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The Gate Theater Group
Northern Thailand's First English-language theater company
December 2022
When strong-willed, high-class call girl Claudia Draper is indicted for manslaughter in the first degree after killing a client in self-defense, her mother Rose and stepfather Arthur attempt to have her declared mentally incompetent, which would prevent a trial and cause Claudia to be institutionalized. Public defender Aaron Levinsky is assigned to her case, but Claudia is angry and distrustful of everybody, and she resists his help, disrupting both her examinations by psychiatrist Herbert Rosenthal and her court hearings. As findings progress, new insights into Claudia's entire life experience, including sexual abuse by her stepfather, begin to surface.
Nuts takes place in the courtroom in the psychiatric wing of Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Tom Torpor used his years of experience as a journalist covering New York City police stations, courtrooms, hospitals, and psychiatric wards in crafting the play. He derived the mental illness plot from a true-life incident he had reported in the early 1970s, and he also questioned his wife about her incestuous childhood, which provided the lead character's motivation to become a prostitute.
Nuts takes place in the courtroom in the psychiatric wing of Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Tom Torpor used his years of experience as a journalist covering New York City police stations, courtrooms, hospitals, and psychiatric wards in crafting the play. He derived the mental illness plot from a true-life incident he had reported in the early 1970s, and he also questioned his wife about her incestuous childhood, which provided the lead character's motivation to become a prostitute.
COMING IN May
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“Fourteen Actors in Search of an Audience 2023” has come from the culmination of Stage Acting Workshops over a period of eight weeks consisting of acting and improvisation classes conducted by Stephan Turner, the founder and managing director of The Gate Theater. The Gate has been producing live English-language theater for over 15 years. This group has dedicated itself to developing and drawing on local talent to the maximum extent possible; to enhancing the development of theater arts through cooperative ventures with the greater Chiang Mai community.
Fourteen short, interesting monologues and seven scenes depicting lost love, madness, crime and justice, and social dysfunction, are bound to make a captivating evening of entertainment.
Come along and bring your friends to support these hard-working actors on May 12th and 13th. The show times and venue will be announced shortly. Tickets are 350 baht and available at the door.
“Fourteen Actors in Search of an Audience 2023” has come from the culmination of Stage Acting Workshops over a period of eight weeks consisting of acting and improvisation classes conducted by Stephan Turner, the founder and managing director of The Gate Theater. The Gate has been producing live English-language theater for over 15 years. This group has dedicated itself to developing and drawing on local talent to the maximum extent possible; to enhancing the development of theater arts through cooperative ventures with the greater Chiang Mai community.
Fourteen short, interesting monologues and seven scenes depicting lost love, madness, crime and justice, and social dysfunction, are bound to make a captivating evening of entertainment.
Come along and bring your friends to support these hard-working actors on May 12th and 13th. The show times and venue will be announced shortly. Tickets are 350 baht and available at the door.
Coming In June
The Gate Theater is calling for all actors and singers interested in performing a monologue or song in our upcoming production of "An Evening of Monologues and Songs." The show will be on June 3rd, with a possible second performance the day before on June 2nd. We are looking for interesting, dramatic, or funny monologues as well as songs that convey a story. If you are interested in knowing more, please contact me, Suman C. Tharan by Facebook Messenger, call/WhatsApp on 0966961090 or email me on sctharan@gmail.com. Looking forward to hearing from you.
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