Category: drama
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Rejected! But excellent feedback.
For the past couple of years, I’ve been entering plays in one of regional one-act play festivals which happen in the United States. For this particular festival, my works haven’t been selected yet. But what I like about this festival is that each entry (and there were 350 of them this year) is read by…
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Black Box Experimental Theatre: Coming Soon!
An experimental, audience participation script that I wrote over Christmas has been chosen for production at the Penang Performing Arts Centre on September 6 as part of their Black Box Experimental series. I’ve hired my super-talented, former actress Yzzy Loh to direct the piece, and she came up with the first graphic poster for the…
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On Video: Our Opening Night
May 13, 2016 – World Premiere of “The Secrets of the Magic Pool” at Penang Performing Arts Centre. I finally got it up on Youtube. We had some technical sound issues that night, a little too much treble in some of the screaming parts. Unfortunately, we don’t have video of closing night, excellent sound, sold-out…
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A Lot of Drama Accomplishments, 2015-2016
When I started teaching drama at our school, my goal was to expand offerings, get more students involved in a variety of different settings. Looking back on what we’ve accomplished, I think we met our goal and then some. Here’s a brief look at our year. Our Drama Department 2015-2016 September – 6 short original…
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Now Available: Theatrical Duets
Drama directors, forensic coaches, drama teachers, or any lover of theatre. Here’s a great collection of duets which can be used for a variety of settings. It includes 4 award winning scripts, and 12 other unique, engaging, socially relevant scripts for all different settings. All of these have been theatre-tested in one way or another.…
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The Pressure of Pushing the Envelope
I produce dramas. I’ve been doing it for the past nine years, and I seem to be stuck in this never ending cycle of “topping” the previous performance. I don’t purposefully do it. Not at all. I would never put that much pressure on myself. Can you imagine having to always out-do, out-compete, out-perform your…
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Experiencing the Finale
Experiencing the Finale Last night was the finale of the limited three-show run world premiere run of “The Secrets of the Magic Pool.” It was everything I had hoped for and more. First off, the crowd. It was a sell-out! I give it an “A”! Excellent, engaged crowd that got the raucous, rolling laughter going…
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So Excited! Opening Night – “The Secrets of the Magic Pool”
Venue: Penang Performing Arts Centre May 13, 2016 – 8pm – WORLD PREMIERE of my new play “The Secrets of the Magic Pool” 16 months since I first thought of this concept. 11 months since I finished the first draft of the play. 8 months since the first workshop to read it and get feedback.…
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The Purpose of Dress Rehearsals (REDUX)
Yesterday, I wrote this about our final rehearsal BEFORE dress rehearsal for my new show that opens at Penangpac on May13. Here were my last minute thoughts: You come to the point when constraints within and constraints without shape the product of your show whether or not you are satisfied with it. Am I? Satisfied?…
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The Actors Speak #2
Here are the rest of my talented actors and what they have to say about themselves and our new play. World Premiere: May 13-14 @ the Penang Performing Arts Centre.
Author Mark W Sasse 