Tag: PenangPAC
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My Short & Sweet Play through Photos
Courtesy of Ivan Photography, they beautifully captured the immense talent of my two young actors, Lexi and Yzzy. I’m incredibly proud of both of them. They just have the gift, and they brought my script to life in an amazingly emotional way. Check out this intensity. Tonight is the last of four performances. It’s been…
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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…
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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…
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Ten Reasons My Re-staging was Better than the Original
I don’t know how many times a director or an artist gets to re-produce one of their own works. I did recently – re-staging my musical “A Tad of Trouble.” I wanted to make it better – much better than the original. And here’s 10 reasons why I think I succeeded: 1. Plot holes plugged…
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Thoughts on Opening Night
The jitters motor the action. The laughter loosens the mouth. The applause raises the chin. Opening night is always special. The theatre arts would be one of life’s more ridiculous endeavors if there never was an opening night. For months these make-believe characters have been jabbing at each other week after week, having the same…
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A Sneak Peak Video at Our New Musical
A behind the scenes mini-preview of our new musical “A Tad of Trouble.” This is one of the closing numbers of act one. Our rehearsals take place in our chapel because it’s the largest place on campus for us. We won’t get to rehearse on the actual stage at Penangpac until May 18 – the…
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2:08 – A record (plus lyrics for a new song)
We had our first of three all day Saturday rehearsals before the big show. It also signified the first time we did a complete run-through, which is always a big deal, and I’m happy to report that the show will go on! Actually, for a first run-through, it was quite superb – not for how…
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Coming soon!
Book and Lyrics by Mark W. Sasse Music by Hui Min Tang, Clarissa Lister, Elisabeth Brokaw, Hannah Graves, David Beak, & Mark W. Sasse
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Our Photoshoot: “A Tad of Trouble”
We had our drama photo-shoot a couple days ago, graciously done by the talented Matt Brandon. A huge thanks to Matt for his time and generosity for doing these. Please check out Matt’s website The Digital Trekker. I’ll post a few of the photos here to help us all visualize the story of “A Tad of…
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