From The Pit

Podcast

This is "From The Pit," where we talk musical theatre. From overtures to exit music and everything in between. 

 
David Hudgins

David Hudgins

 

David is an accomplished playwright, actor, director, songwriter, sound designer and video designer. He is co-founder of the highly acclaimed Electric Company Theatre in Vancouver, whose artists he met while attending Studio 58, Langara College and with whom David has won numerous Jessie Awards including: Best Original Script (Brilliant!,The Score) and Outstanding Production (Brilliant!, The Score, The One That Got Away, The Fall); and Video Design in The Fall.  His nominations include Outstanding Sound Design - Composition in The One That Got Away and Flop; and Video Design for The Palace Grand and The Flannigan Affair.  He recently directed You Are Very Star at the Vancouver Planetarium for Electric Company, had his original play Small Parts produced by Solo Collective and is working on Flee for Electric Company.  David has also worked for a variety of other companies including: The Arts Club, Green Thumb, Richmond Gateway, Touchstone, Carousel, Solo Collective and The Elbow.  For Studio 58 he has directed the musicals: Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie, The Park, Spring Awakening, and Oklahoma! as well as original projects The Old Man and the Sea (co-direction) and Trailer.  David received his B.A. Honours in English Literature at McGill University and a PDP Diploma in Education from Simon Fraser University.