Tag: Penang Performing Arts Centre
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I’ve Written a New Show: Finally. “Within Reach”
A colleague in the theatre industry reached out a few months ago about collaborating on a new theatre project. After some discussing back and forth, it was decided that I would write the entire show. It would consist of 10 short plays similarly themed. Today, I finished writing it. My first new full-length theatre show…
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The World Crashing Down: AKA – “My Show is This Week”
I’m a writer. I love writing. I’m a director. I really enjoying directing. I’m a producer. I like producing. Yes, there’s a distinct step-down there. Writing and directing unleashes the creative demon inside me in very different ways. Producing, well, that’s where the stress comes from. And this week, four and a half months of…
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Shakespeare Demystified: MacBeth
I had the opportunity to see “MacBeth” performed in the accessible and always enjoyable stylings of the KL Shakespeare Players’ Series Shakespeare Demystified. This troupe brings Shakespeare to life for the modern audience by engaging the viewers by interspersing backstory and context into the original language of the Bard. It’s a terrific way to make…
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An Overview of My Dramatic Productions
As I finished my first re-staging of one of my own dramatic works over the weekend, it made me a little nostalgic for all the full-length productions I’ve produced, written, or co-written over the past eight years. I’ll list them in chronological order with the show’s venue as well. Lots of good times here. 2008…
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Zander’s Monologue
In May, I’m directing a re-staging of our “smash-hit” comedy-drama-musical “A Tad of Trouble” at the Penang Performing Arts Centre. There’s a lot to like about this musical. Strong characters, a unique premise, and just lots of fun! Zander is one of the guardian angels in the play and at the beginning of act two,…
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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…
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The Power of Drama in Penang
What makes a performance real? I had the privilege of pondering that question a lot last evening as I took in a performance of Frank McGuinnes’ Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me at the Penang Performing Arts Centre. The intimate theater setting had me sitting literally four feet from the three talented performers who were chained to…
Author Mark W Sasse 