Tag: short and sweet
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These Girls at It Again
Wow! I saw today for the first time these girls perform my new script. Yes. Lexi and Yzzy. These are the two whose performance at Short & Sweet Penang 2015 swept 5 awards with their poignant rendition of a mother and daughter in “Words to Say at the End of the World.” Well, they are…
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Big Weekend Ahead
Lots of fun drama activities this weekend at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre! It’s the final weekend of the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival, and one of my new plays entitled “A Writer’s Satire” is being performed by a group of Malaysian actors. Here’s the one sentence synopsis: A writer is summoned to appear…
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Remembering a Musical: A Woman at War
I was recently reminded that my short WWII musical -“A Woman at War” – had its debut one year ago this week at Short & Sweet Musical Kuala Lumpur 2014. It’s a moving piece of musical theatre about a woman on the home front trying to live life while her new husband is overseas. For…
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Our new show – “For All Generations”
Today I organized the read-through for the nine new scripts that I wrote (mainly) this summer which will be produced as a show called “For All Generations.” It will be performed by my lovely and fun drama group called The RLT Players. This is our fourth year to be producing a cohesive work of short…
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A Woman at War: The Musical
I’m very excited about my 10-minute musical called “A Woman at War” being produced for the KL Short & Sweet Musical Festival, September 24-27. I’ve been in contact with the director and I’m excited about he actors he has chosen and the direction he wants to take the musical. He’s also putting together a 3-4…
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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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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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