https://www.matthewseandecker.com/projects daily 1.0 2019-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530049626899-M0UFOJXGLYE8ZADEVLLU/16143782_10154963426131350_501959398051208198_o.jpg Directing Projects - JOHN (2017) ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Philadelphia, PA By Annie Baker SCENIC DESIGN Timothy Mackabee LIGHTING DESIGN Maria Shaplin COSTUME DESIGN Rebecca Kanach SOUND DESIGN Michael Kiley PROPS DESIGN Chris Haig ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Emilie Krause STAGE MANAGER Katie Ringwood FEATURING: Carla Belver, Nancy Boykin, Kevin Meehan, Jing Xu PRESS “Director Matthew Decker….captures the depth and complexity of Baker’s insightful vision with humor and sensitivity in Arden Theatre Company’s top-notch Philadelphia premiere of John.” -DC Metro Theatre Arts ”….director Matthew Decker -- whose production of Circle Mirror Transformation earned several Barrymore Award nominations -- stages John with the care it deserves.” -Broad Street Review “Annie Baker’s quietly moving JOHN, now in a subtle production at Arden Theatre Company, demonstrates [that] our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.” -Phindie “…we’re charmed [by] the hot playwright Annie Baker [because] the superb Arden Theatre production of her play “John” brings to life her characters – just quirky enough to be off-kilter but still believable – in an organic way that makes them stick to you.” -WHYY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530037961498-ZONW0YUYBRZW7QNI5KWS/21762608_10155728539016350_5644711557765219465_o.jpg Directing Projects - CABARET (2017) ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Philadelphia, PA Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Frank Ebb Book by Joe Masteroff SCENIC DESIGN David Gordan LIGHTING DESIGN Maria Shaplin COSTUME DESIGN Olivera Gadjic SOUND DESIGN Jorge Cousineau MUSIC DIRECTION Alex Bechtel CHOREOGRAPHER Jenn Rose STAGE MANAGER Katie Ringwood FEATURING: Jordan Dobson, Daniel Frederick, Phoebe Gavula, Charissa Hogeland, Suli Holum, John Jarboe, Alicia Jayne Kelly, Kenny Morris, Kevin Murray, Christopher Patrick Mullen, Steven Rishard, Mary Elizabeth Scallen, Cara Traecy, Lauren Williams PRESS ”..at Arden’s opening of “Cabaret” on Wednesday, I witnessed a show so flawlessly reinterpreted and performed, it was something new. And also, scary as hell. The triumph of director Matthew Decker’s production — and triumphant is not too strong a word — is that it gives “Cabaret” the full measure of gravitas it deserves without dimming a spotlight on the show’s sleaze.” -Howard Shapiro, WHYY ”The Arden’s production of Cabaret is top-notch…an exceptionally intense theatrical experience…a must see.” -D.C. Metro Theater Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530049815199-4EDS0QP2LH80Y7JLB5B2/31564194_1751704441589681_75593181731592107_n.jpg Directing Projects - PETER AND THE STARCATCHER (2018) THEATRE HORIZON Norristown, PA By Rick Elice SCENIC DESIGN Chris Haig LIGHTING DESIGN Mike Inwood COSTUME DESIGN Jill Keys SOUND DESIGN Larry Fowler, Jr. PROPS DESIGN Scott McMasters MUSIC DIRECTOR Amanda Morton CHOREOGRAPHER Niki Cousineau ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tori Mittleman STAGE MANAGER Katie Ringwood FEATURING: David Bardeen, Ciera Gardner, Ben Grinberg, Johnnie Hobbs Jr., Leigha Kato, Maggie Johnson, Mel Krodmann, Trey Lyford, Kevin Meehan, Amanda Morton, Michael McCoy Reilly, Samantha Rosentrater. PRESS ”After seeing Peter and the Starcatcher a few times now, Theatre Horizon’s production has changed the game.” -Philly LIfe & Culture ”Peter and the Starcatcher at Theatre Horizon [is] unbridled, unpredictable, riotously funny.” -The Philadelphia Inquirer ”Stripped down and super….now, at Theatre Horizon in Norristown…Peter and the Starcatcher is [proving] that smart theater doesn’t need bells, whistles, computer-generated sizzle and a bank full of money to make magic.” -WHYY ”Theatre Horizon offers a whimsical, wistful, and refreshingly feminist take on the popular ‘Peter and the Starcatcher.…director Matthew Decker’s inventive staging upends gendered expectations by casting women and nonbinary performers in central roles, reinforcing universality and inclusion within the fantasy genre.” -Broad Street Review ”Every once in awhile audiences are treated to a piece of theatre that brilliantly demonstrates why they are called “plays.” Theater Horizon’s Peter and the Starcatcher is such a piece….Matthew Decker’s direction is assured and quite inventive.” -DelcoCultureVultures.com “This really is a fantasy which gives a director and actors a chance the be imaginative and to present the utmost in stagecraft. The object is to astound and delight audiences, which Matthew Decker’s new production emphatically does.” -The Cultural Critic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530049966969-REMGPKDWV6BTY8P8H2LH/13055661_10154172755266350_7327602373301727049_o.jpg Directing Projects - THE STINKY CHEESE MAN (2016) ARDEN THEATRE COMPANY Philadelphia, PA Adapted by John Glore SCENIC DESIGN Brian Sidney Bembridge LIGHTING DESIGN Maria Shaplin COSTUME DESIGN Jill Keys SOUND DESIGN Michael Kiley PROPS DESIGN Chris Haig CHOREOGRAPHER Jenn Rose ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Brey Ann Barrett STAGE MANAGER Katie Ringwood FEATURING: Rachel Camp, Ashton Carter, Doug Hara, Scott Sheppard, Leah Walton PRESS/AWARDS: 2016 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical 8 Barrymore Award Nominations including Outstanding Overall Production of a Musical ”…Theater for children [has] been elevated to first-class professional status [at] the Arden Theatre Company, whose annual spring production for younger kids is once again not only fun and diverting but also intelligently produced and brilliantly acted by an accomplished team. The Barrymore Award-winning director Matt Decker stages a high-energy, cleverly goofy production with a fun ensemble.” -Broad Street Review ”It’s a whole lot of updated fun, and top-notch children’s entertainment that will appeal to contemporary audiences of all ages.” -DC Metro Theater Arts ”This adult was quite honestly blown away by The Stinky Cheese Man….the Arden Theatre Company production is a triumph of the imagination. As in previous efforts I’ve witnessed by Matt Decker, the direction is phenomenal….[it] sets a new precedent for what a children’s theater production can accomplish.” -Phindie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1555597632261-I3385FT1P913EQEBUVA6/KJG_8572.jpg Directing Projects - THE FEW (2019) THEATRE HORIZON Norristown, PA By Samuel D. Hunter SCENIC DESIGN Chris Haig LIGHTING DESIGN Maria Shaplin COSTUME DESIGN Katherine Fritz SOUND DESIGN & ORIGINAL MUSIC Michael Kiley PROPS DESIGN Emily Schuman ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Abby Weissman ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Courtney Banks STAGE MANAGER Becca Kestal FEATURING: P.J. Barth, Suli Holum, Steven Rishard PRESS ”….a production so genuine, it seems to burst from the theater and land in the street with the real life out there….a seamless production directed by Matthew Decker [that does the play] great justice, grabbing it with a vengeance and holding on tight.” -Howard Shapiro, WHYY “…an impassioned, thought-provoking, and at many junctures hilarious play. Director Matthew Decker puts together a stellar cast.” -Dennis Bloh, Philly Life & Culture https://www.matthewseandecker.com/read-me daily 0.75 2022-06-14 https://www.matthewseandecker.com/headshots daily 0.75 2018-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530039182855-A2JZXG4TS7ICWX62Q8EB/21762608_10155728539016350_5644711557765219465_o.jpg Past Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530039182741-58GUKVXDA7TLUXD1Y1VY/16143782_10154963426131350_501959398051208198_o.jpg Past Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530039183860-EF7OTMEIDC77N1TIM1XG/13055661_10154172755266350_7327602373301727049_o.jpg Past Productions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530039183480-68S5OZKHZB32M3MW0YBW/31564194_1751704441589681_75593181731592107_n.jpg Past Productions https://www.matthewseandecker.com/about daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b326ed9506fbeaa0b76037d/1530054124946-JFCW22PU8HZUZTRGZ8W4/aboutus_slide1_matthewanderin.jpg About With Erin Reilly, Co-Founder of Theatre Horizon at the opening of the 123-seat theatre in Norristown, PA.