Matt
Tavianini

Matthew serves as an actor/producer/teaching artist and managing director with Boxtales Theatre Company. He is a graduate of UCSB and the FSU/Asolo Conservatory, where he received his M.F.A. in acting. Some of Matthew’s favorite stage credits include Semyonov Pishchik in The Cherry Orchard, Trinculo/Gonzalo in The Tempest, Michal in The Pillowman, Karl in The Last Days of the Empire, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, Telemachus in Boxtales’ production of The Odyssey; Joe in The Last Night of Ballyhoo, David in The Rivals, Thurio in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Matt in Wrench, and Bobby in American Buffalo. He studied physical theater with James Donlon at UCSB and Sigfrido Aquilar at the Estudio Busqueda de Pantomimo Teatro in Guanajuato, Mexico. Matthew teaches acting and stage combat here in Santa Barbara and has been directing the GVJHS spring musical for the last five years. He has worked with The Lit Moon Theatre Co, Westport Playhouse, The Odyssey Theatre (Koan ensemble), Ogunquit Playhouse, The Cape Playhouse, Asolo Theatre, Santa Barbara Theatre Group, The Ensemble Theatre, The Santa Barbara Revels, Genesis-West, Speaking of Stories, Santa Barbara Shakespeare Co., and City at Peace