Matt Sanford
Latest News on Matt Sanford:
Ironweed Productions Launches Its 2020 Season with THE ALIENS by Annie Baker (Jan 29, 2020)
BWW Review: HIDDEN TREASURE: A GEORGIAN IMMIGRANT'S STORY at Ironweed Productions (Mar 10, 2019)
BWW Review: THE BIG HEARTLESS at Just Say It Theater (Feb 22, 2019)
Ironweed Productions Launches Its 2020 Season with THE ALIENS by Annie Baker (Jan 29, 2020)
BWW Review: HIDDEN TREASURE: A GEORGIAN IMMIGRANT'S STORY at Ironweed Productions (Mar 10, 2019)
BWW Review: THE BIG HEARTLESS at Just Say It Theater (Feb 22, 2019)
BIO
Matt Sanford (born 12 September 1985 as Matthew Joseph Rodriguez-Sanford) was born and raised in the arts mecca of the Southwest, Santa Fe, New Mexico. He began acting at the age of nine in the Santa Fe Opera production of "Las Mananitas" and continued acting in local and regional theater throughout his teens. After celebrating his eighteenth birthday returning from Edinborough, Scotland, where he performed at the internationally acclaimed Fringe Festival, Matt began to pursue his professional acting career in the burgeoning film industry of New Mexico. At twenty-three years old, he has appeared as the lead in several independent shorts and features, including "The Donor Conspiracy," which has received critical and commercial success since its DVD release in November of 2008. Matt has also written and directed works for both film and theater, including the play "The Santy Clause Murder Case" and the screenplay "Atom Age Zombies." Outside of acting for the camera, Matt continues to act in and produce works for the stage.
News
Ironweed Productions Launches Its 2020 Season with THE ALIENS by Annie Baker
Ironweed Productions celebrates its 15th anniversary and launches its 2020 Season with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker's comically off-beat and gently moving play, The Aliens, opening March 5th.
Ironweed Productions celebrates its 15th anniversary and launches its 2020 Season with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker's comically off-beat and gently moving play, The Aliens, opening March 5th.
BWW Review: HIDDEN TREASURE: A GEORGIAN IMMIGRANT'S STORY at Ironweed Productions
Towards the end of her one woman show, Hidden Treasure: A Georgian Immigrant's Story, Ketevan Kharshiladze Ussery speaks about a workplace conflict. She details her anger and frustration with the given situation, and then, after a realization, about attaining peace. 'This is theatre,' she simply says of the conflict, and indeed, life, and with that new perspective, proceeds on. Though Ms. Ussery's show details her process of moving from Georgia to the states, and eventually El Rito, New Mexico, the way in which she describes her experiences - through the lens of someone who has dedicated their life to the theatre - is simple proof that the human experience transcends national borders.
Towards the end of her one woman show, Hidden Treasure: A Georgian Immigrant's Story, Ketevan Kharshiladze Ussery speaks about a workplace conflict. She details her anger and frustration with the given situation, and then, after a realization, about attaining peace. 'This is theatre,' she simply says of the conflict, and indeed, life, and with that new perspective, proceeds on. Though Ms. Ussery's show details her process of moving from Georgia to the states, and eventually El Rito, New Mexico, the way in which she describes her experiences - through the lens of someone who has dedicated their life to the theatre - is simple proof that the human experience transcends national borders.
BWW Review: THE BIG HEARTLESS at Just Say It Theater
I am, in general, a huge fan of new works. There just seems to be this sense of vitality and urgency in original plays - the feeling that someone HAD to tell this story; and that kind of passion and need for expression has led to some of my favorite theatrical experiences. As of last night, Just Say It Theater's production of The Big Heartless can be added to that list. This new play, written by local playwright Dale Dunn, was a semi-finalist in the 2016 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, and I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to see it in Santa Fe, cast with local talent and directed by the always excellent Lynn Goodwin.
I am, in general, a huge fan of new works. There just seems to be this sense of vitality and urgency in original plays - the feeling that someone HAD to tell this story; and that kind of passion and need for expression has led to some of my favorite theatrical experiences. As of last night, Just Say It Theater's production of The Big Heartless can be added to that list. This new play, written by local playwright Dale Dunn, was a semi-finalist in the 2016 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, and I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to see it in Santa Fe, cast with local talent and directed by the always excellent Lynn Goodwin.
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