. Dr. Joel Fink Man of La Mancha Don Quixote Roosevelt University Antigone Haemon Roosevelt University Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Siena Heights University Lord Frederick Siena Heights University

EDUCATION MFA Directing Candidate, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, 2015 Teacher Certification in Michael Chekhov Technique, GLMCC, KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, 2015 BA Music Theatre, SIENA HIEGHTS UNIVERSITY, 2012 130 towards BFA in Music Theatre, CHICAGO COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS, 1996-2000

HONORS/AWARDS 2014 Original Play Workshop – Bailiwick Chicago - 1st staged reading of original play, NOISE 2014 Alan Bales Award – University of Alabama – Artistic and Scholarly Excellence 2012 MFA Theatre Assistantship – University of Alabama, 2012 2007 Ted Wood Award – Dedication and Excellence in Regional Theatre in Mid Michigan 2002 Chicago After Dark Award: Male Performance of the Year – Grapefruit Moon 2000 Irene Ryan Finalist – Wonderful Town – Frank Lippencott

WORKSHOPS/MASTER CLASS Auditioning for Film – Barry Shapiro, 2014 Cold Reading – Karen Casl, 2013 Chekhov in Performance – Dawn Arnold, Moving Dock Theatre Company, 2013-2014 Pianospeak – Beckie Menzie – 2011 Master Class – Ann Hampton Callaway – 2002, Master Class – Craig Carnelia – 2000

SPECIAL SKILLS Dialects: British (RP and regional), Irish (Standard, Donegal), Scottish, American Regional Singing – 20 years of training – Judith Haddon, William Martin, Ann Hampton Callaway Other: Playwright, Improv, Cabaret Performance, Driver's License, Bike Riding, Trivia Savant