Program Bios
Jekyll and Hyde (Summer Place Theatre, August '05)
Matt Whalen (Sir Archibald Proops) recently graduated from North Central College in Musical Theatre. His roles
there include Ben in Follies, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, and Bottom in Midsummer Night's Dream. He
thanks Kate, his family , and the Walthers for their support.
Lend Me a Tenor (North Central College Winter Mainstage '05)
Matt Whalen (Max) has had so much fun pretending to be a tenor! Past NCC shows include Midsummer...(Bottom),
Measure for Measure (Angelo), 42nd Street (Julian), and My Fair Lady (Freddy) He thanks Kate,
family, Jeff, Mik, and the Walthers for support, and everyone else in ...Tenor for making this so fun.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (North Central College Fall Mainstage '04)
Matt Whalen (Bottom) is a senior Musical Theatre Major, and was recently seen as Freddy in My Fair Lady, Angelo
in Measure for Measure, and Carl in O' Pioneers!, which earned him an Irene Ryan Nommination. Thanks go
to Kate, Family, Jeff, Mik, the Walthers, Deborah, and the Midsummer company for everything.
My Fair Lady (North Central College Summer Musical '04)
Matt Whalen (Freddy Eynsford-Hill)
Matt is a senior musical
theatre major, recently seen at NCC in 42nd Street (Julian Marsh), Measure
for Measure (Angelo) and O Pioneers, which earned him an Irene Ryan nomination. This summer, he made his professional
debut in The Pirates of Penzance. He
thanks his family, Kate, Jeff, Mik and the Walthers for their support and encouragement.
Measure for Measure (North Central College Spring Mainstage '04)
Matt Whalen (Angelo) Matt is a Junior Musical theatre Major, and is very excited to be in his first Shakespeare Show.
He was recently seen at NCC in 42nd Street (Julian Marsh) and O Pioneers (Carl Linstrum). His next
appearance will be in The Pirates of Penzance in Lake Geneva. He thanks everyone especially Betsy for
her great direction, his family, Jeff and the Walthers for support, and Mik for being a great friend and roommate. Have a
good last show seniors!
O Pioneers (North Central College Winter Mainstage '04)
Matt Whalen (Carl Linstrum) Matt is a Junior Musical theatre major and is thrilled to be in O Pioneers! his
fifth mainstage performance. Recent North Central roles include 42nd Street (Julian Marsh) and Philemon
(Commander) which performed at American College Theatre Festival in January. Thanks go to the Theatre Department
for this wonderful opportunity, his family, the Walthers, and Jeff for their support as well as the entire company for their
hard work.
The Elephant Man (North Central College Spring Mainstage '03)
Matthew F. Whalen (Bishop Walsham How) Matt is a Sophomore Musical Theatre Major from Naperville. He has been seen as
the Commander in Philemon and as Mr. Lindquist in A Little Night Music. He would like to thank the
faculty and the entire Elephant Man company, as well as family, Jeff and the Walthers for support.
Philemon (North Central College Winter Senior Directed Musical '03)
Matt Whalen (Commander) Matt is very excited to be performing in Philemon. He is a sophomore Musical Theatre
major from far away Naperville, Illinois, and recently transferred to NCC after a year at College of Dupage. He was
most recently Seen in last night's performance of Philemon. Before that, he was in NCC's fall mainstage A Little
Night Music as Mr. Lindquist and Fredrik/Magnus understudy. At Summer Place Theatre he has been seen as Schroeder
in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown as well as Into the Woods. Other credits include The Sound
of Music (Captain Von Trapp), Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), Little Shop of Horrors (Seymour) and The Secret Garden (Captain Albert
Lennox). He would like to extend a huge thanks to the entire company of "Philet-mignon" especially Summer and Mike for
their great direction as well as his family, Mik, Jeff, the Walthers for seeing everything he's in and for being supportive.
A Little Night Music (North Central College Fall Mainstage Musical '02)
Matt Whalen (Mr. Lindquist, Understudy: Fredrik Egerman, Count Carl Magnus Malcom) Matt is excited to start his NCC career
with A Little Night Music. He recently appeared in NCC's summer musical Evita as well as You're a Good
Man Charlie Brown and Into the Woods at Summer Place Theatre. Thanks to cast, crew and staff, family,
Jeff and the Walthers for constand support.
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Summer Place Theatre, Summer '02)
Matt Whalen (Schroeder) Matt is very excited to be making another Summer Place appearance after last year's Into
the Woods. Recently, he was Captain Albert Lennox in The Secret Garden at Steel Beam Theatre in
St. Charles. Other favorite roles include Little Shop of Horrors(Seymour), Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), The Sound
of Music (Captain Von Trapp), Crazy for You (Zangler), A Funny thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Miles
Gloriousus), and The Diary of Anne Frank (Dussel). Thanks to his family, Mik, Jeff, Mark, and the rest
of his friends for their constant support and encouragement.
The Secret Garden Steel Beam Theatre, March 2002)
Matt Whalen (Captain Albert Lennox) Matt Whalen from Naperville is making his Steel Beam debut. Matt is no stranger to
the stage, having performed in 25+ musicals. Favorite roles include Damn Yankees (Joe Hardy), and Little Shop of Horrors
(Seymour). He would like to thank everyone in the show for all their hard work, his voice teacher Mark Mavetz, Margo Krug
for her years of help and believing in him, and his friends and family for their support and encouragement.
