Matthew Lawler

Matthew Lawler is a founding member of RMTC and since its inception he has been involved in virtually all aspects of company business, most directly development. Last year, after becoming Executive Director, Matt served as a producer on the company`s production of Valparaiso. As an actor for the group, he has appeared in: Plug, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Largo Desolato, A Winter's Tale, Endgame and Valparaiso. Other NY theater credits include: Three Sisters on Broadway (Roundabout), Louis Slotin Sonata (Ensemble Studio Theater), The Plank Project (Kraine Theater), The Urn (Irish Arts), Politics As Usual (Westbeth), Loose Ends (Looking Glass). TV credits Include: Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, The Sopranos, NY Undercover, One Life to Live and a TV pilot for the Sundance Film Channel. Film: Standard Time with Eartha Kitt(dir. Robert Carey), The Jimmy Show ,with Ethan Hawke (dir. Frank Whaley), Cowboy(dir. Jane Gaffney), and most recently, Nowhere To Go But Up with Audrey Tautou(dir, Amos Kolleck).Matt has also appeared in lots of commercials.If you can name at least 7 of his spots Matt will send you a free Rude Mechanicals t-shirt. Matt has an M.F.A. from A.C.T. and a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross.

matthew@rudemechanicals.org