Tag: PenangPAC
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Review of “Tales of Wonder: A RLT Christmas”
One of my senior students wrote an excellent and thorough review of our recent Christmas show “Tales of Wonder.” The review starts off by saying: “Audiences can always count on Mr. Sasse’s dramas to be entertaining, moving, and transcending different generations and cultures. This year’s “Tales of Wonder,” performed by the RLT players at Penang…
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The (post-show) Letdown
It happens every time. A show is finished. The tremendous weight is off my shoulder. One would think it would reduce my stress level, but it actually just depresses me. I miss it already. The adrenaline, the audience, the performers giving their all on stage. It’s precious. We wrapped up our Christmas production “Tales of…
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My First Sell-out!
We had a great opening night of the world premier of “Tales of Wonder.” Great crowd – even for a weeknight, but as we head to the weekend, we’re in new territory! Friday night’s show is SOLD OUT and Sat night’s show is SOLD OUT! Wooohooo! Even our Saturday matinee show is approaching a sell-out…
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A Sketch Back to Our Roots
When I wrote this one: I was really going back to the roots of RLT. We started by using a lot of object theatre ideas. In our first year, we had a sketch about fruit and even had one person play a rain pipe that was dripping. I got back at it with “Tree Talk,”…
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A Vigil for a Starry Night
On a night when the clouds cover the stars like an impenetrable mountain cliff, I wait for a sign. A small tinge up my spine. A desperate plea for the ancient ways to speak once again. I wait for the light, hoping it will come, hoping it will be enough. . The stars, spread brightly…
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Sketch #5: The Christmas Banquet
Here’s my next in a series of vignettes about the dramatic sketches I wrote for our show “Tales of Wonder” which opens next week. “The Christmas Banquet” is a poignant piece, an allegory of sorts, about a person who shows up at the Christmas banquet and gets asked to hand out invitations. It’s unclear who…
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Previewing (Actually)Tales of Wonder
My new show is called “Tales of Wonder,” but there is a drama medley in the show also called “Tales of Wonder.” Yes, I get the show name from that. What’s a drama medley? I don’t know. I just made it up. It’s three dramatic sketches wrapped around an original song which holds them all…
Author Mark W Sasse 