Managing!
A Theatre Professional's Journey in (Un)Employment
Written and Directed by Matty Sayre
Starring Chris Bizub
Produced by Tim Anderson
A Theatre Professional's Journey in (Un)Employment
Written and Directed by Matty Sayre
Starring Chris Bizub
Produced by Tim Anderson
Cabaret Series
December 9 & 10, 2011
7:00PM
December 9 & 10, 2011
7:00PM
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Cleveland, Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, OH), Tulsa Opera (Tulsa, OK) and
Yale Opera (New Haven, CT), among others.Matty is a member of Actor’s
Equity Association, the professional union for actors and stage managers. He
is also mentioned in the biography, Center Square: The Paul Lynde Story,
written by Steve Wilson and Joe Florenski, a Paul Lynde expert.
Matty’s play, Paul Lynde: Center Square, was read in 2005 by The University
of Findlay Theatre Program and at the Risingsun Opera House, in his
hometown of Risingsun, Ohio. Despite further interest by other theatre
programs and companies, the play was not endorsed by the Lynde Estate.
Favorite pieces on which Matty has worked include the following: Rigoletto,
Gianni Schicchi, Lucia di Lammermoor, Les Mamelle de Tiresias, Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, The Pirates of Penzance, The Little Prince (opera); Kiss Me, Kate,
Nunsense III, Always…Patsy Cline, Sweet Charity, Avenue X, Das Barbecu
(musicals); Talley’s Folly, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Eloise & Ray
(plays).
Matty has worked with such professionals as Broadway set designer John Lee
Beatty; Broadway and film director Marshall W. Mason; actor Corey Reynolds
(Terminal and TNT’s The Closer); stage director Marc Verzatt, of Yale Opera
faculty and NYC’s Metropolitan Opera; Broadway actor / director Peter Flynn;
Scott Warrender, composer of the musical Das Barbecu, and jazz legend
Wynton Marsalis.
Matty recently returned from the 2007 - 2008 European tour of the opera
Porgy & Bess with New York Harlem Productions, having traveled through
Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Matty’s more recent stage direction credits include The Wizard of Oz (Aurora
Community Theatre); The Telephone; selections of Hansel & Gretel and
Camelot in Concert for Opera Per Tutti and the Chagrin Valley Studio
Orchestra, and Suburb: The Musical at the Western Reserve Playhouse. His
staging of The Telephone was featured in Cleveland’s 2009 Ingenuity
Festival. Upcoming stage management credits will include the Cleveland
Orchestra’s Don Giovanni (Assistant Stage Manager).
For more information, visit www.mattysayre.com.
Yale Opera (New Haven, CT), among others.Matty is a member of Actor’s
Equity Association, the professional union for actors and stage managers. He
is also mentioned in the biography, Center Square: The Paul Lynde Story,
written by Steve Wilson and Joe Florenski, a Paul Lynde expert.
Matty’s play, Paul Lynde: Center Square, was read in 2005 by The University
of Findlay Theatre Program and at the Risingsun Opera House, in his
hometown of Risingsun, Ohio. Despite further interest by other theatre
programs and companies, the play was not endorsed by the Lynde Estate.
Favorite pieces on which Matty has worked include the following: Rigoletto,
Gianni Schicchi, Lucia di Lammermoor, Les Mamelle de Tiresias, Il Barbiere di
Siviglia, The Pirates of Penzance, The Little Prince (opera); Kiss Me, Kate,
Nunsense III, Always…Patsy Cline, Sweet Charity, Avenue X, Das Barbecu
(musicals); Talley’s Folly, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Eloise & Ray
(plays).
Matty has worked with such professionals as Broadway set designer John Lee
Beatty; Broadway and film director Marshall W. Mason; actor Corey Reynolds
(Terminal and TNT’s The Closer); stage director Marc Verzatt, of Yale Opera
faculty and NYC’s Metropolitan Opera; Broadway actor / director Peter Flynn;
Scott Warrender, composer of the musical Das Barbecu, and jazz legend
Wynton Marsalis.
Matty recently returned from the 2007 - 2008 European tour of the opera
Porgy & Bess with New York Harlem Productions, having traveled through
Spain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Matty’s more recent stage direction credits include The Wizard of Oz (Aurora
Community Theatre); The Telephone; selections of Hansel & Gretel and
Camelot in Concert for Opera Per Tutti and the Chagrin Valley Studio
Orchestra, and Suburb: The Musical at the Western Reserve Playhouse. His
staging of The Telephone was featured in Cleveland’s 2009 Ingenuity
Festival. Upcoming stage management credits will include the Cleveland
Orchestra’s Don Giovanni (Assistant Stage Manager).
For more information, visit www.mattysayre.com.
After graduating from Bowling Green
State University in 1998 with a
Bachelors of Arts in Communication
(Ithaca, NY) and then the Cincinnati
(Ithaca, NY) and then the Cincinnati
Playhouse in the Park.Playhouse in
the Park.
From there, employment took him to
the East Coast, where he worked for
the Theater Barn (New Lebanon, NY);
the Downtown Cabaret Theatre
(Bridgeport, CT); the Cortland
Repertory Theatre (Cortland, NY) and
the Hartt School of Music (West
Hartford CT), as well as many others.
The world of opera was also an
avenue, specifically Connecticut
Opera (Hartford, CT); Lyric Opera
State University in 1998 with a
Bachelors of Arts in Communication
(Ithaca, NY) and then the Cincinnati
(Ithaca, NY) and then the Cincinnati
Playhouse in the Park.Playhouse in
the Park.
From there, employment took him to
the East Coast, where he worked for
the Theater Barn (New Lebanon, NY);
the Downtown Cabaret Theatre
(Bridgeport, CT); the Cortland
Repertory Theatre (Cortland, NY) and
the Hartt School of Music (West
Hartford CT), as well as many others.
The world of opera was also an
avenue, specifically Connecticut
Opera (Hartford, CT); Lyric Opera
About Matty Sayre
The one-man show Managing! tells the story of a hopeful and comedic journey
cold office. You'll enjoy hearing about the attempts to leave "show biz" for the
University education is, indeed, valuable. And, once hired, what can you do to
keep the job that you know nothing about? Or the follies of being hired by an
employer who doesn't even want to succeed! A story demonstrating the
ridiculousness of reality and how it can make for great entertainment. Forget
your (un)employment stresses for one night and laugh at someone else's!
cold office. You'll enjoy hearing about the attempts to leave "show biz" for the
University education is, indeed, valuable. And, once hired, what can you do to
keep the job that you know nothing about? Or the follies of being hired by an
employer who doesn't even want to succeed! A story demonstrating the
ridiculousness of reality and how it can make for great entertainment. Forget
your (un)employment stresses for one night and laugh at someone else's!
About The Show