BEDOK RESERVOIR by Wesley Leon Aroozoo, director Elina Lim. Cast: Chio Su-Ping, Erwin Shah Ismail, Ruzaini Mazani, Lyon Sim.

 

The recent mysterious spate of drownings at Bedok Reservoir bring a rescue diver and a distraught mother on a journey of remorse and lost possibilities. Were these accidents suicide or...

 

NEWS TO A MUSE by Richard Chang, director Wilson Milam. Cast: David Lee-Jones, Kristian Hart, Meghan Treadway, Zara Tempest-Walters, Charlie Carter, Zina Badran, Thomas Rushforth, Katherine Templar, Julian Hoult, Elizabeth Menabney, Melissa Ulloa, Andrew Futaishi.

 

A Farcedy of Terrors: Five journalists are trapped in a short-staffed newsroom during a freak storm and an epic financial crisis that threatens to destroy the world. A suspected terrorist attack drives the staff to seek safety in the ladies restroom -- where their individual closets are exposed and the truth is bared. Set against the News of the World scandal, the farce reveals how we comply with the media to glamorize stress at the expense of sanity.

THE BOOK OF LIVING AND DYING by CHONG Tze Chien (Singapore), Oliver Chong (Singapore), Antonio Ianniello (Italy) and Nambi E. Kelley (USA). Director: Drayton Alexander Hiers. Cast: Gerald Chew, Oon Shu An, Glory Ngim, Jon Cancio, Chio Su-Ping, Bright Ong, Pavan J. Singh, Vanessa Ann Vanderstraaten.  

In the last days of her life, an old tranny has a premonition that the universe will collapse. She envisions herself as the next messiah, performing miracles and saving humanity while her adopted daughter tries her best to convince her delusional parent that she is experiencing death itself. 
 

 

THE EVOLUTION OF GOD by Shawn Hirabayashi, director David Lee-Jones. Cast: Elizabeth Tan, Siuhun Li, Haruka Kuroda, Leo Ashizawa, Andrew Leung.  

"The Evolution of God" is comprised of three one-act plays: two are adaptations of established Japanese fairy tales and one is an original fairy tale. In each unrelated and complete tale five actors play similar roles, thus creating a story for the actors and audience that is greater than any individual piece. Each tale deals with different understandings of and interactions with god. 
 

 

HOME.LAND by Janice Poon, director Rico WU. Cast: Margaret CHEUNG, Jai DAY, Santayana Li, Billy SY and Yu Mui WONG.  

When an American journalist meets with an activist among the post-80s generation in Hong Kong, they reconcile with their own history in an unexpected way. 
 

 

THE ISLE by POON Wai Sum, director Janice Poon. Cast: Louisa So, Lawkin Law.  

One couple has an encounter on a remote island where past and present overlap. As they ask the question “Do we stay or leave?," a battle of wills unfolds that leads to a surprising and dramatic finale.

 

ALAMEDA by Jeremy Tiang, director Casey Stangl. Cast: Esther Chae, Nicole Bilderback, Lydia Look, Tyson Turrou, Doug Barry.  

A young woman from China comes to visit her Asian American relatives - but is she all that she seems? Murder, mayhem and mahjong abound as cultural clashes multiply and the plot thickens.