Matt Saldivar

Broadway Credits:

Matthew Saldivar
originated the role of Alphonse Mucha in Bernhardt/Hamlet at Roundabout Theater Company (dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel), Saint Joan at MTC (dir. Daniel Sullivan) , Junk at Lincoln Center Theater (dir. Doug Hughes), (originated Joseph Regan/ Harpo Marx in) Act One at Lincoln Center (dir. James Lapine), (originated Johnny Sandwich in) Honeymoon in Vegas (dir. Gary Griffin), Black Stache in Peter and The Starcatcher (dir. Alex Timbers/ Roger Reese), Streetcar Named Desire (dir. Emily Mann), Kenickie in Grease (dir. Kathleen Marshall), (originated Sammy in) The Wedding Singer (dir. John Rando).

National Tour:

First National Tour of The Lincoln Center Theater production of Roger's and Hammerstein's South Pacific in the role of Luther Billis (dir. Bartlett Sher)

Off-Broadway includes:
Originated the role of Doctor Seward in Kate Hamill's 2020 adaptation of Dracula at Classic Stage Company (dir. Sarna Lapine), Pablo Escobar in Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (dir. Whitney White), originated the role of Samuel Phillips Verner in A Human Being...of a Sort at Williamstown Theater Festival (dir. Whitney White), Frank Butler in Annie Get Your Gun at Bay Street Theater (dir. Sarna Lapine), Yes I Can at The 92nd Street Y (dir. Tazwell Thompson),
Hamlet at the Public Theater (dir. Sam Gold), Hadestown at New York Theater Workshop (dir. Rachel Chavkin), (originated Paul Roms in) Important Hats of the 20th Century at MTC (dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel), (originated Pablo in) Daphne’s Dive at Signature Theater (dir. Thomas Kail), The Royal Family at The Guthrie Theater (dir Rachel Chavkin), The Cradle Will Rock at Encores Off-Center (dir. Sam Gold), All In The Timing at Primary Stages (dir. John Rando), Harps and Angels at The Mark Taper Forum (dir. Jerry Zaks), Honeymoon in Vegas at Papermill Playhouse (dir. Gary Griffin), Grease at The Muny (dir. Denis Jones), The Toxic Avenger Musical at New World Stages (dir. John Rando), The Three Sisters at Mudbone Theater (dir. Michael Wiggins),, Julius Caesar at Theater for a New Audience (dir. Karen Coonrod), Architecture of Loss at NYTW (dir. Chay Yew), Massacre: Sing To your Children at LABrynth Theater Company/The Public Theater (dir. Kate Whorisky), Working at The Long Wharf Theater (dir. Christopher Ashely), The Alchemist at Classic Stage Company (dir. Barry Edelstein), Sea of Tranquility at the Atlantic Theater Company (dir. Neil Pepe), Hamlet in Hamlet for the Middlebury College Bi-Centennial (dir. Doug Sprigg), The Canterbury Tales at The Guthrie Theater (dir. Michael Bogdonov), Much Ado About Nothing at The Shakespeare Theater (dir. Ethan McSweeny), Two Gentelman of Verona at Blue Light Theater Company (dir. Dylan Baker), Filumena at Blue Light Theater Co. (dir. James Naughton), Anya in Paris at The Connelly Theater (dir. Christian Parker), Lay Me Down at Present Company (dir. Andy Dickey), Timon of Athens at the Delacourte/ Public Theater/ NY Shakespeare Festival (dir. Brian Kulick), June Moon at The Drama Department (dir. Mark Nelson), Henry VI at The Public Theater/ NY Shakespeare Festival (dir. Karen Coonrod), Day of the Kings at The Lark Theater Company, Good Person of New Haven at The Long Wharf Theater (dir. Bill Rausch), In the Heights at The O'Neill Center (dir. Thomas Kail), Build at Chataqua (dir. Vivienne Benesch), Fantasio on Theater Row (dir. Carl Forsman), Spread Eagle at the WPA (dir. Constance Grappo), American premier of Harold Pinter's Mountain Language at Potomac Theater Project (dir. Richard Romagnoli), Are We Having Fun Yet? at Potomac Theater Project (dir. Cheryl Faraone).

Film and Television:

Rent: Live on Fox (dir. Michael Grief), The Code, The Good Cop, Elementary, Law and Order, Live from Lincoln Center, Savages, Tony and Tina's Wedding, Boiler Room, All My Children, I Shudder, Acts of Worship, On the QT.

He is a long time actor, songwriter, film maker, bass and guitar player in the rock theater ensemble The Petersons who have performed at Ars Nova, Joe's Pub, NY Stage and Film, Caroline's Comedy Club, The Bottom Line, Fez...

He has worked extensively as an actor, director, playwright and composer for the charitable New York children's theater company The 52nd Street Project.

Education:

MFA-NYU Graduate Acting Program,
MA- Middlebury College Summer Language Program (Spanish)
BA-Middlebury College
Universidad Complutense-Madrid, España.

He is from West Point, New York and began a love for the theater under the direction of Dan Kristoff at James I. O'Neil Highschool in Highland Falls, NY.