Category: 10-minute play

• Opening Night a Big Success

  I had a lot of fun taking in the opening night of Short & Sweet Malaysia, which kicked off with a week of theatre in Penang. After that it will be heading to KL for nine weeks of Short & Sweet creativity. Here was the running order for opening night: My play was 6th out…

  sassevn

  August 27, 2015

  10-minute play, drama

  10 minute plays, PenangPAC, short and sweet 2015, short and sweet malaysia, short and sweet Penang, short plays

• Short & Sweet Theatre Penang 2015

  Backstage before dress rehearsal tonight. I got my annual orange name tag – this year as playwright and director. And I meant to get a couple photos of dress rehearsal, but it seems I was too busy watching the performance. Nine different plays are taking the stage this year. Quite  an eclectic mix of material.…

  sassevn

  August 26, 2015

  10-minute play, drama

  directing short and sweet, malaysia, short and sweet Penang, short and sweet theatre, theatre

• A Short & Sweet Technical Meeting

  I can’t delay it anymore. I’ll be directing a short play in the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival in late August here in Penang. It’s actually a piece that I have written called, “Words to Say at the End of the World.” I’ve directed before for Short & Sweet, but I specifically asked to direct…

  sassevn

  August 1, 2015

  10-minute play, drama

  10 minute plays, PenangPAC, short and sweet Penang, short plays

• After Hours and Hours: Still No Idea What I Have

  One of the projects I’ve been working on lately (and for a while) is 10-minute concept musical about the end of the world. I started it last year with some basic brainstorm writing and a chorus melody that I liked which has become kind of the focused anthem for the piece. Recently, probably about two…

  sassevn

  February 23, 2015

  10-minute play, Indie Author

  approaches to writing, evaluating writing, musical, short musical, writing

• Insight into Writing my New Show (2 of 3)

  Here’s part two which highlights the writing behind a few of the dramatic sketches which go live for the first time ever next week at the opening of “For All Generations.” “The Last Princess” is one of those comedy sketches which suddenly turn dramatic. I like those. I purposefully started it light, with a spoiled…

  sassevn

  November 12, 2014

  10-minute play, drama, Indie Author

  10 minute plays, drama, live theatre, play-writing, playwright, short plays, stage plays, theatre

• Insight into Writing My New Show (1)

  I’d like to take a couple posts to expound a little on the writing of my new show: “For All Generations.”  The show is a series of dramatic sketches which portray a variety of generational themes – families – grandparents – sacrifice for country. Let me start with my favorite piece of the bunch, a…

  sassevn

  November 9, 2014

  10-minute play, drama, Indie Author

  drama, drama producing, drama writing, generational stories, malaysia theatre, PenangPAC, RLT Players, theatre, theatre arts

• RLT – The Little Group Near to My Heart

  I’ve teaching, directing, and writing drama for a number of years now. I guess it’s been seven and a half years. I’ve learned so much – mostly that I don’t know much about acting or directing. (On the writing part I think I’m okay.) I get to work with young high school actors – some…

  sassevn

  October 29, 2014

  10-minute play, drama

  drama, drama writing, Penang Performing Arts Centre, performing arts, playwright, theatre, writing

• My Play Heading to Sydney, Australia!

  I was super excited to find out yesterday that my short play, “A Pinch of Fate, A Shot of Destiny”, was chosen by a director to be produced as part of the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival Sydney 2015. It’s billed as the largest short-play festival in the world. This is very exciting for me…

  sassevn

  October 25, 2014

  10-minute play, drama

  10 minute plays, A Pinch of Fate a Shot of Destiny, award winning plays, short sweet sydney, short-play

• Speed Writing. Speed Publishing. A Great Afternoon.

  Besides being a writer, I’m a teacher. Sometimes those two facts collide. Like yesterday. It was at the beginning of the high school-wide parent-teacher conference when I was sitting at my desk minding my own business. A colleague, who is in charge of the forensics team, came to me with an urgent request: could I…

  sassevn

  October 17, 2014

  10-minute play, Indie Author

  amazon kindle, indie author, publishing 21st century, self-publishing, speed publishing, speed writing, writing

• Fun @ Short & Sweet Musical KL

  I had a great time last night finally seeing the production of my mini-musical, “A Woman at War.”  Vivian Chan and Boon-Kit gave wonderfully emotional performances as Johnny and Sara, a young couple separated during World War II. The direction and musical direction by husband and wife team Alvin Looi and Karynn Tan stayed true…

  sassevn

  September 27, 2014

  10-minute play, drama, Indie Author

  a woman at war, KL, klpac, musical, performing arts malaysia, Short & sweet musical KL 2014