Roger Mathey
Roger Mathey is an American theatrical director, as well as a playwright, actor, producer, and filmmaker. His plays have been staged in Los Angeles, Orange County, Bakersfield, and San Francisco in California, and also in Denver, Colorado.
Roger Mathey | |
---|---|
Born | December 23, 1969 |
Education | Jakarta International School Hawaii Preparatory Academy |
Alma mater | Chapman University, Orange, CA |
Occupation | Producer, director, actor, playwright |
Notable work | Trainspotting (the play) Chatsworth You Make Me Physically ILL Naked Twister |
Plays
Roger Mathey won the 2002 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Direction for the Los Angeles stage production of Trainspotting,[1] and also the 2002 LA Weekly Theater Award for Direction, also for Trainspotting.[2]
Some of the plays he has directed, written, acted in and/or produced are the following: The Time of Your Life, Lysistrata,[3] Escurial, Amadeus, A Hatful of Rain, Beirut, Futon Culture, Naked Twister, Trainspotting,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The House of Yes,[8] Cleansed,[9] The White Whore and the Bit Player,[10] You Make Me Physically Ill,[11][12] Chatsworth,[13][14][15] Geeks vs. Zombies,[16][17] and You Make me Physically Ill: Episode 2 - Love Never Dies.[18][19]
Mathey's production company is seat of your pants Productions.[20]
Film Festival
In addition, Mathey founded the Bakersfield Independent Film Festival (also known as "B.I.F.F.").[23][24][25]
References
- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2000-2002 Awards (website)
- Some Enchanted Evening: The 24th Annual L.A. Weekly Theater Awards from the L.A. Weekly (website)
- Interview by Sheena Metal with Roger Mathey, David Agranov, and Justin Zachary (audio), "The Sheena Metal Experience," LA Talk Radio, March 12, 2013.
- "Last Chance", Los Angeles Times, June 13, 2002.
- "'Trainspotting' Finds the Right Balance Between Grim and Funny", Backstage, March 11, 2013
- "Review: Racing toward oblivion via 'Trainspotting'", Los Angeles Times, April 19, 2013.
- "Trainspotting at the Elephant Theatre: Daring, Gritty and Heartbreaking", The Huffington Post, May 6, 2013.
- "Dickens is given a breezy makeover", Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2004.
- "The Good, the Bad and the Horny", LA Weekly, Nov 8 2006.
- "The White Whore and the Bit Player", Bakotopia (website), Aug 7, 2007.
- "Theater review: 'So Damned Heavenly Bound,' 'You Make Me Physically Ill'", Los Angeles Times, Aug 11, 2011.
- "YOU MAKE ME PHYSICALLY ILL — Review", Hollywood Revealed (website), Aug 22, 2011.
- "Stage Raw: Violators Will Be Violated", LA Weekly, Nov 30, 2009.
- "Theater Reviews: A Lie of the Mind, Mercy Warren’s Tea, Molly, Extinction. Also, Chatsworth, Grace Kim & the Spiders From Mars, Post, and more", LA Weekly, Dec. 2, 2009.
- "The Coolest Things to do in the Valley this Winter", Valley Scene Magazine, Nov 27, 2009.
- "Geeks vs Zombies", Hollywood Revealed (website), Aug 18, 2012.
- "Lookout Zombies! The Geeks are Coming!", LA Splash.
- "Love Never Dies. Laughs Never Stop.", Hollywood Revealed (website), June 11, 2013.
- "You Make me Physically Ill: Episode 2 - Love Never Dies". Hollywood Fringe Festival.
- seat of your pants Productions (official website)
- IMDB: Naked Twister
- New York Times Movies: Naked Twister
- "BIFF (The Bakersfield Independent Film Festival)" Archived 2013-01-17 at Archive.today, Bakotopia (website), Jun 21, 2006.
- "Hey, local filmmakers: Here's your chance to shine" Archived 2013-04-03 at the Wayback Machine, The Bakersfield Californian, Sep 26, 2012.
- "Bakersfield ready to roll film on festival" Archived 2014-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, The Bakersfield Californian, October 29, 2012