Matthew Schneck
Matthew is an award-winning actor and playwright, as well as a director and university professor. He made his Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated production of London Assurance. Since relocating to Denver in 2017, Matthew has performed in: The Taming of The Shrew (Grumio), Julius Caesar (Cassius), Henry VI, Part III (The King of France), Love’s Labours’Lost (Holofernes), and Cyrano De Bergerac (Le Bret), all at The Colorado Shakespeare Festival; The Rape of the Sabine Women (Henry Award Nomination) at Local Theatre Company; and The Intellectual Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With A Key to the Scriptures at Curious Theatre Company.
Selected acting work includes: The Temperamentals (World Premiere, New World Stages - Drama Desk Award); The Merchant of Venice (The Royal Shakespeare Company, Featuring Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham and Directed by Tony winner Darko Tresjnak); A 12 Lb. Discourse (SoHo Rep, co-wrote and co-performed); Noises Off (Playmakers Rep); The Little Foxes (The Shakespeare Theatre of DC - Featuring Tony winner Elizabeth Ashley and Directed by Tony winner Doug Hughes); and Major Barbara (San Jose Rep-Dean Goodman Award).
Matthew is the author of 12 plays and has held academic appointments at Southern Oregon University and The University of Kentucky. He currently teaches at University of Colorado – Denver and at The Denver Center For The Performing Arts.
Matthew is an award-winning actor and playwright, as well as a director and university professor. He made his Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated production of London Assurance. Since relocating to Denver in 2017, Matthew has performed in: The Taming of The Shrew (Grumio), Julius Caesar (Cassius), Henry VI, Part III (The King of France), Love’s Labours’Lost (Holofernes), and Cyrano De Bergerac (Le Bret), all at The Colorado Shakespeare Festival; The Rape of the Sabine Women (Henry Award Nomination) at Local Theatre Company; and The Intellectual Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With A Key to the Scriptures at Curious Theatre Company.
Selected acting work includes: The Temperamentals (World Premiere, New World Stages - Drama Desk Award); The Merchant of Venice (The Royal Shakespeare Company, Featuring Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham and Directed by Tony winner Darko Tresjnak); A 12 Lb. Discourse (SoHo Rep, co-wrote and co-performed); Noises Off (Playmakers Rep); The Little Foxes (The Shakespeare Theatre of DC - Featuring Tony winner Elizabeth Ashley and Directed by Tony winner Doug Hughes); and Major Barbara (San Jose Rep-Dean Goodman Award).
Matthew is the author of 12 plays and has held academic appointments at Southern Oregon University and The University of Kentucky. He currently teaches at University of Colorado – Denver and at The Denver Center For The Performing Arts.
