Singapore, Michigan
by C hong An Ong Pangdemonium The Singapore Airlines Theatre LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore I was in the shower when the call came. I scrambled out, furiously towelling off, as a genteel voice on the other line offered me a job at one of London's biggest and most prestigious law firms. As an overseas Singaporean student wrapping up university, it was a life-changing moment. Should I stay on in the UK to start my career or return to Singapore – a place where everything was clean, comforting and familiar but where I inevitably felt pigeonholed and forced to live life according to a script? I still remember gripping my flip phone, water pooling at the floor. Pangdemonium’s latest production, written by Chong An Ong and directed by Timothy Koh, features a young Singaporean couple at a similar crossroads. Manish (Shrey Bhargava) and Carol (Ching Shu Yi) are students in their final year of university in the US. In the dead of winter, they decide to take a road trip with thei...
