M. William Shiner brings unparalleled expertise to every production.

M. William Shiner, professional stage and production manager, brings over 30 years experience to every project he works on. Originally from California, he has worked up and down the coast – starting his education at UC Irvine, and finishing up a theatre degree with an emphasis in playwriting and directing, received his MFA in Stage Management from UC San Diego. Matthew has a history of working with producers over long periods of time, three years at La Jolla Playhouse, three years at the Dallas Theatre Center as resident production stage manager, and just over six years at the Shakespeare Theatre Company as resident production stage manager. Moving to New York, he took over The 39 Steps, starting working with the Public Theatre, leading to two Shakespeare in the Park productions (Measure for Measure and As You Like it) – plus downtown he worked on Titus Andronicus and The Total Bent, a new musical with text by Stew, music by Heidi Rodewald and Stew – a team I was able to work with again at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival on The Family Album.

Outside of traditional theatre, Matthew has worked on Franco Dragone’s production of The House of Dancing Water and La Perle, both water based circus performances.

Working with Disney, Matthew was the Production Stage Manager for the US Premiere of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame working with Alan Menken, Stephen Schwartz and Scott Schwartz, and went out to production supervise and serve as associate director with the productions with Stage Entertainment (Germany) and Shiki Theatre Company (Japan). Matthew also worked on Mary Zimmerman’s production of The Jungle Book for Disney, developmental work on Freaky Friday. He toured as PSM on the North American Tour of The Lion King for 2.5 years.

Matthew, knowing the importance of passing on the torch, and preparing the next generation of theatre professionals has entered academia – two years as the head of the MFA Stage Management program and serving as Production Manager at University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is now the head of the MFA Stage Management program at UNLV, and serves as the Production Manager for the Nevada Conservatory Theatre.

Since moving to Vegas, he has continue to work, including productions with Nevada Ballet Theatre (Nutcracker and Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan), Piff the Magic Dragon, Jersey Boys and corporate and literary events.

M. William Shiner is constantly looking for new challenges, event and work in Las Vegas and the world to bring his experience to the table to help make extraordinary events happen.