My latest collaborative play “Life with Stewart” heads into production next week with three performances scheduled at the Penang Performing Arts Centre in May.

This coming Monday, I have a 4 hour audition marathon and then Thursday we’ll start rehearsing right away.  I also have eleven talented individuals who make up my production crew in chart of set design and promotion.

Plot?  “Life with Stewart” has the following premise:  Nick Baxter is a bachelor who lives with his grandmother – his only living relative.  On the day of his grandmother’s death, Nick discovers that his grandfather is none other than Nicholas Stewart – a Hollywood film legend.  This revelation coupled with a devious plot hatched by his famous grandfather and  an ambitious, young TV journalist leads to a series of hilarious and poignant scenes as Nick has to wrestle the truth which has shattered his entire world.

“Life with Stewart” takes a critical look at our media saturated, Hollywood driven pop-culture.  It asks big questions about fame, vanity, the pursuit of money, and the enduring power of forgiveness.

From a production stand-point, “Life with Stewart” will certainly have its challenges – especially the sit-com, black and white scene.  I’ll describe this more later.

Set aside these dates on your calendar now:  May 23 – May 26.