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White Tie Improv, Spring 2010

I can't wait to get back into doing this in the fall.  White Tie Improv in Moscow, Idaho, just started this spring and it's been a big help to my work.  You can go to the practices whether or not you want to be put onstage.  They've helped me learn how to more effectively tell stories.  Look them up on Facebook.  They have pictures of their performances and you can see when their next practices and performances are.

My Résumé

Profile and Objective

I am a current M.F.A. Dramatic Writing candidate at the University of Idaho.  My goal is to enter a program or participate in employment that will assist professional and personal development in myself and fellow artists.

Education and Training

Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts Studies, Brigham Young University, 2008
Participant in the New York Arts Program Summer Conservatory, 2010

Recent Experience

2007, Directing Internship, New Play Project, Provo, Utah

2007-2008, Reviewer, Children’s Book and Play Review, Provo, Utah

2007 and 2009, Last Frontier Theatre Conference Play Lab, Valdez, Alaska

2008, Production Team, The White Star by Doug Stewart and Janice Kapp Perry, Provo, Utah

2008, Dramaturg, The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Provo, Utah

2008, Brigham Young University Writers/Directors/Actors

2008, Writer/Performer, Here to There, Provo, Utah

2009, Dramaturg, Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute, directed by Anthony Brinkley, University of Idaho

2009-2011, Scene Shop Teaching Assistant, University of Idaho Department of Theatre

2010, Workshop Presenter, “Writing About Historical Events”, KCACTF Region VII, Reno, Nevada

Staged Readings

June 2007, Finding Each Other Dead. Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, Alaska

December 2007, Lights. Brigham Young University Miriam Nelke Theatre, Provo, Utah

April 2009, Strange Attractors. University of Idaho Kiva Theatre, Moscow, Idaho

June 2009, Strange Attractors.  Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Valdez, Alaska

April 2010, Verne’s Diner. University of Idaho Shoup Arena Theatre, Moscow, Idaho
July 2010, Wing It, The Drama Book Shop, New York, NY
August 2010, Parallel Parking, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, NY
October 2010, Ancient History, University of Idaho Kiva Theatre, Moscow, Idaho

Productions

December 2009, The Auburn Crayon. Directed by Sean Parker 

  University of Idaho Ernest W. Hartung Theatre, Moscow, Idaho

February 2010, Strange Attractors.  Directed by Kathy Simpson 

  University of Idaho Kiva Theatre, Moscow, Idaho

Awards and Merits

2007 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award for Playwriting, Day Pass

2008 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Award for Playwriting, Honorable Mention, How I Died

2009-2010 Current Membership in the Golden Key International Honor Society

Other Related Aptitudes

Fiction and Nonfiction Writing

Music Composition

Everything On (and Almost Everything I Left Off) My Résumé

Note: This is kind of an informal, fun list of what I did/do.  I don't think I missed much, and I took off my work prior to the age of 18 (unless it's something I've written).  I'm still filling in the blanks on some of the  directors, dates, and places, too.  This blog is always under construction--as it ought to be! 

Mattie Rydalch
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)

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

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)

The Last Frontier Theatre Conference Play Lab (2007, 2009)
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

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)

current projects

Richard's Leviathan (full-length 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)