People Are Buzzing About THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL

Critics and audience alike are on their feet for The Brothers Paranormal!

By Prince Gomolvilas. Directed by Mimi Katano. Featuring Kathy Hsieh, Sean Nguyen, Ronnie Hill, Selena Whitaker-Paquiet, Van Lang Pham and Margaret Luxamon Hotchkiss.

Check out a sampling!

“Ooh this is a fun play presented by Pork Filled Players at Theatre Off Jackson. Do you like ghosts lurching around and throwing things? Imaginatively combining a Black couple’s post-Katrina fears and a Thai family’s immigrant travails.

“There are some terrific low-tech special effects and even some magic tricks that definitely caused the audience to gasp in surprise…
The family dynamics in the play are cute to watch with Hsieh reveling in the dominating mother, enforcing the Thai culture. Whitaker-Paquiet and Hill have lovely chemistry as husband and wife and it’s nice to see a black couple simply being a loving and supportive couple without major plot drama. ”
Seattle Gay News 

“Go see this show! it totally freaked me out and was so moving on so many other levels beyond the scare factor; really, go support it.”

THE BROTHER’S PARANORMAL–THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN SHOW
Drama In the Hood

“The playwright has created two sets of interesting characters (the Thai family of ghost busters and Delia/Felix the African American hurricane refugees) and the dialogue is amusing and there are some fun scary scenes in the play with clever DIY stagecraft utilizing Robin Macartney’s innovative set design. The overall feeling of an Asian ghost/horror movie is nicely done on this production’s small budget.”
Seattle GayScene

“Saw ‘The Brothers Parnormal’ the other night; it was awesome. Effects were incredible and the ending surprised me. Great show!”

Runs through November 16. Tickets here.

Trailer #2 for The Brothers Paranormal

“Do you hear that?”

Pork Filled Productions (PFP), in association with the Theatre Off Jackson, presents the rolling world premiere of The Brothers Paranormalby Prince Gomolvilas, directed by Mimi Katano (Artistic Director at Youth Theatre Northwest) at the Theatre Off Jackson (409 7th Ave. S., Seattle), October 26 to November 16, 2019.

A dark, comic thriller, The Brothers Paranormal follows two entrepreneurial Thai American brothers investigating paranormal activities in the Midwest. When the two enter the home of an African American couple displaced by Hurricane Katrina, though, all of them encounter a challenge that clashes against their notions of reality, fantasy, and sanity.

Featuring: Ronnie Hill, Margaret Luxamon Hotchkiss, Kathy Hsieh, Sean Nguyen, Van Lang Pham and Selena Whitaker-Paquiet.

Filmed and edited by Michael Yakovich
Directed by Mimi Katano

Indiegogo |  Website  |  Tickets

First teaser trailer for The Brothers Paranormal

“The dead make their own rules.”

Pork Filled Productions (PFP), in association with the Theatre Off Jackson, presents the rolling world premiere of The Brothers Paranormalby Prince Gomolvilas, directed by Mimi Katano (Artistic Director at Youth Theatre Northwest) at the Theatre Off Jackson (409 7th Ave. S., Seattle), October 26 to November 16, 2019.

A dark, comic thriller, The Brothers Paranormal follows two entrepreneurial Thai American brothers investigating paranormal activities in the Midwest. When the two enter the home of an African American couple displaced by Hurricane Katrina, though, all of them encounter a challenge that clashes against their notions of reality, fantasy, and sanity.

Featuring: Ronnie Hill, Margaret Luxamon Hotchkiss, Kathy Hsieh, Sean Nguyen, Van Lang Pham and Selena Whitaker-Paquiet.

Filmed and edited by Michael Yakovich
Directed by Mimi Katano

Indiegogo |  Website  |  Tickets

The minds behind The Brothers Paranormal

The Brothers Paranormal continues its rolling world premiere in the Pacific Northwest this October in Seattle, WA.

Learn more about the creative minds behind the play and the production.

Playwright: Prince Gomolvilas

Prince Gomolvilas (Playwright) is a Thai-American writer whose work includes Big Hunk o’ Burnin’ Love, The Theory of Everything (PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama), and Mysterious Skin (based on the novel by Scott Heim). His plays have been produced at The Drill Hall (London), East West Players (Los Angeles), Lorraine Hansberry Theatre (San Francisco), Pan Asian Repertory Theatre (New York), Penumbra Theatre Company (Saint Paul), and Singapore Repertory Theatre. His work has also been developed at the Alley Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Geva Theatre Center, La Jolla Playhouse, The Lark, Ma-Yi Theater Company, South Coast Repertory, and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. You can view his TEDx talk, “Mind the Gap,” at www.princegomolvilas.com.

Director: Mimi Katano

Mimi Katano is a director, choreographer, producer, and an occasional actor in Seattle and is thrilled to be working with PFP on this exciting project. Executive Artistic Director of Youth Theatre Northwest, Mimi’s passion is to cultivate future theatre artists and creative thinkers but also enjoys playing with grown up professionals, especially when the project calls for artists of color. Aside from her work for YTN, Mimi was a member of Living Voices, and a teaching artist for Seattle Children’s Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre amd has directed for Live Girls, and 14/48, and Boston’s Wheelock Family Theatre. A Japanese National, Mimi has done a variety of cultural work for organizations such as Seattle Children’s Museum and Book-It Repertory Theatre and co-wrote a play on Japanese-American internment, Justice at War, which was published in the book And Justice for Some in 2004 and is still being performed by Boston’s Theatre Espresso.

Stage manager: Josh Valdez

Josh Valdez is a sound designer, musician, stage manager, and mentor in the Greater Seattle area. “The Brothers Paranormal” will be his first production with Pork Filled Productions! Recent works include stage managing for “Anansi and the Halfling”, and “The Devil and SarahBlackwater” (Annex Theatre), sound designing for “Sweeney Todd” (Reboot Theatre), and “The Neverborn” (Annex Theatre). Josh will also be operating sound/projections for Sound Theatre Company’s “peeling”!

Assistant stage manager: Brian Dang

Brian Dang is a Senior at the University of Washington studying English and Drama. He is passionate about the power of stories and the intersection between creative and critical writing. He is an avid theater artist with focuses in playwriting and theatrical design.

Costume Design: Janelle Kimbrough

Scenic and Props Design: Robin Macartney

Robin Macartney is a freelance set and props designer who has been fortunate to work with a large number of the theatre companies in Seattle. She is the resident set designer/ front of house manager at Theatre Off Jackson as well as the scene shop supervisor for the University of Puget Sound’s Theatre Department.

Sound Design: Troy Lund

Troy has been voice acting, on-camera acting and producing music in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years. You can hear his voice in video games: the X-box Mech Warrior series, SAW I and II, Halo Wars 2 and Kid Icarus: Uprising; as well as in radio, TV and web spots for Amazon, Expedia, T-Mobile, Washington’s Lottery, AAA and Car Toys.

Lighting Design: Carolina Johnson

 

The Brothers Paranormal opens at Theatre Off Jackson on October 26 and runs through November 16. You can support our Indiegogo campaign and get your tickets!

Help THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL Get Into The Spirit

We’re launching our IndieGoGo campaign to raise money in support of THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL! Your contribution helps us give our designers more financial freedom to create fantastical props, sets, and costumes to give our audiences the most terrifying experience possible. And of course, there are perks — from signed posters to backstage tours, and maybe even some one-on-one time with the playwright!

Check out our IndieGoGo campaign and start donating!

You can also buy your tickets now — and make sure to share with your friends! A night at the theatre is always better with a buddy, and word of mouth is our best advertising.

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Meet the Cast of THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL

Featuring Kathy Hsieh as Tasanee, Sean Nguyen as Max, Van Lang Pham as Visarut, Selena Whitaker-Paquiet as Delia, Margaret Luxamon Hotchkiss as Jai, and Ronnie Hill as Felix. Photos by Alan Alabastro.

This talented cast will be directed by Mimi Katano (Youth Theatre Northwest), and supported by a design team of PFP veterans and newcomers: Brian Dang (ASM), Carolina Johnson (Lights), Janelle Kimbrough (Costumes), Troy Lund (Sound), Robin Macartney (Props and Set), and Josh Valdez (SM). We’re pleased to be working as well with a team of consultants and dramaturgs who are bringing their lived experiences and subject matter expertise to the production: Kim Douthit, Luzviminda Marcotte, Itsara Namtapi, Merri Ann Osborne, Chanya Swartz, and Lydia Valentine.

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All About THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL

Next up for UNLEASHED – THE LAUNCHPAD: An Evening of Sci-Fi One Acts

The next installment of UNLEASHED brings three brand new science fiction plays. Hop aboard THE LAUNCHPAD: An Evening of Sci-Fi One Acts lifting off on Monday, June 17th at 7:30pm at University Heights Center.

INTERVENTIONS by Greg Lam

A couple on a hike find their special plans interrupted by a succession of time travelers, each with a different message from the future.

Directed by Anna Ly.

Featuring: Minna Lee, Isabel Moskowitz, and Emma Schaefer

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN CORK’S JANITOR by Brian Dang

Captain Cork has just successful captured the Golden Bagel. Aboard his ship, the crew announces a party to celebrate. However, a group of Mothman worshipper take this time to ambush the ship. And the only person who can save the ship is Captain Corks janitor?

Directed by Anna Ly.

Featuring: Minna Lee, Isabel Moskowitz, Mario Orallo-Molinero, Kwesi Philips, and Chris Quilici

UTOPIA by Angeli Primlani

Tom and Marsha love Utopia. They believe in Utopia. They helped build Utopia. You can be anything you want in Utopia. You can travel to the past, the future, outer space, Middle Earth … meet Einstein and Walt Whitman, be or do what you like. But their daughter Robin has different ideas. The children of Utopia are learning to read and a mysterious Poet wants them to destroy the paradise their parents built.

Directed by Brad Walker.

Featuring: Faith Bennet Russell, Amber Rose Tanaka, Owen Yen, and more!

WHEN are we taking off?

Monday, June 17th at 7:30pm

WHERE are we headed?

University Heights Center (map)

5031 University Way NE Seattle, WA 98105

Wheelchair accessible. Learn more here.

How do I get my TICKETS?

Tickets are pay-what-you-can!

Get them here: https://unleashed-scifi.bpt.me

Auditions for The Brothers Paranormal

Pork Filled Productions proudly presents, as part of a rolling world premiere, The Brothers Paranormal by Prince Gomolvilas. Directed by Mimi Katano.

Two Thai-American brothers launch a ghost-hunting business in order to capitalize on the nationwide increase in sightings of “Asian-looking ghosts.” When the siblings end up investigating the home of an African-American couple that claims to be haunted by one very terrifying spirit, everyone’s notions of reality, fantasy, and sanity clash against the shocking truth.

The Brothers Paranormal will be performed at Theatre Off Jackson, October 25, 2019 thru November 16, 2019.

Audition information

Please review the character descriptions as age, gender, and ethnicity are specifically stated. Pork Filled Productions is dedicated to casting appropriately and are to committed to representing our characters and stories truthfully.

Actors of Asian descent and African descent are strongly encouraged to audition.

This play will include movement and some action sequences and actors should be comfortable with dance, movement, and stage fighting, etc. Stage combat and movement experience is a plus. Accents are not required at auditions.

Audition date: Saturday, May 18, 10am to 3pm

Callbacks date: Wednesday, May 22, 6:30pm to 9:30pm

Email for audition appointment: oink@porkfilled.com

      • Include headshot and resume in email

Sides will be provided.

Actors will be paid a stipend.

Character Descriptions

Actors of Asian descent and African descent are strongly encouraged to audition. Accents are not required at audition.

NOI: 20s; a Thai woman

MAX: 25; Thai American; born in the U.S.

DELIA: 50s; African American; born in the U.S.; her name is pronounced “DEE-LEE-UH”

VISARUT: 39; Thai American; born in Thailand; immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 13; speaks with a Thai accent; Max’s brother; his name is pronounced “VIS-UH-ROODT”; Thai accent is NOT required at auditions

TASANEE: 60; Thai American; born in Thailand; immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 33; speaks with a Thai accent; Max and Visarut’s mother; her name is pronounced “DTAH-SAH-NEE”; Thai accent is NOT required at auditions.

FELIX: 50s; African American; born in the U.S.; Delia’s husband.

Audition location

Auditions are at Prima Vera Arts Center (112 N. 5th Ave., across from KOMO Broadcasting, near Seatte Center). A map where auditions are held.

Contact

Please email oink@porkfilled.com with headshot and resume and to make an appointment for an audition.

PFP Proudly Announces Our Fall 2019 Mainstage Production: The Brothers Paranormal

We’re overjoyed to announce that we’re producing Prince Gomolvilas’ The Brothers Paranormal, directed by Mimi Katano, just in time for Halloween 2019! After staging a reading of this in 2015, we’ve been itching to bring Brothers to the stage with a full production, and we’re honored to be part of the play’s rolling world premiere with theaters in NYC, Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Portland!

 

In The Brothers Paranormal, two Thai-American brothers launch a ghost-hunting business in order to capitalize on the nationwide increase in sightings of “Asian-looking ghosts.” When the siblings end up investigating the home of an African-American couple that claims to be haunted by one very terrifying spirit, everyone’s notions of reality, fantasy, and sanity clash against the shocking truth.

 

Long time PFP fans will remember Prince as the author of 2007 Big Hunk O’ Burnin’ Love, our first foray into stage plays wayyy back in 2007.  You won’t want to miss this latest venture, so make sure to follow PFP here or on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with us!

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