Matthew Bruffee

Curriculum Vitae for: Matthew B. Bruffee, MFA ACTOR PRODUCER DIRECTOR TEACHER Middleboro, MA [email protected] (508) 858-6817 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/EXPERTISE: Leader with a high level skill set in non-profit administration & production of live stage events/fundraising galas. Expertise in fiscal management, corporate real estate, customer service & hospitality management. Excellence in teaching Acting/Voice & Speech, talent coach/management, casting & theatrical directing. Executive Management of Fundraising (Capital, Gov’t, State, Corporate & Individual), Human Resources, Social Media/Video/Websites & Marketing/PR. Theatrical: Set/Projection/Scenic/Costume Design. EDUCATION: Masters of Fine Arts: Performing Arts/Non-Profit Administration -- CUNY/Brooklyn College Baccalaureate of Arts: Theatre major with minor: Dance & Visual Art -- Hofstra University; Long Island, NY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: BURT WOOD SCHOOL of the PERFORMING ARTS, Middleboro, MA June 2009 – present Theatrical Director, Set, Visual Projection & Costume Designer/Acting Coach & Teacher: Director: 12 years/ 27 Musicals & Plays w/ small to large casts of students (ages 5 – 18) & adults. Actor: Played roles of Ebeneezer Scrooge (Scrooge! The Musical), The Grinch (Seussical), Maurice (Beauty & the Beast) & Officer Krupke (West Side Story). Designer: Provided set design & construction, costume/wardrobe design, lighting concepts & projections/slide designs for over 30 shows. Instructor for Acting/Speech & Voice: 11 years of instructing private & group lessons coaching/teaching acting for adults, teens, college bound students, special needs & commercial auditions. Pageant Coach/Judge: Worked with Miss America System coaching teens & young women in their journeys to the crown. Directed/designed shows include: Frozen, Matilda the Musical, Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Scrooge: The Musical!, The Elephant Man, Mary Poppins (Set), Aladdin, Noises Off, Elf, Seussical (Set & Costumes), Legally Blonde, The Butler Did It, The Wizard of Oz, Shrek (Costumes), Willy Wonka, The Mousetrap, Annie, Gypsy, Beauty & the Beast (Costumes), Alice in Wonderland, Little Women, The Little Prince, Mousetrap, The Crucible, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The Miracle Worker, West Side Story (Costumes), The Diary of Anne Frank, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol: Scrooge & Marley, It’s A Wonderful Life. PROJECT CONTEMPORARY COMPETITIVENESS (PCC), Stonehill College, Easton, MA 2016 Summer /Master Theatre Teacher: Designed & developed theatre course for advanced college preparatory high school students from regional MA areas. Taught daily for 6 weeks 2 sessions per day to a total of 25 students. Produced & presented a 1930s radio show style production with some original student material entitled “On Air” presented for the entire PCC population & families at the conclusion of the program. ROGUE THEATRE COMPANY, Inc., Taunton, MA November 2009 – August 2017 President: Board of Directors, Theatrical Director, Executive Producer: Co-created, launched & ran a 501(c)3 non-profit theatre company dedicated to presenting quality theatre for Southeastern MA. For 6 years: directed/co-directed productions, ran board of directors meetings, supervised play production, logistics, budgeting, communications, marketing, public relations, fundraising/grant writing & special events, set design & painting, props, costumes & managed mailing list & reservations. Produced the following shows: Love Letters, The Kitchen Witches, Fun-de-Mental, Twist, Crimes of the Heart, Fuddy Meers, Shirley Valentine, Divine Sister, Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare (Abridged) [revised], Educating Rita, The Bonds of Marriage, Blithe Spirit, Rogue’s Game Show Night Spectacular, Around the World in 80 Days, & original production: Wicked Politics 2016. THE DISTRICT CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Taunton, MA October 2013 – January 2014 Arts Management Consultant: Hired by the Downtown Taunton Foundation/Taunton Business Improvement District to co-create & develop a business plan including operating & construction budgets to acquire & transform the historical Greek Revival District Courthouse building (built in the 1800s & located just off Taunton Green) into a unique arts & events space run by a 501(c)3 non-profit organization created for a 175K Grant for Development & Capital Improvements submitted to the Massachusetts Cultural Council. As of 2018 The District Center for the Arts project is now in operation as the building was purchased & restored by a private developer in conjunction with the Taunton DTF/BID based on the business plan that was created for the above grant. TRAVEL DIRECTOR - Las Vegas, New York City, Boston various dates Worked on corporate events for: Production Group International, Empire Force Events, Executive Travel Directors -Transportation Direction Team Member/Lead for corporate meetings/events including: Republican National Convention Breakfast, Ideal Advertising Awards- Cipriani’s Wall Street & Hotel Intercontinental; “South Pacific”(in concert) for Deloitte Touché at Carnegie Hall; IBM Electronic University week at Bally’s & MGM Hotels, Las Vegas(17,500 Worldwide IBM Employees); Dell Computers “Virtual Storage” Breakfast - Westin Boston, & Boy Scouts of America - Logan Airport Liaison -100th World Jamboree in UK. Walgreens Christmas Gift Promotion Southeast MA In-Store Coordinator. JACK MORTON WORLDWIDE, New York City, NY January 2000 – May 2001 Corporate Event Producer: Designed, pitched, budgeted & produced large scale million dollar product launch events around the US for such clients as Sega Dreamcast, Limited Too, & Bristol Myers Squibb. Created Million Dollar plus production budgets, coordinated staff in pre-production and onsite, trafficked all graphic needs, handled all client requests/needs in pre-production & onsite. Responsible for coordination with venues & all contract negotiations with performing artists & event vendors. THOMAS MARTIN EVENTS, New York City, NY August 1997 - December 1999 Event Consultant: Production of Million Dollar fundraising galas for non-profits with celebrity performances and live & silent auctions. Events produced for: Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project; New Jersey Performing Arts Center Annual Galas (performers included: Diana Ross, Michael Bolton, Jay Leno, Blues Brothers, Lionel Ritchie); Annual Galas for Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Parks Council, Preservation League/ NY State, Studio-in-the-Schools, & Modern Museum of African Art. BETTE MIDLER’s NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT, New York City, NY December 1997 -- July 1998 Administrative Consultant: Administrator & Financial Manager for non-profit Environmental Restoration Organization maintaining & beautifying New York City’s underserved open spaces including: office management, fundraising, marketing & human resources for 45 member AmeriCorps program w/ over 300 acres of parks. Assisted with daily operations, re-organization of electronic & hard filing systems, maintained a/r & a/p, payroll, health insurance, photo archives, created donor database, mailing lists, grant proposals/reports & recruited/trained office manager & intern. BROADWAY CARES/Dancers Responding to AIDS Program, New York City June 1994 - August 1997 Program Administrator & Event Producer: Broadways’ Award Winning Non-profit providing financial assistance to individuals, families & grants to many health/food service organizations. Managed day-to-day operations of a Matthew B. Bruffee, MFA (C.V. Resume) page 4 new fundraising program for the dance industry & served as liaison to the committee of professional dancers from over 150 renowned & emerging dance companies. Leveraged organization’s profile to a National level, increased fundraising by 300% in 3 years. Co-produced a one-of-a-kind Gala Fundraising event in Washington, DC at The Kennedy Center entitled “Bequeathed - An evening of dance pieces by choreographers lost to AIDS" with dancers from the companies of Paul Taylor, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, The Joffrey Ballet, The San Francisco Ballet, & The Washington Ballet (First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Honorary Chairperson / Actress & Chanteuse Betty Buckley, Host). Produced the first three years of the Fire Island Dance Festival (now in its 27th year) & and other high profile dance galas. CORTEZ & CO. DANCE FOUNDATION, INC., New York City January 1995 – September 2002 Executive Director, Vice President & Treasurer: Assisted Hernando Cortez - Artistic Director (former dancer with the Paul Taylor Company) with the general management of a 9 Member touring dance company including: incorporation as a 501(c)3, fiscal management, fundraising, special event production, marketing & public relations, board development, booking conferences, travel, logistics, Arts-in-Education programs, grant proposals & reports (City, State & National Endowment of the Arts annual funding requests). Production of 6 self-produced Annual Seasons in NY City and touring performances at venues including: The Joyce Soho, Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park, Bryant Park Summer Festival, Dance Theater Workshop & at the famed discotheque Limelight. Performed outside NY at Miami’s First Night, Detroit Opera House, & Jacob’s Pillow (annually), Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech, & Macon Georgia Opera House. BAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL, Sag Harbor, NY – Dec. 1991 - May 1994 Premier Managing Director, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer: Co-developed a 300-seat Equity LORT B theater on the East End of Long Island (now in its 28th year of operation). Instrumental in the team effort that negotiated a 25-year lease, raised 1.5 Million Capital, renovated a 14,000 sq. foot former night club space into a working theatrical venue in six-months. Produced sold-out 1st & 2nd summer seasons as well as winter productions, cabarets, Master Lecture series, apprentice program & two sold-out fundraising concerts with mega-star Julie Andrews. Managed an annual budget of 1 million, 13 member staff & high-profile board of directors & celebrity artist advisory board. Coordinated community relations, volunteer direction, supervised marketing & subscription campaigns, legal affairs, fundraising campaigns, seat endowment & oversaw box office & front-of-house management. Obtained liquor license, instituted bar operations; executed production & operating budgets, & all director/designer/artist/union contracts. SPECIAL HONORS: Attended: Miss America Pageant 2012 in Las Vegas, in consult & support of Miss Massachusetts 2011 Molly Whalen. Pageant Judge: National American Miss(’14); Miss Middleboro/Lakeville & Plymouth County/Cranberry Country Pageant(’14); Miss America’s Outstanding Teen New Bedford(‘13); Miss Acushnet, Massachusetts Sesquicentennial Pageant(‘10); Miss Middlesex Massachusetts Pageant (‘10) Judged talent contests: Burt Wood Idol Talent Contest/Scholarship Fundraiser (‘09); New Bedford 's Got Talent Contest (‘09); Laughs-on-Us Comedy Show (various dates). Served as: Business Manager for Brianna Bostick Miss Plymouth County in preparation for the Miss Massachusetts Pageant 2012. SPECIAL AWARDS: Co- Awarded the following: 1996 New York Dance & Performance Award “Bessie” (a dance industry equivalent of a “Tony” for Dancers Responding to AIDS) & a 1995 Dance Magazine Achievement Award for Dancers Responding to AIDS.