Matthew Beymer (he/him) is a curious and deeply motivated performer and writer currently based in Los Angeles, CA. He is a senior in the Ray Bolger Musical Theater program at UCLA.
His past stage work includes Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Old Prince Bolkonsky), Something Rotten! (Brother Jeremiah), Into the Woods (Milky White/Puppeteer), and the play Happy Birthday Mars Rover (Son/Father/Grandfather understudy/Co-Choreographer).
Matthew participated in UCLA's Bruin Fringe Festival as both writer and director of the robot play A.G.I. and actor in Al Hiciano de Góngora's original musical Sanctuary. He also played Robert in Le Chau's short film Oxygen and co-directed the documentary project Orgullo through the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. He is proud to have trained with Mitty Performing Arts, CMT San Jose, Ariel Dance Studios, and the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
As a writer, Matthew recently completed a journalism fellowship with theater outlet Stage Raw after reporting and editing multimedia and print content for UCLA's The Daily Bruin for three years. His interest in the performing arts as an instrument for social change led him to become a Media/Marketing Director for Color Box Production Company, a Communications/Archival Intern with Skylight Theatre Company, and a UCLA Undergraduate Seminar Facilitator on the topic of Documentary Theater.
As an artist with many interests, he will graduate from UCLA with minors in Digital Humanities and Professional Writing.