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CREATIVE TEAM

John Patrick Shanley Playwright

Eucien Chia Set Designer

Timothy Koh Director

In New York City, Timothy has worked as an Assistant Director at Lincoln Center Theater and Manhattan Theatre Club, held a Fellowship at Playwrights Horizons, and directed thesis plays at NYU’s Graduate Department of Dramatic Writing. Other US experience includes work with Scott Rudin Productions, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and the Lucille Lortel Awards.

In Singapore, he is the Associate Director of Pangdemonium, where he helms the New Works Lab and the Very Youthful Company. With Pangdemonium, he directed Muswell Hill and assistant directed The Mother; The Glass Menagerie; End of the Rainbow; and People, Places & Things

Training: New York University Tisch School of the Arts (BFA Theatre), College of Arts and Science (BA English and American Literature).

John Patrick Shanley was born in The Bronx, New York City on October 13, 1950. He grew up in a working-class family, and was profoundly affected by his crime-ridden neighborhood. He later enrolled in New York University, but he took time off to serve as a U.S. Marine during the Vietnam War.

Shanley’s most famous work, Doubt, is somewhat based upon the writer’s own experiences and observations in his Catholic school. The character of Sister James is inspired by one of his high school teachers. While building his career as a playwright, he became commercially successful with his screenplay for the 1987 romantic-comedy film, Moonstruck, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

On the stage, Doubt: A Parable (2005) was one of the biggest successes of the writer’s career. The play was praised by audiences and critics, and won four Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Shanley later adapted and directed Doubt: A Parable for the screen. Shanley’s talent has solidified him as a revered American playwright, screenwriter, and director.

His other plays include Outside Mullingar, Prodigal Son, and The Portuguese Kid.

Eucien has been a long-time Pangdemonium collaborator since 2011. His recent sets include designs for End of the Rainbow; Muswell Hill; The Glass Menagerie; The Father, The Pillowman; RENT; and This is What Happens to Pretty Girls.

His design work with Pangdemonium has often been recognised at The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards, with nominations in the Best Set Design category for The Mother; Urinetown; Little Voice; and Spring Awakening; and receiving the Best Set Design award for Dealer’s Choice

Other Awards: ST Life Theatre Awards Best Set Design winner for The Almighty Sometimes (SRT); Company (Dream Academy); December Rains (Toy Factory)

Selected productions: for SIFAThe Commission; DisSPACEments (installation); for Esplanade Theatres - Kingdoms Apart; A Good Death; with Wild Rice - La Cage Aux Folles (2017); Boeing Boeing (2017); A $ingapore Carol; The Emperor’s New Clothes; Snow White; with Checkpoint Theatre - Normal; with Toy Factory Productions: December Rains; Shanghai Blues; Sleepless Town; with STAGES - H is for Hantu; with I-Theatre - Sing To The Dawn; The Wizard of Oz; The Arabian Nights; Fairytaleheart.

Genevieve Peck

Lighting Designer

Genevieve graduated from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London with a BA(Hons) in Theatre Practice, specialising in Lighting and Projection/Video Design.

Design credits include People Places and Things, The Glass Menagerie, Tango, The Effect (Pangdemonium), The Soldier and His Virtuous Wife, Four Horse Road, I Came At Last To The Seas, Lao Jiu, Liao Zhai Rocks, If There’re Seasons (The Theatre Practice), ubin, Both Sides Now 2019, Missing, With Time (Drama Box), Between You and Me, Lear is Dead, Art Studio (Nine Years Theatre), Lungs, The Sound Inside, The Lifespan of a Fact (SRT), The Commission (Pangdemonium, SRT & Wild Rice).

Daniel Wong Sound Designer

Daniel Wong is a sound designer, composer and music producer. He graduated from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music with a B.Mus (Hons) in Recording Arts & Science.

Sound design credits include People, Places & Things (Pangdemonium), The Almighty Sometimes (SRT), Muswell Hill (Pangdemonium), I And You (Gateway Arts), The Sound Inside (SRT), Tuesdays with Morrie (SRT), and Cafe (Wild Rice)

Outside of theatre, Daniel produces songs for various artists and organisations, including lewloh, JAWN, Vivien Yap, HubbaBubbas, Lorong Boys, and Voices of Singapore. He recently produced the main theme song for Sunny Side Up with his band, Oakë.

Leonard Augustine Choo

Costume Designer

Leonard Augustine Choo is an international costume designer, fashion consultant, and educator currently based in Singapore. He designs costumes for dance, opera, theatre, and film, and was the principal fabric shopper for the New York City Ballet costume department for 12 seasons, working on over 75 unique ballets.

Design credits include: Muswell Hill, The Glass Menagerie, Urinetown, Late Company (Pangdemonium); The Almighty Sometimes, Guards at the Taj, Gretel & Hansel (SRT); An Inspector Calls, Merdeka!(Wild Rice), iSing International Opera Festival (Suzhou, China); ABT Fall 2018 Video, Moulin Rouge Spot, Forest Boy (New York); Imagining Madoff, Pattern of Life; Don Giovanni, and House (Boston).

Leonard worked for the Juilliard School, television shows Gotham (FOX) and Crashing (HBO), Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ballet Academy East, Barrington Stage Company, and Opera Omaha.

He has lectured at LASALLE College of the Arts, National Library, and the Arkansas Arts Center. Holding an MFA from Boston University, Leonard is the first and only costume designer awarded the Singapore NAC Overseas Arts Scholarship in 2011.

He is currently Director of Industry Development at Singapore Fashion Council.

Leong Lim Hair Designer

Leong is a hairstylist with over 30 years of experience, and is currently based at The Hair Shop, Singapore.

A veteran hair designer, Leong has been involved in many film, television and theatre productions; his hair creations have also been featured in many top magazines.

Leong loves developing signature hairstyles for each and every character & client and bringing them to life. Productions include People, Places, and Things (2023) with Pangdemonium, Blue Mansion (2011), Revenge of the Pontianak (2018), Dim Sum Dollies (2022).

Petrina Kow Accent Coach

Petrina is a Voice, Accents and Presentation Coach. She is the first and only Singaporean certified with the Fitzmaurice Voicework® and the Knight Thompson Speechwork® methods.

Petrina has extensive experience working with people from diverse backgrounds and organisations. She runs workshops on presentation skills, voice, and storytelling at corporate companies and has taught voice and accents at many theatre companies and institutions like NAFA and LASALLE. She is a much sought after voice actor and voice-over director for animation and commercials.

Petrina started out her career on radio and was the co-host on various top morning shows.

Theatre work includes ‘Grace’ in Waiting for the Host (Pangdemonium); ‘Da Jie’ in Lao Jiu (Theatre Practice); ‘Amy’ in Company (Dream World Productions).