Matt Buchanan

MATT BUCHANAN
Stage Director
441 Martha Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 265 9789
matt_buchanan_88@post.harvard.edu
Web Site: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/3765/

EDUCATION

Harvard College, Cambridge. BA, Music, 1990.
Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN. Special Student, Theatre, 1987-1988.
University of Texas at Austin. MFA, Children's Theatre/Creative Drama, 1996.
Studied Directing at Harvard and Radcliffe, Moorhead State and University of Texas.
Studied Acting Technique at Harvard (w/Jeremy Geidt) and Moorhead State (w/Jim DeBrito).
Studied Dance at Radcliffe Dance Program (four years), Moorhead State and U. of Houston.
Studied Playwriting with William Alfred at Harvard and Suzan Zeder and David Mark Cohen at University of Texas.
Studied Stage and Lighting Design with Don Soule at Harvard.

SELECTED DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

Little Women, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
Fiddler On the Roof, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
Honk!, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
The Miser, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2001
Anything Goes, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2001
Once On This Island, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2001
Flowers for Algernon, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2000
Schoolhouse Rock! Live!, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2000
A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2000
The Mikado, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 1999
Ernie's Place, The Haverford School, Haverford, PA, 1999
War of the Buttons, The Haverford School, 1999
Wiley and the Hairy Man, The Haverford School, 1998
Great Expectations, The Haverford School, 1998
Sleeping Walter, The Haverford School, 1997
Peter Pan, The Haverford School, 1997
The Gondoliers, Austin (TX) Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 1995
Broken Hearts, University of Texas at Austin class tour, 1995
Ernie's Incredible Illucinations, University of Texas at Austin class tour, 1994
Once on this Island, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, Groton, MA, 1993
The Wizard of Oz, Carlisle (MA) Elementary School, 1993
Annie, Varnum Brook Middle School, Pepperell, MA, 1993
Bye Bye, Birdie, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1992
Babes in Toyland, Groton-Dunstable Middle School, Groton, MA 1992
Li'l Abner, Varnum Brook Middle School, 1992
A Midsummer Night�s Dream, Groton (MA) Country Day School, 1992
Anything Goes, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1991
* A Quiet Place, Lowell House Opera, Cambridge, MA, 1991
Li'l Abner, Abbot-Day Musical Productions, Westford, MA, 1991
Godspell, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, 1991
* Family Duties, Harvard/Radcliffe Dramatic Club, Cambridge, MA, 1991
* In the Absence of Light, Harvard/Radcliffe Dramatic Club, 1990
Comedy of Errors, Indian Hill Arts class production, Littleton, MA, 1992
Pippin, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1990
* HMS Pinafore, Harvard/Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players, 1989
Forty-Second Street, Glyndon-Felton (MN) High School, 1988
* Endgame, Moorhead (MN) State University, 1988
Aria da Capo, Glyndon-Felton High School, 1987

* indicates volunteer (unpaid) position.
SELECTED OTHER PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE
MUSICAL DIRECTOR Fiddler On the Roof, The Mongtomgery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
* Antigone, University of Texas at Austin, 1993
Once on this Island, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1993
The Wizard of Oz, Carlisle Elementary School, 1993
Annie, Varnum Brook Players, 1993
Bye Bye, Birdie, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1992
Babes in Toyland, Groton-Dunstable Middle School, 1992
Li'l Abner, Varnum Brook Players, 1992
Anything Goes, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1991
Godspell, College of the Holy Cross, 1991
Pippin, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1990
* Macbett (Ionesco), Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, 1987
* Richard's Cork Leg, Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club, 1986
CHOREOGRAPHER Fiddler On the Roof, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
Honk!, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
Once On This Island, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2001
Schoolhouse Rock! Live!, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2000
The Mikado, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 1999
Once on this Island, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1993
Annie, Varnum Brook Players, 1993
Bye Bye, Birdie, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1992
Babes in Toyland, Groton-Dunstable Middle School, 1992
Li'l Abner, Varnum Brook Players, 1992
Anything Goes, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1991
Godspell, College of the Holy Cross, 1991
Pippin, Indian Hill Arts Youth Summer Theatre, 1990
* HMS Pinafore, Harvard/Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players, 1989
Forty-Second Street, Glyndon/Felton High School, 1988
SET DESIGNER Little Women, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
Fiddler On the Roof, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
Honk!, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2002
The Miser, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2001
Anything Goes, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2001
Once On This Island, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2001
Flowers for Algernon, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2000
A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2000
Schoolhouse Rock! Live!, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 2000
The Mikado, The Montgomery Academy, Montgomery, AL, 1999
Inspecting Carol, The Haverford School, Haverford, PA, 1998
End of World w/ Symposium to Follow, The Haverford School, 1997
Peter Pan, The Haverford School, 1997
Lord of the Flies, The Haverford School, 1996
Once on a Summer's Day, American Experience Theatre, Haverford, 1995
Once on this Island, Indian Hill Arts Summer Theatre, Groton, MA, 1993
* Salome, Loeb Experimental Theatre, Harvard University, 1992
* West Side Story, Loeb Mainstage, Harvard, 1991
* The Tempest, Loeb Mainstage, 1990
RELATED EXPERIENCE

I am an accomplished children's playwright with a number of productions. Produced plays include Ernie's Place, Nowheresville, Texas (commissioned work), The Bird, Sleeping Walter, an adaptation of Little Women, and the musical, Prince Ugly.
I am a successful composer, and have written music for a number of productions, including commissioned work and the musical, Prince Ugly.
I am a skilled electronic musician, and am experienced in using electronic music and other technology, integrated with live theatre.
I have performed, as an amateur and as a professional, in more than fifty musicals and plays.
I am a trained and active dramaturg.
I am a skilled theatrical photographer.

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