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Timmy Ong, MFA 2022

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Area of StudyActingHeight 5'5Hair Color BlackEye Color BlackVoice Tenor (C3 to C5)Pronouns He/HimEmail timmyong.works@gmail.comWebsites Timmy's websiteLanguages English, mandarin, cantonese, hakka, malay

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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)

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)

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. 

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