Born in Bogotá, Colombia then adopted, Matthew B. Cullen (he/they, él/elle) is a theatre director and creative producer now living in Spanish Harlem. They are a Lin Manuel Miranda Family Artistic and General Management Fellow. 

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The goal is to cultivate a community and curate a culture of administrators, artists, and audiences alike around a process focused practice. To do so, they are building a set of artistic, business, and management skills so that they may one day be a co-artistic director of a theatre company that develops new works at all stages.

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Their process is focused on disrupting oppressive and harmful practices by centering health, equity, and community. They lead with kindness, curiosity and the goal of collective liberation by investing in a process focused practice. To learn more about their process and principles, check out The Groundwork.​

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As a director, Matthew spent a year studying under U.K. directors Robert Icke and Lyndsey Turner which provided his foundation. Matthew is currently developing CHICANA LEGEND and UNTITLED LIL' BROWN GIRL SUPERHERO PLAY, both by Alexis Elisa Macedo. He spent his April in San Francisco as the Associate Director for AZAD: the rabbit and the wolf at Golden Thread Theater under the direction of Jared Mezzochi. In December, Matthew previously assisted Jared on a workshop of the show. Prior to that, he assisted Jared on THE WIND AND THE RAIN Off Broadway at En Garde Arts while Matthew was directing LETTERS I WILL NEVER SEND YOU by performer/writer Angelica McEwan. They are an alumni of Kennedy Center's Directing Intensive, Wingspace Directing Mentorship, and Irish Classical Theatre's Directing Apprenticeship.

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In the world of producing, Matthew was the producing intern with Orin Wolf Productions as they brought BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB to Broadway this Spring.  Previously, Matthew has line produced at the Apollo Theater and led two indie productions in New York: LETTERS I WILL NEVER SEND YOU and PLAGUE PLAY by Erin Proctor. Additionally, he was an assistant on AZUL: A Bilingual Musical which sold out 54 Below and Joe's Pub.  Since most of Matthew’s experience is in the non-profit realm, they spent spring 2024 attending the Business of Broadway classes to learn about the world of commercial producing.

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In the administrative realm, Matthew has spent 3 years working management level positions regionally and Off Broadway. Recently, he was accepted as a Brenna Thomas' mentee in Tom O'Connor Consulting Group's All Rise Initiative for rising BIPOC administrators. In September, Matthew finished a year long fellowship through the Lin-Manuel Miranda Family Fund. They began as the General Management Fellow and Company Manager at the Vineyard Theatre on their productions of SCENE PARTNERS by John J. Caswell Jr., and RUSSIAN TROLL FARM by Sarah Gancher. They were then the Artistic Fellow at Repertorio Español assisting on their production of LA LLAMADA. Previously, he was the Company Manager at Chautauqua Theater Company, an Artistic Associate at Latiné Musical Theatre Lab, amongst a variety of other positions held through his education. ​

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While Matthew does not own any pets (sad), they have happily had their mustache for two years now.