Tag: theatre
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Coming Soon
Coming soon: Here’s a little graphic I put together about my upcoming show. It’s a collection of comedic and dramatic sketches I’ve written over the past seven years. My good friend Doug is directing Act I while I have the helm for Act II. It’s going to be a bittersweet look back of what we…
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Theatre: The Open Art Form
I enjoyed giving a mini-lecture to my Intro to Theatre Arts class today about the topic, “What is theatre?” Theatre is many things, but most importantly, it’s an open art form. The live audience makes it unique and ever-changing. The interaction with the audience makes every performance different. It can inspire the actor to achieve…
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Show-time!
Months of work is finally coming to a head. This past summer, I wrote the script for “Tales of Wonder II,” and I started rehearsing with the cast in August. It can, at times, get long and tedious, and the end goal can get lost in the minutia of the day-to-day preparations. But then, it’s…
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New Show: 8 Days Away – “Tales of Wonder”
Tales of Wonder 2 is just 8 days away from its world premiere at the Penang Performing Arts Centre. I’m so excited for this show, and I’m so proud of these amazing young actors. Here’s a snippet of three of the original sketches I’ve written for the show. Manger Talk is an adorable and poignant…
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Five Years End – Short & Sweet Theatre Penang
Last night was the awards ceremony at Short & Sweet Theatre Penang. I have been involved in all five years, and I was delighted to win the Festival Director’s Award last night for directing and writing the play “The Runaway Slave: A Christmas Story.” This will be my last S&S festival, at least in Penang.…
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Tales of Wonder II: Coming soon!
We had our first of three all-day Saturday practices gearing up for “Tales of Wonder II” coming to penangpac December 1-3. We’ve been rehearsing since August, and today, for the first time, we put the entire show together. It’s a mix of 11 different original sketches themed around the joy and magic of Christmas. “Tales…
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Photos from the Show
Thanks to Jonathan Steffen for these shots from dress rehearsal for “How to Build a Dictator.” We had 23 students for our dress rehearsal as opposed to 142 for the real show. But they were a lively bunch. I had a blast getting on stage and acting for one of my first times ever. Here’s…
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Script Chosen for Short & Sweet Theatre KL 2016
My script, Alone in a Bar, was chosen to take part in the 2016 KL Short & Sweet Theatre Festival. It will be directed by Vinna Law. I won’t have a hand in production, but I hope to get to KL and see it this fall. The script is a little different for me, about a broken…
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Black Box Experimental Theatre: Coming Soon!
An experimental, audience participation script that I wrote over Christmas has been chosen for production at the Penang Performing Arts Centre on September 6 as part of their Black Box Experimental series. I’ve hired my super-talented, former actress Yzzy Loh to direct the piece, and she came up with the first graphic poster for the…
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On Video: Our Opening Night
May 13, 2016 – World Premiere of “The Secrets of the Magic Pool” at Penang Performing Arts Centre. I finally got it up on Youtube. We had some technical sound issues that night, a little too much treble in some of the screaming parts. Unfortunately, we don’t have video of closing night, excellent sound, sold-out…
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