Matt Karris
Matt Karris
Instructor

 

Matt Karris (Director) is a veteran of The Gateway of over 30 years having appeared on stage and directed numerous productions. He has been a core teacher in the Gateway Acting School, now The Gateway School for the Performing Arts, since the 1980s.  As a director, Matt has been at the helm of such Gateway productions as Jesus Christ Superstar, RENT, and more than 20 Children’s Theater musical productions, many of which he wrote himself.  As an accomplished performer, Matt has toured nationally, appeared Off-Broadway and played leading roles at The Gateway such as Berger in HAIR, and Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors to name a few.  He spent time in Los Angeles working in television launching original network programming for FOX TV.  Mr. Karris also served as Artistic Director and Education Coordinator for Forces Creative Entertainment in Saratoga for over 5 years where he directed such productions as Ain’t Misbehavin’, Godspell and The Bad Seed.   Other directing credits include Music Theater North and The Theater Barn.