1. Matt Kirkwood
19838 Welby Way
Winnetka CA
818-448-2961
kirkwoodkaine@att.net
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
• Emerson College, Boston, MA BFA Theatre Arts (1985)
• Community College of Rhode Island, AFA (1983)
• Lincoln Center Director’s Lab West, Member (2004-Present)
• Mark Taper Directing Apprentice for New Works Festival
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Sinai Akiba Academy Acting workshop for ages 5-15
Pride House Home for Teenagers Director/Acting Teacher (in conjunction with Theater
East)
Santa Susana School of the Arts Guest Speaker/Director
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
College
Emerson College . Extremities (1985)
Young Playwrights Festival(1984-85)
Los Angeles Theater
Fremont Theatre Center Wake
Secret Rose Theater Family of Mann
Avery Schreiber Theater Displays of Affection
The Hollywood Court Theater 2 Parents, 2 Weddings, 2 Years
Stella Adler Theater Mall America
Hudson Theater White House Murder Case
Coming Attractions
The Road Theatre Company Blue
The Hit
The Lady’s Not For Burning

2. Ballad Hunter(Assistant Director)
David and Goliath in America(Assistant Director)
Friends and Artists Crosswords
Clandestine at the Crystal
Talking With…
Theater East Snowangel
The Lover
Clandestine at the Crystal
Warm and Tender Love
The Miser
The Runaways
Lonely Impulse of Delight
Workshops and Readings
Theatre NEO Hay Fever
Looking For Normal
Ariadne’s Thread
Pete’s Last Trick
The Respectable Prostitute
Road Theatre Company Roomful of Divas
Errorism
Pasadena Cultural Arts Away
Film & Television
Lakewood Pictures Happy Birthday Little Grace(Director)
FATE Productions Good Nite with Barry Ivy(Writer/Director/Producer)
NBC “Will and Grace” SDCF observing James Burrows
(2004)
Walt Disney Television “Boy Meets World” Stand-in/ Dialogue Coach
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Artistic Coordinator – Theatre NEO(2003-2005)
• Artistic Board Member -- Theater East(1985-1987)
• Membership Committee Board Member- Friends and Artists Theater Ensemble(1989-
1993)
• Assistant Director, The Mark Taper Forum, Taper Lab Series (1997)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS
• Lincoln Center Director’s Lab West (2004-Present)