Roger Mathey was an American theatrical director, as well as a playwright, actor, producer, and filmmaker. His plays were staged in Los Angeles, Orange County, Bakersfield, and San Francisco in California, and also in Denver, Colorado.
Plays Roger Mathey won the 2002 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Direction for the Los Angeles stage production of Trainspotting, and also the 2002 LA Weekly Theater Award for Direction, also for Trainspotting.
Some of the plays he directed, wrote, acted in and/or produced are the following: The Time of Your Life, Lysistrata,Interview by Sheena Metal with Roger Mathey, David Agranov, and Justin Zachary (audio) , "The Sheena Metal Experience," LA Talk Radio, March 12, 2013. Escurial, Amadeus, A Hatful of Rain, Beirut, Futon Culture, Naked Twister, Trainspotting,"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. The House of Yes,"Dickens is given a breezy makeover", Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2004. Cleansed,"The Good, the Bad and the Horny" , LA Weekly, Nov 8 2006. The White Whore and the Bit Player,"The White Whore and the Bit Player", Bakotopia (website), Aug 7, 2007. You Make Me Physically Ill,"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. Chatsworth,"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,"Geeks vs Zombies" , Hollywood Revealed (website), Aug 18, 2012."Lookout Zombies! The Geeks are Coming!" , LA Splash. and You Make me Physically Ill: Episode 2 - Love Never Dies."Love Never Dies. Laughs Never Stop." , Hollywood Revealed (website), June 11, 2013.
Mathey's final theatrical production was The Night Auditor in 2024, based on his days working in a three-star hotel in Los Angeles.
Mathey's production company was Seat of Your Pants Productions.
Other works Mathey wrote, directed, and produced a short film, Naked Twister.New York Times Movies: Naked Twister He also wrote a book, The Transporter: Tales from a Rideshare Drive about his personal experiences working for a Ridesharing company.
He also founded the short-lived Bakersfield Independent Film Festival (also known as "B.I.F.F.")."BIFF (The Bakersfield Independent Film Festival)" , Bakotopia (website), Jun 21, 2006."Hey, local filmmakers: Here's your chance to shine" , The Bakersfield Californian, Sep 26, 2012."Bakersfield ready to roll film on festival" , The Bakersfield Californian, October 29, 2012
References
External links Official pages Vimeo - Roger Mathey's production company You Tube