Matt O'Brien

Matt O'Brien is a Cavalier alumnus (1981) and was on the percussion staff of Cavalier Cadets from 1982-1984. He is a past-President of the Cavaliers Alumni Association and joined the CAPE   Board of Directors in 2012. He also serves as The Cavaliers’ representative on the DCI Board Consortium steering committee, facilitating the annual gathering of Board members from the various member corps.

Matt has been executive director or artistic director for a number of theatre companies and events, including the Vail/Beaver Creek Theatre Festival in Colorado, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Splinter Group Theatre Company, and Irish Repertory of Chicago. He’s currently Producing Director for GreatWorks Theatre of Chicago, a national-touring company focusing on plays for young audiences. He is also on faculty of School of Theater and Dance at Northern Illinois University.

Matt and his family reside in Libertyville, IL, where he has leveraged a lifelong family interest in the outdoors to become the owner of Paddling Warehouse @ Offshore Marine in nearby Lake Bluff, IL