Matthew Briggs
Administrator, Educator, Creative
Work Experience
Development Associate
Folly Theater
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Perform daily data entry, process and acknowledge gifts received, and create donor reports while ensuring all constituent records are up-to-date and accurate.
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Prepare donor and sponsorship acknowledgment letters, fundraising appeals, and online forms for online fundraising campaign messaging.
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Assist with grant management and writing, including tracking of application deadlines, report deadlines, and other data needed.
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Assist with planning and execution of fundraising projects and events (i.e. Garden Party, Golf Classic, Folly Frolic).
Education Director, Volunteer Coordinator
Crane River Theater
Responsibilities included:
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Develop curriculum and education programming itineraries for theatre classes, programs, and workshops composed of Pre-K-12th grade students and community members.
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Manage and train education personnel and production volunteers.
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Serve as a liaison to community partners and area schools for educational programs.
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Schedule and coordinate volunteers for productions, events, and programs (e.g. house management, ushers, box office personnel, construction crew, costume crew, concessions, parking attendants, etc.).
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Create income projections, track education expenses, update volunteer databases, and process box office requests using the OvationTix patron database.
Administrative Intern
Unicorn Theatre
Responsibilities included:
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Conduct day-to-day project coordination, planning, and implementation with Development, Marketing, and Production Management divisions.
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Maintain accurate donor and artist databases using research cultivation practices.
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Complete sales analysis, donor outreach, prospective executive board member research, website maintenance, and event planning tasks for the annual gala.
Teaching Candidate, Administrative Assistant
North Kansas City Schools
Responsibilities included:
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Co-teach introductory Theatre, Debate and Communication classes including Theatre I, II, III, IV, Stagecraft, Debate I, II, Competetive Drama and Public Speaking consisting of 10-25 students
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Develop, implement, and modify the performing arts curriculum to reach a diverse student population.
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Direct, Assistant Direct, and advise 14-19-year-old students on school theatrical productions.
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Compose correspondence, reports, documents, and confidential statistical data, process incoming correspondence as instructed, and prepare responses
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Manage daily announcements and school calendars
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Respond courteously and tactfully to inquiries/complaints from district patrons and refer callers/visitors to appropriate district staff
Theatre Education Intern
Rose Theater
Responsibilities included:
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Serve as a Co-Teaching Artist and Classroom Teaching Aid
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Assist the Education Director with administrative tasks
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Create cross-curricular lesson plans for classroom implementation
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Develop pre and post-production guides and resources
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Lead Morning and Afternoon Drama Club and off-site Theater Club in Omaha Public Schools
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Act as an Assistant Director for a three-week performance camp
Theatre and Dance Office Assistant
University of Central Missouri
Responsibilities included:
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Answer phone inquiries, direct calls and provide basic information
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Perform clerical duties, take memos, maintain files, and organize documents; photocopy, fax, etc. as needed
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Lead in planning University functions, meetings, and special projects
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Manage and maintain files, records, and correspondence for meetings
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Type documents, drafts, and reports
House Manager, Education Intern
Coterie Theatre
Responsibilities included:
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Serve as a Teaching Artist assistant and lead substitute teacher
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Assist the Education Director with administrative tasks
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Create cross-curricular lesson plans for classroom implementation
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Update monologue and scene database
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Develop a lobby display for summer productions
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Serve as an Assistant Director and liaison between the Director and The Coterie staff for a week performance camp
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Ensure the safety of patrons and performers during the performance
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Maintain communication with Stage Management, Box office personnel, and volunteer ushers to keep an appropriate number record of patrons
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Maintain the performance space by cleaning and completing minor repairs
Education
2020 | BSE Speech Communication and Theatre Education
Minor in Dance
University of Central Missouri
A BSE in Secondary Education degree - Speech Communication and Theatre option has prepared Matthew to teach speech communication and theatre for every age along while working as a Theatre professional in every capacity. Matthew has participated in over 25 collegiate productions, competed on the Talking Mules Speech and Debate Team (an internationally recognized speech and debate team), has served in numerous leadership roles and assisted with UCM Theatre and Dance productions as an artistic, production, and business management liaison and artisan.
