Matt Koenig

Director, BFA in Acting

Assistant Professor of Acting

M.F.A. in Acting, University of California, Irvine
B.S. in Business Management, SUNY Binghamton

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Matt Koenig has worked professionally as an actor, dialect/text coach, and intimacy director/coordinator. As an actor, he has performed at the Tony Award winning Utah Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Florida Studio Theatre (in the regional premiere of Straight White Men), Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Garry Marshall Theatre, Los Angeles Philharmonic, McCoy/Rigby Entertainment, Ensemble Theatre Company, and three years as a resident artist at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA).

He has done over 60 commercials/industrials including spots for Nintendo, Sony PlayStation, Purple Mattress, Craftsman/Troy-Bilt, Sophos, Skyscanner, etc. He has performed in films with Academy Award winning actor Lou Gossett Jr., Ashley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Keith David, Kevin Nealon, Joel McHale, Victoria Justice, and more.

As an educator, Koenig has taught at Utah Tech University, Utah State University, California Polytechnic: San Luis Obispo, PCPA- Allan Hancock College, and UC Irvine. He is a certified teacher in Knight-Thompson Speechwork™, various SAFD and DAI disciplines, and is currently half way through his Fitzmaurice Voicework™ certification.

His creative research focuses on Konstantin Stanislavsky’s Active Analysis, improvisation, vocal embodiment through Fitzmaurice Voicework™ and Knight-Thompson Speehwork™, and theatrical intimacy.