New Short Play Festival at Southwestern College - 2017
Featuring six short plays written by the Fall 2016 Writing for Drama course at SWC. These short plays were selected from submissions by the full class. I then worked with each writer pre- and during the rehearsal process to help define and refine their artistic voice.
Southwestern College, Mayan Hall
Director & Facilitator: Teddy Eck
Producer: Ruff Yeager
Set Designer/Producer: Mike Buckley
Stage Manager: Sue Givens
Costume Designer: Carol Whaley
Sound & Props Designer: Tamy Ray
Marketing/Front of House: Silvia Lugo
The Short Play Festival featured the following pieces
- 43 by Judith Del Angel-Chambers
- Armchair Psychologist by Alyssa Castillo
- America's Hero by Luke King
- Acceptance by Brittany Gallina
- On the Other Side of the Chessboard by Cynthia Ochoa
- Thank You for Flying With Us by Judith Del Angel-Chambers
The New Works Festival
Featuring seven short plays written by the Fall 2019 Writing for Theatre course at MPC lead by Teddy Eck. These short plays were selected from the full class as winners of the Festival of Dionysus. These pieces all centered around the topic of identity and self.
The New Works Festival ran from March 6th - March 15, 2020
Monterey Peninsula College, Morgan Stock Stage
Director & Facilitator: Teddy Eck
Student Directors: Linda Temple and Anthony Rodriquez
Interim Technical Director: Steve Retsky
Stage Manager: Rachel Martinez
Assistant Stage Manager: Sheannah Guillemette
Set & Lighting Designer: Steve Retsky
Costume Designer: Cody Moore
Sound Designer: Paul Voelker and Teddy Eck
The New Works Festival featured the following pieces
- Rules of Engagement by Deanna Ross
- #NeverReadTheComments by Kevin Michael Smith
- Yeah Yeah...I love My Cat Into Outer Space by Abe Holston
- What Have You Prepared for Us? by Deanna Ross
- Canvassing by Kristin Brewer
- An Unfamiliar Life by e borg
- '86 by Gabriel Bate, Jason Lim, and Dominic Naccarto (Winner of the 2020 New Works Festival)
Frankenstein
By Nick Dear
Director: Teddy Eck
Assistant Director: Esther Brun
Technical Director: Doug Ridgeway
Stage Manager & Lighting Designer: Ana Maximoff
Costume Designer: Edith Schneider
Original music by: Adonis Pedrialva & Cody Arvidson
Frankenstein Production Notes:
Show Ran from October 10 - October 27, 2019
Based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley, Nick Dear’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Frankenstein premiered at the Royal National Theatre of London on February 5, 2011, and opened February 22 to critical acclaim. Directed by Danny Boyle, the original cast featured Benedict Cumberbatch & John Lee Miller alternating the roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature. Told through the Creature’s perspective, this unique version focuses on his abandonment and growing discovery of his own humanity, along with his yearning for companionship. Meanwhile, Victor Frankenstein struggles with the power and responsibility that comes with the creation of life. Does Victor Frankenstein create a monster, or does the hatred and bigotry his creation encounters change the Creature into a monster?
MPC Theatre Arts is launched the 66th season, which focuses on identity, with this bold production of Frankenstein. The first show to be directed by new MPC Theatre Department Chair Teddy Eck, Frankenstein featured original musical by MPC students, and an innovative scenic design that uses several multimedia elements.
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Featuring Southwestern College Drama students, we mounted Thornton Wilder’s iconic piece in the round set on the stage itself. With most of the theatrical elements stripped away, we focused on the beautiful language, the theatricality of the ‘empty space’, and the stunning costumes designed by Anastasia Pautova. Our design palette was in muted and subdued tones and fabrics throughout the entire piece except for when Emily’s returns to her birthday at the very end of the show.
Southwestern College, Mayan Hall
Director: Teddy Eck
Set Designer/Producers: Mike Buckley
Production Stage Manager: Alyssa Castillo
Costume Designer: Anastasia Pautova
Sound Designer: Tammy Ray
Marketing/Front of House: Silvia Lugo
New Short Play Festival at Southwestern College - 2018
Featuring six short plays written by the Fall 2017 Writing for Drama course at SWC. These short plays were selected from submissions by the full class. I then worked with each writer pre- and during the rehearsal process to help define and refine their artistic voice.
Southwestern College, Mayan Hall
Director & Facilitator: Teddy Eck
Assistant Director: Jorge Rivas
Set Designer/Producer: Mike Buckley
Film Professors: Gary Bulkin & Mark Sission
Costume Designer: Ryan Dietrick
Sound Designer: Tamy Ray
Marketing/Front of House: Silvia Lugo
The Short Play Festival featured the following pieces
- The Offering by Andres Arellano
- Met Him On Sunday by Alyssa Castillo
- Holy Roommates by Chelena Fallenstein
- Why I Texted You Last March by Victor Reveles
- Fly Away by Brenton James Warren
- Monsters in the Closet by Wisdom Yarborough
