Director/Producer - Leon Conrad       
Written by - Eley Williams
Director of Photography/Editor - Charles-Antoine Hennegrave            
Composer/Sound Designer - Todd J Hendricks

ShadowStage Productions' contemporary shadow theatre film, Hang Ups, is part of an original interdisciplinary arts installation that was premiered at the Odeon, Wimbledon.  Hang Ups integrated cinematic techniques into the company's developing repertoire as the UK's first professional company dedicated to contemporary shadow theatre.  This work also opened the 2011 Five Minute Festival at the Lost Theatre, London.

Director - Beth Lopes
Scenic Design - Sheryl Liu              Costume Design - Joe Kucharski
Lighting Design - Benjamin Weill    Sound Design/Original Music - Todd J Hendricks

This production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible placed a creative focus on the role of the entire community in this dramatic allegory and was produced in a contemporary setting with elements of abstracted realism to focus the audience not on the historical context, but on the fundamental elements of humanity the play displays.  Within each scene the sound design used abstracted musical and realistic sound elements to keep the pressures of public community life in constant view.

As part of the sound design process for The Crucible, Todd composed a two-movement score for string quartet, trombone, and percussion.  This piece was recorded with studio musicians and used throughout the play to connect the audience from the dramatic action concluding each scene to the examination of the direct results of these actions at beginning of the next scene.

The Crucible at 2011 Prague Quadrennial - Soundscore and Music Composition Exhibit

Recording Session Photos

The Crucible Act 2 - Music Score

Sound System Design Documentation

Director - Erica Ortega
Scenic Design - Francois-Pierre Couture    Costume Design - Shirley Piersen
Original Songs - Johanna Unger                 Sound Design/Music Arrangement - Todd J Hendricks
Shadow Puppetry - Leslie K. Gray             Video Design - Todd J Hendricks

Jay and E and the ZigZag Sea is a literacy focused play that creates a text rich, storybook environment while encouraging early elementary students to use the power of words and reading.   Performances of this program are given free of charge in Southern California public schools to over 15,000 K-2 students every year.

The play features an original score and uses video projected shadow puppetry and text as a medium for storytelling in a dynamic environment with live actor interaction.  Todd’s contributions to the creation of this project include roles as sound designer, music arranger, and all video editing and programming.

Where the Streets Have No Names is an original musical with book written by Ryan Peregrin and the songs of U2 used to set the story of an Irish priest in a war-torn African country finding the limits of his faith and love. 

As part of the original creative team for this project, Todd created vocal and music arrangements for the musical's score.  During early readings of the play Todd also acted as the production's music director and he continues to explore the depth and statement this music is capable of while the project continues its development process.

Director - Rob Salas
Scenic Design - Inae Lee                 Costume Design - Melody Brocious
Lighting Design - Benjamin Weill     Sound Design - Noelle Hoffman
Original Music - Todd J Hendricks

Escape From Happiness is an absurdly dark and comic story told from the kitchen of a modern family struggling with their own internal relationships when they are suddenly faced with opposing forces from outside their house. 

As the composer for a score that features vocalist Mattie Mills and tenor saxaphonist Walker Davis, Todd wrote a collection of retro-soul songs that were recorded and used as music from the kitchen radio during the play.  These songs set the pace of the stage action and created comic contrasts during dramatic moments of the play in addition to serving as a connection for the audience during the transitions from one scene to the next.

For the premiere of this one-act play by Brooke Berman set in a modern hotel room in the title city, Todd's original electronic score for Amsterdam focused on the nostalgic fantasies that arise as a newly romantic couple explores their current relationship relative to their romantic pasts.

Director - Beth Gardiner
Scenic Design - Jeanine Nicholas       Costume Design - Melody Brocious
Lighting Design - Jaymi Lee Smith     Sound Design/Original Music - Todd J Hendricks

Director - Tom Wojtunik
Scenic Design - Tim McMath          Costume Design - David Withrow
Lighting Design - Travis Walker     Sound Design/Original Music - Todd J Hendricks

In this production of John Guare's Six Degrees of Separation the director and designers sought to create a balance on stage that allowed the audience to shift from the plot's reality into the dreams and memories that shape the characters' ability to make true existential connections or reduce their personal interactions to party anecdotes.  This production, created by the Brooklyn company The Gallery Players, also sought to present New York City life in a light that would also have a first-degree connection to its local audience.

Todd's sound design for this play included original music, written and recorded on upright bass, that laid out the pulse of New York City and underscored the search for a link between the shared imagination and dreams of art dealers, con artists, husbands, wives, parents, and children.  The following year Playhouse on the Green in Bridgeport, CT also included Todd's original music in their production of this play.

Director - Mark Riddell
Scenic Design - Desiderio Roybal    Costume Design - Kerry Bechtel
Lighting Design - Brett Moore         Sound Design/Original Music - Todd J Hendricks

For the premiere of the one-act play Distance, by Joshua Lellis, Todd wrote and recorded solo piano works to underscore this modern play that observes 3 characters meeting amidst strained personal relationships after a long period apart.