The Summer Place

Matt Whalen is a native of Naperville and grew up seeing Summer Place shows, and you could say was bitten by the bug as an audience member seeing musicals both in the Pavillion and at NCHS. His stage debut was in Summer Place s production of Heidi in 1994. After graduating from Neuqua Valley High School, he appeared in Summer Place s productions of Into the Woods and You re a Good Man, Charlie Brown . He received his BA in Musical Theatre from North Central College, and has performed with many professional and community theatres in the area including Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Signal Ensemble Theatre, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, FIrst Folio, Music Theatre Works, Jedlicka, Highland Park Players, Harper Theatre Ensemble, Wheaton Drama. His directing credits include Doubt....a Parable at Greenman Theatre.