J.C. Svec

As a producer, director and designer, J.C.'s independent films, short form videos, graphic designs and scripts have been honored with over eighty national and regional awards, including twelve prestigious Telly Awards. J.C.'s script for the 2010 video "Baker's Dozen" received 2010 Hermes, Ava and EMPixx Awards for writing and his scripts for All That We Know and You Couldn't Pay Me Enough were acknowledged with 2008 AVA Gold Awards. All That We Know was also recognized with a 2008 Honorable Mention Videographer Award for Creativity/Writing. "You Couldn't Pay Me Enough" received a Bronze REMI at the 2009 Houston Worldfest Video and Film Festival. J.C. is in pre-production on his 13th short form movie, "Alone", to be produced in the Spring of 2012. Previous to this June's return to the PlanetConnections festivity, J.C.'s most recent productions were last summer's "The Concrete Wall" at the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, "Small Bites: A Smorgasbord of One-Act Comedies", in New Jersey and at The Planet Connections Festival (Winner of the Best Evening of One-Acts Award), and The Curtain Players production of "The Ancient Mariner" in Ohio. Previous New York appearances include "A Play on Words", "The Bedsitter", "Portraits", "Meetings in a Wooded Area", "HAPPY HOLIDAY$" and "Information, PLEASE!" In October of 2009, "Rebecca and Erin" and "Valerie and Theresa", two one-acts from the "Portraits" collection, were produced by the Representation Theatre and premiered in Taipai. That December, A Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Company of Chicago premiered J.C.'s comedy, "A Bad Idea", the second of Svec's plays produced by the company in as many years. J.C. has also had successes on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River. He wrote and directed "Grand Slam", a four-piece collection of plays with baseball as it's central theme. Grand Slam joins encounter, "War's End" and "Lilly's Room" as plays with successful Jersey presentations. Additional nationwide presentations include, "Post Game Interview" by First Stage/LA as part of their Playwright Express Marathon and his drama "The Home Front", a finalist in the 4th New Jersey Playwright's Contest. His one-act comedy, "Fall Guys" received a staged reading at The Old Opera House in Charles Town, WV as part of their New Voice Play Festival. Again at First Stage/LA, "Peggy and Bill" was awarded an Honorable Mention in their 10th Annual Play Contest. J.C.'s one-act play "Information, PLEASE!" is available through Original Works Publishing of Los Angeles, "The Home Front" is available from JAC Publishing & Promotions of Massachusetts and "War's End" is available at stageplays.com. "Grand Slam" and "HAPPY HOLIDAY$" are available online through Heartlands Plays. Additional information can be obtained by visiting jcsvec.com.