Tag: PenangPAC
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Shakespeare Demystified: Othello
This is the fourth installment that I’ve seen from those folks who like to simplifying the Bard. They picked the tragedy “Othello” for this year’s production, and how did they do? Keep reading! The penangpac SD playlist of the last few years looked like this: 2012 Merchant of Venice 2013 Merry Wives of Windsor 2014…
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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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“A Tad of Trouble” – Less than two months away!
Below is the first flyer for our new production of our old musical play, “A Tad of Trouble.” This one keeps the original artwork done by Sophie Shin back in 2009. The picture is of the mute boy, Tad, being symbolically muted by the crooked traveling salesman, Obediah. It’s a really fun story with some…
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“Shear Madness” Malaysia in Penang
I had a fun time catching “Shear Madness” Malaysia at the Penang Performing Arts Centre last night. “Shear Madness” is the crowd-interactive, smash comedy-whodunit which has been performed in many countries around the world. Producers Gardner and Wife brought the piece to Malaysia, and they had two runs in KL before bringing it to Penang…
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Meeting up with the Footstool Players
My drama group, The RLT Players, had an awesome afternoon yesterday meeting up with the group which provided the inspiration to start our own group. It was wonderful beyond belief to have these veteran actors and all around great people willing to spend a couple hours to talk about about acting and other aspects of…
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Opening Night! Nothing like it!
I’ve finally reached this point. It’s been a long ride. I started writing the script which would eventually become “For All Generations” this past spring. Finished it in the late summer and went straight to rehearsing in mid-August.Three months later we are on the brink of opening night. Jitters? For sure! I’m never sure who…
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A Walk Through Our Final Rehearsal
8:30 Arrive. Set-up and arrange microphones, drama cubes, and props into their proper place. 9:00 The director (me) throws a curve at all the actors and redoes the last piece without warning. We relearn movement, pacing, and timing to match perfectly with the choreographed dancing and music. After about the 4th run-through, they get it.…
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Gearing Up: Final Weeks before my Next Show
I’ve been on break this past week and what a gift it has been. I’ve had substantial time to write, enabling me to get a fair chunk of novel five written in my Scrivener. I also wrote a short play and dabbled in a few other projects I’m working on. But as my precious break…
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Getting Ready for Short & Sweet Penang
This is the third year that I’ve been involved with the Short & Sweet Theatre Penang festival which is kicking off next week. In 2011 I submitted my short play “Drive All Night” which came home with the Audience Choice Award. That was a lot of fun. Last year my script “No in Spite of…
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