Mattie Rydalch
Often Credited as Mattie Roquel Rydalch (preferred name in publications)
current EMPLOYMENT
Often Credited as Mattie Roquel Rydalch (preferred name in publications)
current EMPLOYMENT
University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Teaching Assistant
Build scenery and instruct students in the scene shop.
AWARDS AND MERITS
2007 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Playwriting Award, Day Pass
2007 Last Frontier Theatre Conference Play Lab, Finding Each Other Dead
2007 Brigham Young University Writers/Dramaturgs/Actors, Lights
2008 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Playwriting Award Honorable Mention, How I Died
2010 Golden Key International Honor Society, Current Membership
EXPERIENCE in theatre and film
2004 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Hackett, Goodrich, Kingsley) Rexburg, ID (Roger Merrill)
Rail Captain, Carpenter, Scenic Painter
2005 The Fantasticks (Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt) Rexburg, ID (Richard Clifford)
Makeup Crew
2006 In Convenience (Sound Refuge Films) Rexburg, Idaho (Nels Chick, Brian Carter)
Inmate Bully (speaking role), Boom Operator, Production Photographer
2006 The Foreigner (Larry Shue) Provo, UT (Eric Samuelsen)
Scenic Painter
2006 Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss) Provo, UT
Scenic Painter
2006 The Little Foxes (Lillian Hellman) Provo, UT
Scenic Painter
2007 Shades of Alex Gray (Daniel Ramirez Films) Provo/Orem, UT
Kill-John-Tucker Girl (speaking role), Cheating Classmate, Cafeteria Customer
2007 Overtones (Alice Gerstenberg) Provo, UT (Cheri Carlson)
Maggie
2007 A Doll’s House (Henrik Ibsen) Provo, UT (Jeffrey Sorensen)
Scenic Designer
2007 The White Star (Doug Stuart and Janice Kapp Perry) Provo, UT (George D. Nelson)
New Play Production Team, Nora, Chorus
2007 Parade (Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown) Provo, UT (Johnny Hebda)
Assistant Costume Designer
2007 The Seagull (Chekhov) Provo, UT (Barta Lee Heiner)
Run Crew, Properties Table
2008 The Diary of Anne Frank (Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett) Provo, UT (Mara Hinton)
Dramaturg
2008 The Kindertransport (Diane Samuels) Provo, UT (Slate Holmgren)
Eva
2008 Here to There (Here to There Cast) Provo, UT (Amy Jensen)
Writer/Performer
2008 Where Ya Gunna Go? (Kyle Fackerel and Zach Kempf) Provo, UT (Eric Samuelsen)
Reader
2008 Tolerance (Tolerance Cast) Provo, UT (Megan Sandborn Jones)
Writer-Performer
2008 Frozen (Bryony Lavery) Moscow, Idaho (Scott Matthew Doughty)
Properties Designer
2008 The Grand Design (Susan Miller) Moscow, Idaho
Director
2009 The Vagina Monologues 2009 (Eve Ensler) Moscow, Idaho (Seraphina Richardson)
Performer
2009 The Siren Song of Stephen Jay Gould (Benjamin Bettenbender) Moscow, ID
Director
2009 Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss, Jr.) Moscow, ID (David Lee-Painter)
HL Follow-Spot Operator
2009 Some Girl(s) (Neil LaBute) Moscow, Idaho (Anthony B. Brinkley)
Dramaturg, Scenic Painter
2009 Dracula: The Untold Story (Mary Lynn Dobson) Moscow, Idaho (Christopher Duvall)
Carpenter
2009 Quake (Melanie Marnich) Moscow, Idaho (David Eames-Harlan)
Carpenter
2010 Strange Attractors (Mattie Roquel Rydalch) Moscow, ID (Kathy Simpson)
Carpenter, Scenic Painter
2010 Ernestine Shuswap Gets Her Trout (Tomson Highway) Moscow, ID (David Lee-Painter)
Carpenter, Scenic Painter
2010 Grease (Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey) Moscow, ID
Carpenter, Scenic Painter
2010 Almost, Maine (John Cariani) Moscow, ID (David Harlan)
Carpenter, Scenic Painter
2010 Up (Bridget Carpenter) Moscow, ID and Arcata, CA (Christopher Duvall)
Carpenter, Scenic Painter
2011 Guardian (Adam Harrell) Moscow, ID (David Lee-Painter)
Carpenter, Scenic Painter, Stitcher
2011 The Good Person of Szechwan (Bertolt Brecht) Moscow, ID (David Lee-Painter)
Carpenter, Scenic Painter
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts Studies, Brigham Young University (April 2008)
Current MFA Dramatic Writing Candidate, University of Idaho (May 2011)
WORKS WRITTEN AND COMPOSED
2000 Road to Nowhere (libretto and partial score) (Cuttings ID State Drama)
2000 Anything but Forgiveness (monologue) (ID State Drama Finalist)
2001 Anger in Blue (libretto and partial score) (Cuttings SE ID District Drama)
2001 A Shame-Free Tuesday (Full-length) (Cutting ID State Drama Finalist)
2001 No Way, No How (10 minutes) (SE Idaho District Drama)
2002 A Picnic in Paradise (libretto and partial score)
2002 Dad Forever (10 minutes) (SE Idaho District Drama)
2003 The Basic Us (a novel)
2003 Eye of the Storm (libretto and partial score)
2004 Third Person (a novella)
2004 Ringing (monologue) (Presented at ID State Drama)
2005 How I Died (50 minutes)
2005 Nightshots (a collection of short stories, as yet unpublished)
2006 Finding Each Other Dead (30 minutes)
2006 Day Pass (120 minutes)
2007 Lights (90 minutes)
2007 Let’s Kill Harry (90 minutes)
2007 The Magnificent Milo Quimby (libretto and complete musical score, 80 minutes)
2008 Finding Each Other Dead (70 minutes)
2008 832 (a novel-length manuscript)
2008 The Coat (30 minutes)
2008 Mad Professor (10 minutes)
2008 Nordstrom and the Bird (20 minutes)
2008 Welcome to Nerveberg (libretto and complete musical score, 90 minutes)
2009 The Auburn Crayon (10 minutes)
2009 The Cat’s Head and the Dog’s Behind Comes to Dinner (20 minutes)
2009 Strange Attractors (76 minutes)
2009 Fixing the Bicycle (45 minutes)
2009 Where the Dead Live Well (30 minutes)
2009 Las Reglas de la Vida (20 minutes), cutting included in LFTC Monologue Workshop archive
2009 Denchers (libretto and partial musical score, 80 minutes)
2009 The Death of Brilliance (45 minutes)
2010 Verne’s Diner (80 minutes)
2010 A Poet among the Wretches (a novel-length manuscript in verse)
2010 Wing It (10 minutes)
2010 Parallel Parking (10 minutes)
2010 Something Else (30 minutes)
2010 Angst (10 minutes)
2010 Gary's Brain (100 minutes)
2010 Because Life is Super (30 minutes)
2010 My Genius Keeps Me Up At Night (10 minutes)
2010 Wing It (10 minutes)
2010 Parallel Parking (10 minutes)
2010 Something Else (30 minutes)
2010 Angst (10 minutes)
2010 Gary's Brain (100 minutes)
2010 Because Life is Super (30 minutes)
2010 My Genius Keeps Me Up At Night (10 minutes)
SHORT FILM PROJECTS
2008 Lunch Ladies (M&L Playhouse Productions, Dirs. Mattie and Lindsey Rydalch)
2008 Demented Ice Cream Man (M&L Playhouse Productions, Dir. Lindsey Rydalch)
http://www.youtube.com/user/aussiesocks#p/u/10/aA8JB1hDJvk
2008 Don’t Park (M&L Playhouse Productions, Dir. Lindsey Rydalch)
http://www.youtube.com/user/aussiesocks#p/u/9/iaSu8201x38
2008 Book Insights (M&L Playhouse Productions, Dir. Lindsey Rydalch)
http://www.youtube.com/user/aussiesocks#p/u/8/FFqzWDnAMPA
2008 Dating in the ’80s (M&L Playhouse Productions, Dir. Lindsey Rydalch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgFcPOl-eJQ
2009 The Down-Low Show (M&L Playhouse Productions, Dir. Mattie Rydalch)
2009 Personalities (Writ/Dir. Mattie Rydalch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0RVsYKLWg
2009 The Personalities Do Art (Writ/Dir. Mattie Rydalch)
2010 Hamlet Sandwich (Writ. William Shakespeare, Dir. Mattie Rydalch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nA2Ko0sMvc
STAGED Readings and Performances
June 2007: Reading (Play Lab), Finding Each Other Dead.
Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK (Dawson Moore, coordinator)
December 2007: Reading (Writers/Dramaturgs/Actors), Lights.
Brigham Young University, Miriam Nelke Theatre, Provo, UT
(Eric Samuelsen, coordinator)
April 2009: Reading (University of Idaho Chamber Readings Series), Strange Attractors.
Sixth Street Productions and the University of Idaho (Anthony B. Brinkley, director)
June 2009: Reading (Play Lab), Strange Attractors.
Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK (Dawson Moore, coordinator)
December, 2009: Class Performance (Ten-Minute Festival), The Auburn Crayon.
University of Idaho, Ernest W. Hartung Theatre (Sean Parker, director)
February 2010: Workshop Performance (KCACTF adjudicated), Strange Attractors.
University of Idaho, Kiva Theatre (Kathy Simpson, director)
April 2010: Reading (Wednesday Reading Series), Verne's Diner.
The University of Idaho, Shoup Arena Theatre (Adam Harrell, director)
July 2010: Reading (New York Arts Program), Wing It.
The Drama Book Shop, New York, NY
August 2010: Reading (New York Arts Program), Parallel Parking.
The Ensemble Studio Theatre space, New York, NY
October 2010: Reading (Wednesday Reading Series), Ancient History.
University of Idaho, Kiva Theatre (Adam Harrell, director)
December 2010: Reading, Mad Professor.
The Occasional Reading Series, One World Cafe, Moscow, ID
December 2010: Performance (24-Hour Theatre Festival), My Genius Keeps Me Up At Night.
University of Idaho, Earnest W. Hartung Theatre (Rebecca Klump, director)
Scheduled readings and performances
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
February 2011: Reading, Strange Attractors.
Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region VII, Arcata, CA
March 2011: Reading (Chamber Reading Series), Gary's Brain.
University of Idaho, Kiva Theatre (Lanny Langston, director)
April 2011: Class Performance (One Act Festival), Because Life is Super
University of Idaho, Kiva Theatre (Quinn Hatch, Director)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with an Emphasis in Playwriting, Minor in English (April 2008)
Reviewer for Children’s Book and Play Review (2007-2008)
Directing Internship, The New Play Project, Provo, UT (2007)
Brigham Young University Writers, Dramaturgs, Actors (2008)
The Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, AK (2007, 2009)
Tech Olympics, KCACTF Region VII, Reno, NV (2010)
Current Teaching Assistantship, University of Idaho Scene Shop
Current Participant in White Tie Improv workshops, Moscow, Idaho
Current MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at the University of Idaho
Current Participant in White Tie Improv workshops, Moscow, Idaho
Current MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at the University of Idaho
Presented the KCACTF Region VII Workshop “Writing about Historical Events” with Lauren Simon, Reno, NV (2010)
New York Arts Program, Summer Theatre Conservatory, 2010 (with Ohio Wesleyan University and the Ensemble Studio Theatre)
New York Arts Program, Summer Theatre Conservatory, 2010 (with Ohio Wesleyan University and the Ensemble Studio Theatre)
current projects
Richard's Leviathan (full-length play)
Denchers (still finishing the musical score for the play)
Denchers (still finishing the musical score for the play)
Songs for Nerds (album)
Realm of Glory (novel-length manuscript)
Hole in the Floor (novel-length manuscript)
Hole in the Floor (novel-length manuscript)
