Daily Inspiration: Meet Mathenee Treco

Today we’d like to introduce you to Mathenee Treco.

Hi Mathenee, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I was born and raised in Nassau, Bahamas. I traded in my flip-flops and sun for snow shoes as I spent my formative years in Aurora, Colorado. A graduate of the musical theatre program of Carnegie Mellon Conservatory, I moved to NYC to pursue an acting career, but after finding more success performing and singing original tunes all around NY’s nightlife, I shifted focus to making moves in music. I placed in the top 20 on season 12 of AMERICAN IDOL and went on to write, produce, and release a number of singles, including IT DON’T MATTER and CRUCIAL as well as the studio albums: MATHclass, FREE HIGH, and BURIED ALIVE. I performed in a number of theatre productions in NYC and around the US before joining the Original West Coast Cast of HAMILTON as “Hercules Mulligan/James Madison.” A West Coast premiere brought me to Los Angeles, where he dusted off his old flip-flops and decided to stay. I’ve recently added “writer” to his arsenal, penning 1/2-hour comedies. I’m currently writing for the animated series BREAKING BEAR for The Cartel, soon airing on streamer Tubi. I’m happily represented by AUTHENTIC Literary Management.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
“No” is a word I hear regularly. Specifically In theatre, mostly due to my skin complexion. I was not black enough/white enough/short enough/skinny enough. I was even instructed by casting people to start lying, learn Spanish, and pretend to be Latin, so I could get work. That actually happened…

I was always being asked to be everything but myself. It forced me to create a space for myself by creating my own work. And that’s why everything I write is about an underdog. I know what it’s like to not fit into these conventional boxes.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’m excited to share a musical I’ve written with the world: a pop musical titled BULLY, that focuses on the effects of bullying in school, how it’s gotten worse, and the lack of initiative in fixing the problem. This musical has been ten years in the making. Plans to move forward with producing the musical were put on hold due to the pandemic, but luckily, alongside my dear friend, recent Tony-nominee Jordan Donica, we hope to produce the musical sometime in 2024.

I’m dropping a new music in 2024 if it kills me! Even if no one listens to a note of it. I have so much music collecting dust in my computer that I’m proud of. Look out for my songs MY SUPERPOWER and DRIFTER soon.

Is there any advice you’d like to share with our readers who might just be starting out?
Start creating NOW! And create the stuff you’d want to watch, listen to, dance to. If you’re not feeling it, how are you gonna convince someone else to get into it?

And start collaborating with another artist cause you’ll never make 100% of the decisions in the real world. Don’t get too precious about your ideas. The goal should always be about serving the project. If an idea doesn’t work, store the idea somewhere for another project.

And be patient. Things take time. While you wait… Learn something new.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Mathenee
• Twitter: Mathenee
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mathenee