Matthew Antoci is a generative director & performer, producer, and curator of live performance going "full diva mode" in New York City. Their work blends pop spectacle with theatrical chaos, and exists in various mediums, including multi-media performance, theatre, and drag. Matthew's projects have been called "supremely confident" and "a delicious hot mess" by critics, and have been featured in The New York Times and The New Yorker. They've produced and shown work onstage at La MaMa, MITU 580, CATCH (The Invisible Dog, PS21 Chatham), The Exponential Festival, The Brick, Loading Dock, Baryshnikov Arts Center, IRT Theater, Purgatory, Life World, The Kraine, The Tank, and Celebration Barn.

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Their duo-ish performance with Meaghan Robichaud, a loose rehashing of the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens titled MEOW!, played a sold-out run at The Loading Dock as part of the 10th Exponential Festival in January 2025, and was featured in The New York Times. Other original works include Babies on the Street, co-created with Hillary Gao (The Brick, IRT Theater), and I AM MY OWN MILF (The Kraine – Winner of Outstanding Devising from the Young-Howze Theatre Journal and three FRIGID Fringe Festival Awards). They’re a member of the experimental performance collective CHILD (led by Lisa Fagan), whose spring 2024 show 1-800-3592-113592, was named one of the Best Theatre of 2024 in The New Yorker. Other companies they’ve worked with include theater and media company Fake Friends at CultureHub, Jerry Lieblich's Third Ear at La MaMa, and Rude Grooms at CultureLab LIC. In addition to their work in live performance, Matthew collaborates with many artists at different stages of development, wearing the hats of devising facilitator, show doula, and marketing consultant. 

 

Matthew is sometimes a freelance dialect coach and astrologer. Their current artistic interests include Italian Americans, daytime television, and the work of Stephen Varble. They are an unapologetic Chekhov stan, and (for similar reasons) are obsessed with The Real Housewives. Matthew is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.