Matt Ferrell| Performance Coach

Matt Ferrell received his MFA in Theatre Pedagogy at Virginia Commonwealth University and his BFA from Emerson College in Theatre Performance. Matt has performed nationally and internationally in tours of HAIR (logging in some 1900 performances), The Rocky Horror Show, Carnival, JFK: The Rock Opera and The Threepenny Opera. He has completed two contracts with Disney Cruise Line and performed multiple shows at both Universal Studios, Hollywood and Busch Gardens, Williamsburg as well as shows and readings Off-Broadway and regionally.

As an educator, Matt spent five years as an Associate Professor at Winthrop University and several years teaching and directing at the Professional Performing Arts School in

midtown Manhattan and at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford, CT where he helped to develop new musicals and created a summer program in musical theatre. He has directed shows at Theatre 315 and The Secret Theatre in NYC and spent several years directing, choreographing and teaching at Stagedoor Manor. He has taught acting classes at TVI Studios in NYC and guest taught at high schools

throughout the US.

Matt spent 10 years working behind the scenes at Radio City Music Hall where he

worked with the Rockettes, Barry Manilow, Cirque du Soleil, America’’s Got Talent, and

the cast of SNL, among others. Matt is a published author and a member of Actor’s

Equity and Local 764 IATSE.