Matthew C. Greene
Associate Professor of Theater, Artistic Director of Stonehill Theatre Company
Biography
Associate Professor of Theater Matthew Greene is a writer, director, actor and fight director, who has more than 100 theatre and film credits, including a six-year stint as a Blue Man in the popular Blue Man Group, where he performed more than 1,000 shows and played in front of millions.
Greene’s work has been seen at such theaters as the Astor Place Theatre (Off-Broadway), Charles Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Boston Theatre Marathon, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Hartt School of Music, Eastern Conn State University, Western Connecticut State University, Community College of Rhode Island, Counter Productions Theatre Company, Dean College, and Carnegie Hall, to name a few. He had the fortune to work alongside Pulitzer Prize, two-time Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning Horton Foote while serving as fight director on the 50th anniversary production of The Trip to Bountiful at Hartford Stage.
A graduate of the University of Connecticut's Drama department, he has also completed graduate work in Directing at Indiana University and holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Stage and Screen) from Lesley University. His plays/screenplays include The East, CHOKE, 160 North, For the Love of Dog, The Heist, God in a 747, Black Diamond, The Architect, Rattlesnake Suitcase, Son of Valor, The American Dream, Safe Space, 7 Months, The Job, Mrs. Robinson 2.0, Taped, The Long Road to Light and In Deep.
Greene’s local directing credits include Chicago, Rumors, Amelie, She Kills Monsters, Little Shop of Horrors, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, American Idiot, In The Heights, Cabaret, Talk Radio, The Crucible, Noises Off, The Boys Next Door and Almost, Maine.
His original play, The East, was a National Presenting Production at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. His play 160 North has been translated into Hindi and adapted for the screen by Citoc Motion Pictures/Cineplay in Mumbai under the title Kasganj.
His current project, Memorial Day, is a full-length musical (Book, Lyrics, and Music) which engages the topic of the ongoing veteran suicide epidemic.
Education
- M.F.A., Writing for Stage & Screen, Lesley University
- B.A., Acting/Theatre, University of Connecticut
Courses Taught
- Acting 1
- Acting 2
- Acting 3
- Directing
- Playwriting
- Stage Combat
- Scene Study
- Play Production