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!