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Matthew Masino (he/him) is a theatre director and creator based in Chicago, IL. He is the Executive Director and a company member at Lazy Susan Theatre Co. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a BFA in Theatre Directing. At Columbia, he directed several productions, including WW™D by Ana Nordwig (world premiere), Ken Ludwig's The Fox on the Fairway, Wolves by Steve Yockey, and Heart’s Desire by Caryl Churchill. Professionally, he has worked with BYOT Productions and the International Voices Project. For more than a decade, he has worked with the Kindergarten class at Saint Paschal Baylon School in Thousand Oaks, CA directing special Kindergarten Retold films. He is the Community Engagement Manager at the American Writers Museum in Chicago, IL.

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