Matthew Lawler

Associate Artistic Director

Matthew Lawler is a Co-Founder and current Producing Artistic Director for the award-winning Rude Mechanicals Theater Company of NYC. The company`s productions include New York premiers of works by Samuel Beckett, Don DeLillo, and Caryl Churchill, as well as world premiers by Will Eno and Charles Mee Jr.. As an actor for the company, Matt has performed in several shows including Endgame, Largo DeSoloto (winner of Backstage`s Harold Clurman Award), The Flu Season (winner of Newsday`s Oppy Award), and DeLillo`s Valparaiso (New York Times Best of Off-Broadway for 2002). Matt has worked with several other theaters in New York including The Roundabout, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The New Group, and 59E59 in Rough Sketch, a play by Shawn Nacol which he helped develop. TV and film credits include Filmic Achievement (Jackson Hole Festival Award for Best Comedic Performance), The Sopranos, and several appearances on Law & Order. He is an ACT grad, Hoboken resident, and proud father of Lily and Matilda.