Matthew R. Chase is a Chicago-based theatrical sound designer and production manager. Recent design credits include: sound design of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, ANYTHING GOES, ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME, CABARET, RENT, and SPRING AWAKENING (Porchlight Music Theatre); NEVER BETTER, THE SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE, ASSASSINS, and BAKED (Theo); LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, CAROUSEL, SHREK THE MUSICAL, THE PRODUCERS, and PIPPIN (Music Theater Works); ELEPHANT AND PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY (Marriott Theatre); and WHO’S HOLIDAY (Theater Wit). Production manager credits include: INANIMATE, HOUSEHOLD SPIRITS, THE WHISTLEBLOWER, HURRICANE DIANE, WHO’S HOLIDAY, and  MR. BURNS A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY! (Theater Wit); NEVER BETTER, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE, ASSASSINS, BAKED! A NEW MUSICAL, PASSING STRANGE, and THE THREEPENNY OPERA (Theo); SPRING AWAKENING, BROADWAY IN YOUR BACKYARD (Porchlight Music Theatre), FRINDLE, MARY'S SEACOLE and HEISENBERG (Griffin Theatre Company).