Trigger Advisory/Warning
Trigger Advisory/Warning
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This play contains references to suicidality, description of suicide, and self harm as well as brief mention of/reference to sexual assault.
Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) is dedicated to providing confidential emotional support to individuals facing a crisis, thinking about or affected by suicide.
Samaritans of Singapore (SOS) is dedicated to providing confidential emotional support to individuals facing a crisis, thinking about or affected by suicide.
https://www.sos.org.sg/
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MoreLife Theatre is not affiliated any way to Samaritans of Singapore. We simply admire the work they do, and want to remind anyone reading this that you are not alone, and that help is available.
Directors Message:
"The theater is a gym for the soul, the intellect, the imagination, and the emotions. I go to the theater for a workout, to be active with my entire empathetic and perceptual system. I want to be put through my paces" - Anne Bogart- And Then You Act
If I want to achieve anything with this play, it is to have a conversation. Tony Kushner said of his Pulitzer prize winning play "Angels in America" that he loved how every night, a conversation was taking place between the audience, and the actors, and the play. A conversation about topics that are perhaps difficult to discuss under quotidian circumstances.
Magic Realism
The world we have built for our play is one of Magic Realism. We see it as a metaphorical 3am. There is a stillness, a now-ness in the air. There's a feeling that...anything can happen. It seems timeless, but could end at any moment if one person says “alright, I’ve got to go”. It is the car ride during which the real conversation happens. It is the curb side conversation. The doorway, the porch conversation. Liminal time and space that for some reason give you the freedom to let your guard down, to be honest, vulnerable, and above all, present. The world of the play is one of Magic Realism, except that our characters are not the ones the obvious magic happens to. It provides a seemingly ordinary backdrop, upon which extraordinary things like an aurora borealis can happen.
Don't Ignore Reality.
What happens if we don't ignore, or cover up, or try to hide the physical reality of the space we are in? What happens if we choose to celebrate it instead? When children play "the floor is lava" they do not after all ignore the furniture, somehow the imaginative world, and the physical reality which they inhabit can come together in this time of "play". Thus, I invite you to come play with us, and turn the floor into lava, or, turn a 1 meter drop into 40 stories of an office building. The door that was a moment ago, the entrance you walked in, is now the entrance to a roof, or the entrance to the bedroom of a character. I personally find fun in that challenge, and I hope you do too.
This show has been a labour of love for us, and we sincerely hope that you enjoy it.
Crenshaw
Cast
Cheryl Lee
Cheryl Lee
Instagram: @cherylleehh_
Cheryl is thrilled to be back on stage for a show that spotlights mental health. You may recognise her from commercials for EZ-Link, SingTel, and, most notably, POSB (yes, that’s her beside the ATM machine watching you withdraw money). Her film credits include Way Back When (The Bruh Collective, Viddsee Studios) for which she won Best Performance for Series & Pilot at Asia Web Awards 2019, Kin (Mediacorp), Another Day With Tim (Blue3Asia, Samaritans of Singapore), and 游乐场 (Threesixzero Productions, Mediacorp). Theatre credits include The Old Woman and the Ox (The Second Breakfast Company). Follow her on Instagram @cherylleehh_ as she juggles mental health recovery, an acting career, crochet and crafts, and bombards you with photos of her very hamsum corgi.
Monil SJ
Monil SJ
Instagram: @monil.official
Monil is honored to be part of a production that touches on difficult conversations regarding vulnerability. He only started pursuing a career in acting/performing a year ago after working in the corporate world for five years, and has appeared in a number of different stage and screen works already. Monil’s stage credit includes The Time Machine (Toy Factory) and regularly performs Improv. He has been featured in commercials for Singapore Kindness Movement, Starhub, SIA, NLB, and NEA among others. He likes writing scripts and was a finalist in the Meisner Institute International scene competition. He also teaches weekly comedic improvisation classes. Monil watches way too much football supporting Arsenal, obsessively plays Dungeons & Dragons, and loves Iron Maiden.
Creative Team
About:
Original Elevator Pitch:
"I realized, the thing that I’m attracted to in a show/script/etc is life. That sorta, raw, pulse, of being alive. The best way I've heard it is in the music for Once On This Island. In Shakespeare, it’s the vitality IN the lines, when a performer truly lives the text. Whatever means or method or madness, it has to be alive. This made me think a lot about the ending of Angels. One of the last things Prior says is "I bless you: more life" and that stuck with me, that moment where we ran out of the theatre (in reality, to the balcony) to the life outside. When the song Freedom came on. It’s that joy. It’s the flame that Prometheus stole. It’s the formation of synapses in the brain- education. It’s West Side Story. I could list a long time. It's what attracts me to Michelle Hensley’s work, she made greek tragedy relatable to people in prisons who had never seen theatre in thier life. It’s that connection of vitality... something..
it’s mercurial . it’s a quickening. quicksilver.
it’s inspiration. spire - breathe , in breathe, the vitality of that.
enthusiastic. en-theo. engoded.
images:
prometheus. fire. zoi.
life, and the struggle for it is how we relate. how we participate"
- Crenshaw Yeo, 22 Jan 2019
Co-Producer
Kamil Haque
Founder and Artistic Director
HCAC and Method Productions
Method Productions (MP) is a presenting production company for all mediums of performing arts.
Method Productions (MP) is a presenting production company for all mediums of performing arts.
Method Productions shares its home with their sister company, Haque Centre of Acting and Creativity (HCAC). Established in 2014, Method Productions nurtures and supports emerging and existing talents for the international stage via collaborations with external productions companies, performing arts collectives.
https://methodactingasia.com/
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