Robin is my sister! So...we go way back. How do you put someone you've known your whole life into a nutshell? She's my older sister and she is still a protector and big hearted care taker to me even when she's the one that deserves to be taken care of. She also shares my fascination with the macabre and Victorian whatnot, so we have that going on.
Once when we were little, she pretended she was getting sucked down the bathtub drain and I fully freaked out. Cuz that's no way to go.
I discovered after Lauren and I became friends that someone we both knew through UCB had tried to set us up as friends and collaborators years earlier. If only I had listened our beautiful friendship journey could have started sooner!
Angie and I lived together in NYC, and there can hardly be better memories than that chapter of my life. We became fast and inseparable friends. I can always rely on Angie to take me to some hidden gem or fun activity happening in whatever city we find ourselves. When you see that little glint of mischief in her eye, you know she's about to maximize your outing (or convince you to break a rule). Despite all that fun about town, ordering Thai food and playing the card game Nibs with Angie will always be my happy place.
Once when we were walking around our old neighborhood of Woodside, Queens, I got hit in the butt with a rogue baseball that had gotten away from some youths. Angie laughed and laughed and laughed til I was laughing with her and I'm pretty sure she's still laughing to this day cuz she loves a little innocent schadenfreude.
One time Betsy and I fully got lost in a Disneyland hotel and it was the most fun being lost I've ever had. Pictured above going into the completely incorrect hotel.
While she was living in London, Eve called me in the middle of the night (after recent bombings nearby, mind you) leaving a frantic and chaotic message that worried me so. Turns out she’d had a Jude Law sighting
Most recently, Taylor didn’t remember I’d asked him to be in my wedding party. Apparently he was more drunk than I’d realized.
Meghan is only a new addition to this line up because we made a deal 2 years ago, when our weddings were originally scheduled to be a month apart, that though we were near and dear to each other, we’d ease our wedding responsibilities by leaving each other out of the bridesmaid line up. After the completion of her fab wedding in December, I broke our deal and things are as they should be.
He will be missed and forever loved
When Mackenzie was first introduced into Matthew's life, Matthew was uncertain to say the least. Matt decided it best to damage his adorable and innocent little brother. So, he bit him on his stomach in hopes that his parents would find Mackenzie irreparable, in turn dropping him off at the dump. Matt was not without good intentions. He often saw people retrieving damaged items from the dump, bringing it with them to a new home. "One man's trash...", and all that. The plan did not work. They decided to keep Mackenzie. The benefits of having Mackenzie for a brother may have been lost on four year-old Matt, but they are certainly cherished today. They've been told by nearly everyone how identical they look and sound, and have been mistaken for one another on many an occasion. Admittedly, Mackenzie has always been the braver of the two, and simply by being by his side, Matt has grown stronger. Matt could not be happier to have failed on that fateful day. Without Mackenzie, he'd surely be a lesser man.
They've been to Russia, Utah, and every ice cream creamery in between. LMU theatre brats, they were. When John announced that he was moving across the country Matt insisted on helping him get there. Eager to soak up every additional minute with his dear friend, and desperate to stave off the moment when they would no longer spend every day in the same city, Matt drove with John to the middle of the country, blasting Riahana the entire way. Having lived together all over the world, spending sleepless nights dancing in the streets and lazy mornings curled on the couch watching Gossip Girl, John is truly Matt's soul sibling, unquestioning and always in step with each other.
If you've ever called Matt and attempted to leave a voice mail but his inbox was full, you can certainly blame Kreig. In the future, a historian will collect their corespondents and compile them into an earth shattering document depicting the 21st century through two minute diatribes shared between best friends. Why has Matt kept every message Kreig has ever left him? Probably because they are funny, no one can make Matt laugh harder, and certainly because they capture Kreig's lust for life, but most importantly they remind Matt that Kreig cares. Cares, to check in, cares to involve Matt in his life, and cares to do a tasteful Whoopie Goldberg impression from time to time. Kreig is a Renaissance Man, able to do anything he puts his mind to and that includes fooling a well established soccer team (Strikers all the way) into letting Matt join their ranks and after only a week of practice convince them Matt should come with them to their tournament in Seattle. Matt has friends because of Kreig. They have shared summer jobs (F*@# GARY), hazy hale nights, and many a roadside pee.
Nate rolled into Matt's life on the first day of 6th grade. As Matt cried during their graduation, Nate rolled his eyes, calm and ready to take on middle school. Transitioning from a tiny private institution with less than 80 students to a public intermediate school of 900 preteens nearly broke Matt, and would have, had Nate not been around. Nathan was instrumental in Matt's slow and painful development from a guy who was too afraid to go to sleep overs, ride roller coasters, or swim too far out into the ocean, to the hedonist he is today. From long nights of loosing his parent's money playing Texas Hold 'em, to riding the pine idly as Nate thrived on the basketball court, Matt always feels better when Nate's around.
Matt didn't have his drivers license until he was a sophomore in college, and on Maui that means you're at the mercy of others if you want any semblance of a social life. Matt was in danger of becoming a burden to his peers. Kellen made sure that didn't happen. Not once did Kellen ever bemoan that Matt had become a permanent fixture in his passenger seat. Matt went everywhere Kellen did. He even followed him to college. They've shared an apartment, many a Thanksgiving, and an unknowable amount of Swisher Sweets and McDonalds iced coffee. EAGLE!
Thomas, Matt's adopted brother and godfather to his children, Linus and Milton, exemplifies the qualities of the great confidants of history. From their early days running an improv comedy show with their best bud Manny, in what can only be described as the most charming of fire hazards, to their often tumultuous lives as actors in the big city, Thomas has always encouraged and enabled Matt to keep going. The amount of time Thomas has spent keeping Matt sane is unparalleled. They've had many a late night discussing the glamours of pop culture and the topography of the northern hemisphere over a dirty dominos pizza . Matt gives Thomas forever final approval, whether on his looks, likes, or this website. Thomas approves.
Hal Mooney is synonymous with Matt's life in Los Feliz. Yes, they met in college performing short form improv in matching uniforms to a milding crowd of their peers, but it was upon leaving the manicured grounds of LMU that Hal and Matt really fell instep with one another. They're now neighbors, Matt having quite strategically placed himself within walking distance of Hal's front door. They are thrilled just to hangout, pressing each other on their opinions of the world over a nice glass of something. Together they are the purest of Epicureans. When faced with a true quandary, Matt knows Hal's door is always open, and trusts when he leaves it will be with a smile.
Sara and Matt date back to the ye old LMU days. Instantaneously a kinship began between the two of them in the bowels of the Theater departments basement. Like long lost siblings, no one quite understood the magic these two shared...then Kristen joined the team. Sara welcomed her with open arms and Kristen eagerly accepted her warm and exuberant embrace. Because she is accepting, insanely generous and big-hearted, Sara immediately included Kristen in all the things and the trio began having a ball around town. They love taking on all the escape rooms, basking in the joy of a day at Disneyland, and soaking up the sounds of the Hollywood Bowl (and maybe a few glasses of wine along the way).
While Sara is usually spending her time, energy and intelligence using her super powers to change the world, she has agreed to dig into her old bag of stage manager tricks to hop on the mic and direct the flow of the big day. We would tell you to make sure to listen to her, but we don't have to as she will not be giving you a choice in the matter.