Drama Mamas!

Let me tell you, folks, FTL might be about the Christmas story, but it's more than that! We've got a young couple about to have an unplanned baby. We've got Shepherd siblings who are at each other's throats. We have Wise Men who... well. More on that later. It's really about relationships, at the very heart of the story: between young parents, between brothers and sisters, between best friends, and between humankind and bigger forces out there. And it's about, without intending to sound too didactic about it, purpose; significance. So the show has a lot of humour, and it has poignancy, and it also has (dum-dum-dumm!!!) conflict. Oooo.

I think the cast will be the first to tell you that FTL is a drama fest. Forget your Korean soap operas! Forget your Bolds and Beautifuls, Days of Our Lives, Youngs and Restlesses! Seeking a dose of emo? We'll provide it! Don't believe me? Check out these rehearsal clips - first off, audio with the Shepherds, between the maligned Shepherd boy and his gruff sisters:

Rydee Anna Abdul (left) as Zemira; Adrien Ritzal as Marvin

Zalina Lee as Bathsheba

Next, check out this video of Mary and Joe, the young mommy- and daddy-to-be, having their domestic squabbles! (The black blob on the left is yours truly at the piano.) I tell you, one minute you'll be laughing, the next, you'll be sobbing into your daiquiris and frozen margaritas! Enjoy! (Incidentally, the very last line in the Joe and Mary video demonstrates a point in my previous post: that sometimes, words might need to be tweaked. We'll see if we tweak it. Heh!)