• Timmy Ong, MFA 2022

  • Timmy Ong
    Area of Study Acting
    Height 5'5"
    Hair Color Black
    Eye Color Black
    Voice Tenor (C3 to C5)
    Pronouns He/Him
    Email [email protected]
    Websites
    Timmy's website

    Resume


    Experience Name: MFA New Visions 2022
    Show: Dress in Code
    Character: Yuan Fan-Shen/Wu Tsen
    Playhouse / Producer: School of Drama, The New School
    Playwright: Li-ying Chien (translation by Wei-ming Liu Egelman and Ruth Tang)
    Director: I-Chen Wang

    Experience Name: MFA CoLab Festival
    Show: Isabel
    Character: Harriet
    Playhouse / Producer: School of Drama, The New School
    Playwright: Ruth Tang
    Director: I-Chen Wang

    Experience Name: MFA Mainstage Production
    Show: The Cherry Orchard
    Character: Simeonov-Pishchik
    Playhouse / Producer: School of Drama, The New School
    Playwright: Anton Chekhov (translation by Carol Rocamora)
    Director: Aneesha Kudtarkar

    Experience Name: MFA New Visions 2021
    Show: Divine Contradictions
    Character: Ensemble player
    Playhouse / Producer: School of Drama, The New School
    Playwright: Written by Ensemble
    Director: Francisco Rivera Rodriguez

    Experience Name: MFA Shakespeare Adaptations
    Show: Romeo and Juliet
    Character: Mercutio
    Playhouse / Producer: School of Drama, The New School
    Playwright: William Shakespeare
    Director: Colin Wilson

    Experience Name: MFA New Visions 2020
    Show: Richard III
    Character: Prince Edward V
    Playhouse / Producer: School of Drama, The New School
    Playwright: William Shakespeare
    Director: Pauls Macs

    Experience Name: The Nth Degree Series: Creative Minds Creating Change
    Show: The Art of Change
    Character: Speaker
    Playhouse / Producer: The College of Performing Arts, The New School
    Playwright: Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Chiara Bottici
    Director: Ashley Tata

    Experience Name: The Festival of New
    Show: Musicircus
    Character: Participant/Dancer
    Playhouse / Producer: The College of Performing Arts, The New School
    Playwright: John Cage
    Director: Blair McMillen

    Experience Name: Short Film
    Show: Serious Cat Talk
    Character: Ah Fu (lead)
    Playhouse / Producer: Kotodama Lab
    Playwright: Tan Pik Yee, Khairul Arifin Ajib
    Director: Khairul Arifin Ajib

    Experience Name: Short FIlm
    Show: Silent Transition
    Character: Timmy (lead)
    Playhouse / Producer: Theseplay
    Playwright: Nik Ahmad Bukhari, Luqman Afiq
    Director: Shafiq Shahat
    Role: *Top 10 Finalist, Berjaya Youth Short Film Competition

    Experience Name: Student FIlm
    Show: Fresh Air
    Character: Timmy (lead)
    Playhouse / Producer: William Cusick
    Playwright: Jerome Allen
    Director: Jerome Allen

    Experience Name: Student FIlm
    Show: Offside
    Character: Michael (lead)
    Playhouse / Producer: William Cusick
    Playwright: Booker Vance
    Director: Booker Vance

    Experience Name: Student Film
    Show: Legohouse
    Character: Xavier (lead)
    Playhouse / Producer: Taylor's University / Justin Lopez, Joanne Lau
    Playwright: Joanna Lau
    Director: Jordan Chai, Joanna Lau

    Experience Name: Musical Theater
    Show: Xuan Zang: Journey to the West
    Character: Gopal (originated; lead)
    Playhouse / Producer: Han Production
    Playwright: Yang Wei-Han, Tay Cher Siang
    Director: Yang Wei-Han
    Role: *Performed in Mandarin and featured in original cast album

    Experience Name: Musical Theater
    Show: Euphrasia The Musical
    Character: Father Breton (originated; featured ensemble)
    Playhouse / Producer: The Good Shepherd Sisters of Singapore-Malaysia
    Playwright: Cheah Ui-Hua, Terence Toh
    Director: Dominic Lucien Luk
    Role: *National tour in Malaysia

    Experience Name: Opera
    Show: The Magic Flute
    Character: Chorus
    Playhouse / Producer: The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
    Playwright: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Director: Guillaume Tourniaire (conductor)

    Education

    MFA in Acting, School of Drama, College of Performing Arts at The New School

    Skills

    Fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka, Malay, Manglish/Singlish. Intermediate ballet, modern, and contemporary dance; Malay traditional and cultural dance. Swimming. Legit tenor (C3 to C5). Intermediate cello. Some piano and guitar. Choreography. Writing/creating. Dialects: RP, MLE, Indian, French, Russian, Southern. 

    Training

    On Camera: Sanjit De Silva, Erica Jensen
    Acting: Patrice Johnson, Crystal Dickinson, Caymichael Patten, Annelise Lawson, Kathryn Rossetter
    Movement: Cynthia Reynolds,Teva Bjerken (Alexander), Nora Woolley (Grotowski),  Nicole Ann Thomas (Biomechanics), Shelley Wyant (Masque), Thomas Schall (stage combat), Jean Taylor (Clowning)
    Voice & Speech: Alba Quezada, Andrea Haring, Mak Chi Hoe; Susan Cameron (speech)
    Dance: Shannon Stowe, Suhaili Micheline (ISTD Intermediate - Ballet; contemporary)



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