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Matthew LaChiusa

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Matthew’s creative aspirations range from playwright to filmmaker and actor to director. In 2000 through LINWOOD PRODUCTIONS, he and his brother Thomas produced, wrote and directed two critically acclaimed documentaries GVI: LIFE IN A NORTHERN TOWN and HONEYMOON HAUNTS.

As a local actor, Matthew has been “on the boards” with regional theatre companies including Shakespeare in Delaware Park, Ujima Theater, Alleyway Theater, Theater of Youth and Torn Space Theater.

He has independently produced several of his original plays including SUPERHERO BLUES at the Town Ballroom, KING CORNPONE at Rust Belt Books and LAKE ERIE VIGNETTES at Rust Belt Books. He has also produced local playwrights including Scott Kurchak’s My Life As An Ape and Anthony Cardinale’s Dreamers In A Peanut Butter Factory. His adaptation of Charles Dickens Christmas Carol entitled EBENEZER S. A NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROL was produced at Buffalo Ensemble Theater.

In 2005 Matthew formed his own production company MORPHINE HEARTS and in the Buffalo Infringement Festival he produced two original plays ANGEL IN BLACK and MR. PUSSY and directed an original work by Tim Hobin entitled Ubi Sunt.

In 2006, Matthew directed and produced, in association with Torn Space Theater, a theatrical adaptation of the classic film APOCALYPSE NOW. He also directed and produced, in association with Blue Garrote Theater, an original work by playwright Tim McPeek entitled The Ditch. Two of Matthew’s plays FRED'S REQUIEM and RED CLAY were featured in the 2006 Buffalo Infringement Festival.

In association with Buffalo, New York's The New Phoenix Theater, Matthew directed their 2007 Eric Bentley Award winning play, EMBODY, written by Atlanta's Laura Gunderson. Through Morphine Hearts Production he also produced the documentary "Ghostlights: Folklore and Skepticism" that featured haunted theatres of Western New York. The 2007 Infringement Festival also saw Matthew direct a short one act by Langford Wilson entitled The Wandering which featured selected readings from Stephen Hawkings and an original piece entitled "Axeman's Jazz". His white-trashing band "Dick Whiskey" also made their musical debut.