Category: What’s Happening
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Script chosen for Short & Sweet Theatre KL – “Almighty Might”
I’m thrilled to announce that my dramatic sketch “Almighty Might” has been selected for inclusion in this year’s Short & Sweet Theatre Festival KL. I’m super excited about it. I wrote “Almighty Might” a couple of years ago for my drama group The RLT Players, which I formed after being inspired by a Malaysian drama…
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My Musical “Captured in Time & Space” Heading to Short & Sweet KL 2013
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m very excited that the 10-minute musical I wrote with my musician collaborator, Shion Beak, was selected to be produced and performed for Short & Sweet Musical KL on September 25-28. Here’s how it happened: March: I wrote the lyrics of Captured in Time & Space, set to…
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I write musicals – yeah, right
I’m not a musician. I have very limited range on a guitar – my only instrument – but I’ve always loved creating songs. I remember back in high school when I mowed grass a lot, I would just create all kinds of tunes and songs in my head. Sometimes I’d remember them and write them…
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Directing for Short & Sweet Theatre Penang
I’ve signed on to direct in Short & Sweet Theatre Penang coming up in September. What is Short & Sweet? It’s a festival of 10-minute plays, each performed nightly during one week of theatre competition. I entered as a playwright last year, and my play was fortunate enough to take home the “Audience Choice Award”…
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First Draft of Novel #3 Finished!
What a feeling it is! I’ve dedicated this past month to writing – spending several hours nearly everyday with the goal of completing my third novel. I am so thrilled that I’ve reached my goal. It’s amazing looking back over an original manuscript and think through the different twists and turns that it took to…
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An excellent 3000 words …
I’m just saying … It feels totally great when words flow effortlessly off the keyboard. That has been the reality of this afternoon. Three thousand words and counting (I’m on a short break) on novel three which is now weighing in at about 47,000 words. It’s been SO much fun to see what is happening.…
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Finishing Touches on New 10-Minute Musical
I’ve had the privilege twice to work with musically talented Shion Beak on short musicals. Here’s how it works: Me, extremely challenged in music, come up with a musical concept, lyrics, and basic melody. I make a (very) rough recording of it. I give it to Shion, and she does her magic, sending back a…
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Mixing real historical figures into a work of fiction. Vietnam 1945.
My untitled third novel that I’m currently working on is set during two different time periods in Vietnam. The first is 2000 and the second is 1945. Nineteen-forty-five is the crucial year in modern day Vietnam. It’s the year that the Japanese completely overthrew the remnants of the French Empire in Indochina. It’s the year…
Author Mark W Sasse 