REPORTER: THE STAGE IS SET.
IT IS MATTHEWS TIME TO STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AND SHINE.
>> THIS IS ORIGINAL.
REPORTER: HE JUST TURNED 13 WITH A DREAM TO BE ADOPTED, TO FIND HIS OWN FOREVER HOME.
>> TA-DAA.
>> EMBARRASSMENT.
REPORTER: SO WE ARE GETTING TO KNOW MATTHEW AT THE PALACE THEATER IN MANCHESTER.
DURING A SHOW, WE CAN HAVE 10 TO 20 PEOPLE BACKSTAGE.
REPORTER: THE THEATER PRESIDENT PETER RAMSEY SHOWS US THE ROPES.
>> THIS GOES ALL THE WAY OUT, 66 FEET UP, AND RUNS ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
GET READY.
NUMBER 10.
THEN YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
REPORTER: THIS IS JUST ONE OF MATTHEWS TALENTS ON TOP OF PERFECT SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, EXCELLING IN MATH, AND ON THE SOCCER FIELD, HE’S IN THE DRAMA CLUB.
I AM NOT.
>> IT’S JUST A PROP.
I’M READY FOR MY SOLO.
[LAUGHTER] REPORTER HERE, WHERE STORIES HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, MATTHEW SHARES HIS.
YOU >> HOPE YOU ARE GOING TO FIND YOUR FOREVER FAMILY.
IT’S CALLED HOME AT LAST, SO YOU ARE IMPORTANT.
>> IMPORTANT, SPECIAL, SMART, AWESOME KID.
THAT’S WHY WE ARE HERE.
YOU REMEMBER THAT.
♪ REPORTER: WE POSED FOR A FEW RED CARPET PHOTOS ON OUR WAY OUT.
WE WILL BE BACK FOR OPENING NIGHT.
BUT FIRST, WE CHOREOGRAPHED A FEW STOPS SHOWCASING SOME OF MATTHEWS OTHER LOVES.
>> I ENJOYED THE SPOTLIGHT.
REPORTER: LIKE MEETING SNAPPY AND HIS FRIENDS AT THE MASSABESIC AUDUBON CENTER IN AUBURN.
HE IS SO SWEET.
>> HE LOVES ANIMALS.
HE HAS A CARING INNER SOUL.
HE WANTS TO GIVE LOVE.
REPORTER: CHERYL, MATTHEW’S CASEWORKER, SAYS HIS KINDNESS HEARD IT -- KINDHEARTED NATURE COMES OUT HERE.
>> YOU CAN SENSE THAT HE LIKES ANIMALS, I THINK.
>> HE LIKES YOU.
REPORTER: AND HIS ADVENTURES, FEARLESS SPIRIT.
>> HE’S THAT YOUNG MAN THAT WILL GO WITH THE FLOW.
HE’S ACTIVE, HE WILL TRYING NEW THINGS.
SHE IS CHECKING OUT YOUR SHIRT AND SMELLING YOU.
>> OK.
[LAUGHTER] >> HE JUST LIGHTS UP A ROOM.
HE HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY.
FUN TO BE AROUND.
>> HE’S A GREAT KID AND HAS SO MUCH TO BRING TO A FAMILY.
IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR HIM.
HE IS VERY READY AT THIS POINT TO FIND A FOREVER HOME.
HE LIKES TO BE OUTSIDE.
HE LIKES TO EXPLORE HIS ENVIRONMENT.
HE LIKES TO JOKE AROUND.
HE DESERVES TO HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME.
REPORTER: AND ALL KIDS AND KIDS AT HEART DESERVE A TRIP TO THE GRANITE STATE CANDY SHOP.
CHOCOLATE COVERED GUMMY BEARS.
A CHANCE TO PICK UP SOME GREAT SOUVENIRS TO CELEBRATE OUR DAY.
WE ARE GOING TO GET CHOCOLATE FROGS TO COMMEMORATE OUR TIME TOGETHER WITH THE FROG.
WE NEED TO FIND TURTLES TO COMMEMORATE OUR DAY WITH TURTLES.
A LITTLE BAG, HEAVY BAG, LITTLE BACK, HEAVY BAG.
REPORTER: FINALLY, OPENING NIGHT AT THE PALACE THEATER.
MATTHEW TAKES A SEAT AND GETS READY TO ENJOY EVERYTHING HE LEARNED BACKSTAGE.
THIS IS NO DRESS REHEARSAL.
>> RELAX AND ENJOY THE SHOW.
REPORTER: IT’S SHOWTIME.
♪ REPORTER: CURTAINS UP, STAGE LIGHTS SHINING.
MATTHEW HOPING HIS OWN STORY HAS A BLOCKBUSTER, HAPPY EVER AFTER ENDING -- A HOME AT LAST.