Robert Matney
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Robert Matney in Dallas, Texas
, is a social web marketer, actor (stage
, voice), theater director, and currently living in Austin, Texas
. Robert is co-producing artistic director of Breaking String Theater and the technology designer at the Hidden Room Theatre http://www.hiddenroomtheatre.com/who_dwells_within.html. He spoke at SXSW Interactive 2011 http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5600 with the Hidden Room and Look Left Look Right http://lookleftlookright.com/ about their work on Skype theatre and linking actors and audience using technology. Robert Matney graduated from The University of Texas
in 1998 with a degree in philosophy
and having studied Shakespeare-in-Performance at the Shakespeare at Winedale
program.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, is a social web marketer, actor (stage
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, voice), theater director, and currently living in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. Robert is co-producing artistic director of Breaking String Theater and the technology designer at the Hidden Room Theatre http://www.hiddenroomtheatre.com/who_dwells_within.html. He spoke at SXSW Interactive 2011 http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_IAP5600 with the Hidden Room and Look Left Look Right http://lookleftlookright.com/ about their work on Skype theatre and linking actors and audience using technology. Robert Matney graduated from The University of Texas
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
in 1998 with a degree in philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and having studied Shakespeare-in-Performance at the Shakespeare at Winedale
Shakespeare at Winedale
The Shakespeare at Winedale program, created in 1970 by James B. "Doc" Ayres, is a program affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin, dedicated to Shakespearean criticism through performance of the plays...
program.
Technology Designer
Robert Matney was the Hidden Room Theatre's technology designer for "You Wouldn't Know Her, She Lives in London / You Wouldn't Know Him, He Lives in Texas." Jo Caird from London's What's On Stage said the show should be "applauded for their attempt to explore this new territory," and that "theatre has only to gain from this type of innovation." Robert designed the technology that linked theatres from Austin and Moscow for the New Russian Drama Festival via video teleconferencing technology. He spoke about his efforts to joined theatres through this method at SXSW Interactive in 2011. Robert is speaking further on innovations in this field at the Hybrid Arts Summit for the Fusebox Festival in Austin Texas.Anime
- Birth (anime)Birth (anime), also known in the West as Planet Busters or The World of the Talisman, is a 1984 anime original video animation , which was released on VHS and DVD in North America by, variously, Streamline and ADV Films...
(OAV) as Inorganic Biker #1 - Magical PlayMagical Playis an original net animation featuring character designs by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was webcast from November 16, 2001 to May 3, 2002, totaling twenty-two episodes. The magical girl satire was later compiled into four half hour episodes and released on four DVDs. A 3D OVA episode was released on...
(ONA) - Petite Princess YuciePetite Princess Yucieis an anime series, which was produced by Gainax, aired from 2002 to 2003, and ran for 26 episodes. Six volumes of videos were released on DVD by ADV Films in the United States. As of Sep. 1, 2009, the series is now licensed by ADV's successor, AEsir Holdings; with distribution from Section23 Films...
(TV) as Gunbard - GetbackersGetBackersis a manga series written by Tadashi Agi and illustrated by Rando Ayamine. The series was serialized and is published by Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from 1999 until 2007, totaling 39 volumes. The plot follows the "GetBackers", a group that retrieves anything that was lost...
Stage Roles
- A Most Unsettling and Possibly Haunted Evening In the Parlour of the Brothers Grimm as Wilhelm Grimm, The Hidden Room Theatre, October 2010 http://austinlivetheatre.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1545:upcoming-a-most-unsettling-with-the-brothers-grimm-trouble-puppet-theatre-company-and-the-hidden-room-october-28-30&catid=419:hidden-room-theatre&Itemid=65