Show Summary
Role:
Nesting Dolls: Jack/Man/Homeless Man
Vows: Bradley
Playwright:
Nesting Dolls: Stephen F. Murray
Vows: Lillian Schley
Director:
Nesting Dolls: JJ Gatesman
Vows: Dylan K. Sladky
Company: Cooperative Performance Milwaukee
Performance Dates: June 1 – 17, 2017
Number of Performances: 9
Style: Black Box, Modified Thrust - Audience on two sides, no backstage upstage
Synopsis
Seven original one-acts ranging from scripted realism living room drama to devised dance distillation of one person’s life. I performed in two of the one acts.
Nesting Dolls - A clowning performance addressing the nature of choice and and hope amongst the oft-overlooked members of society: the homeless.
"Oh, you're real! I've been down here so long I was beginning to think this is all a dream." - Jack
Vows - A scripted dramedy wherein a new couple - an Episcopal pastor and a atheist - getting ready in the morning discuss faith, love, and the future of their relationship.
"Divine inspiration does exist. How else do you explain The Big Lebowski?" - Bradley
Media Coverage
Show Review – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – June 3, 2017
Show Review – Shepard Express – June 9, 2017
Nesting Dolls:
"...Matthew M. Collie is charming as a mystical man in a jester’s hat..."
Vows:
"Anna Murray and Matthew M. Collie’s charisma and chemistry go a really long way here ... Murray and Collie bring that compelling interaction to the stage with a very organic feeling of emotion and human connection."
Show Synopsis – Shepard Express – June 13, 2017
Vows:
"...genuine chemistry and charisma between actors Anna Murray and Matthew M. Collie."
Playbill Biography
Matthew M. Collie is making his Cooperative Performance Milwaukee debut. A recent transplant to Milwaukee, Matthew’s local credits include Miles (She Kills Monsters) at Village Playhouse and Father/Bob Bradley (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever) at Sunset Playhouse. Other credits: Lorenzo (The Sweet New), Shag (Equivocation), The Oil Project, Anton Schindler (33 Variations), and Dr. Jason Posner (wit) with Theater B of Fargo, North Dakota; and Basil Bennett (The Diviners) with Fargo-Moorhead Community Theater. Matthew is a member of the National Forensic Association Hall of Fame.
Production Photo Credits
Production photos were taken by the eminently professional and excellently named Matthew D. Konkel. If you enjoy the work please support Matthew.