Casey Kaleba has coordinated violence for television, music videos, and more than 200 productions with professional, community, and academic theatres.  Local work in the Washington area includes arranging fights at the Folger Theatre, Signature Theatre, Round House Theatre, Washington Shakespeare Company, Forum Theatre, Hub Theatre, Source Festival, Olney Theatre, and Studio Theatre 2^nd Stage.  A company member with Rorschach Theatre, Casey has staged fights for knights, musketeers, princesses, zombies, wolves, pirates, ninjas, and at least one alien tentacle.

Casey has trained with movement artists from across the globe, including Fight Directors Canada, the Society of Australian Fight Directors, British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat, Dueling Arts International, Dell'Arte, Combat Circus, Rapier Wit, and the British Academy of Dramatic Combat.  He is a graduate of the International Stunt School.  Casey holds an MA in Theatre History, and is a Doctoral Candidate in Performance Studies.

A Certified Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors, Casey has taught theatrical combat workshops and courses for a wide range of programs – from elementary schools to senior citizens.  He has taught at the University of Maryland, Old Dominion University, Chesapeake College, Davidson College, James Madison University, Montgomery College, the Virginia Governor’s School, and Virginia Theatre Association, as well as scores of high schools, festivals, professional development workshops, libraries, and camps. He serves as a teaching artist for the Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre, English Speaking Union, and Folger Library.  Casey has been a guest instructor for Fight Directors Canada and the Nordic Stagefight Society, and an instructor at the Paddy Crean Workshop - the largest international stage combat workshop.

Matthew R. Wilson has killed people on stage with swords, knives, pikes, guns, ropes, clubs, bathtubs, and shovels.  He has also died many times himself. 

A proud member of the Society of American Fight Directors, Matt has practiced Stage Combat since 1995.  He is also a professional director and actor with memberships in Equity, SAG, and AFTRA.

A ten-year resident of NYC, Matt directed fights for numerous Off- and Off-Off Broadway productions.  In his hometown of Washington, DC, his choreography has been seen at the Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Folger Theatre, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, and Constellation Theatre, among others.  Favorite credits include Macbeth, Women Beware Women, ‘Tis Pity She's a Whore, The Fifth Musketeer, and Life is a Dream.

In addition to the standard weapons styles recognized by the SAFD, Matt has a special love for Found Weapons, Rapier & Cloak, and Acrobalance & Weight-Sharing techniques.  He frequently utilizes Viewpoints, Laban Movement Analysis, Alexander Technique, and Commedia dell’Arte in his choreography and teaching.

An Adjunct Professor of Acting at both George Washington University and George Mason University, Matt has also been a Guest Artist/Instructor at numerous colleges including NYU, Columbia, and Northwestern.  He has served on the faculty for the International Order of the Sword and Pen at the Paddy Crean workshop in Banff, Canada, and he has taught and assisted at SAFD workshops throughout the US.   

Matt holds an MFA in Classical Acting and is pursuing a PhD in Theatre History.  He is also Artistic Director of Faction of Fools Theatre Company, DC’s Commedia dell’Arte theatre.  For more information, visit Matt online.