…hails from Tarzana, California and studied theatre design and technology at San Diego State University. He is a scenic designer and production fabricator with experience in various practices such as carpentry, welding, and both mechanical and digital drafting.
Before he started building sets he took the stage in youth theatre with ACT-1 LA, starring in productions like Grease, Shrek Jr., and even Seussical the Musical twice! Though even before that he snapped his first lego bricks together and never stopped, often deviating from the included building manuals to originate custom creations inspired by the Saturday morning cartoons he grew up on, such as StarWars: the Clone Wars and Teen Titans.
In university, he had the opportunity to design scenery for “The Crucible” with Skull & Dagger Dramatic Society, which he won the McKenzie award for in Fall of 2024. He dove feet first into the student organization theatre community serving as treasurer for Dagger and then technical director for several productions both with Skull & Dagger and Black Renaissance.
His works often explore themes of brotherhood and found family, or tangentially how one both stands alone as an individual and builds community with their peers and neighbors.
Matt Vallon Talley