candice de rozario
actress

 

NAME:
Candice de Rozario
CURRENT EXTERNAL STATUS:
Freelance theatre practitioner, suspected to be in cahoots with D’Rama Arts and Imaginarts, touring schools and corrupting the leaders of tomorrow
CURRENT INTERNAL STATUS:
Master of Disguises, able to perform in any capacity called upon. (arches eyebrow cryptically) “Except lights. I am a Creature of the Night. I don’t do...lights.”
PREFFERED MODUS OPERANDI:
Actor, singer, punching bag
TRAINING RECEIVED:
B.A. in Theatre, Communication and English from Goshen College in Indiana, USA
FIRST STAGES ENCOUNTER:
Initial contact with master criminal Jonathan Lim: Women On Canvas at Action! Theatre, as part of their Painted Stories festival of new plays, in 2000
RECORD OF STAGES OFFENCES:
2004
Actually...Love
Cast
Poetry In The Flesh I
Ensemble
2003
FORBIDDEN CC
(A STAGES Open House at Siglap South CC)
– Various Sondheim numbers; Memories: Conspiracy Theory; one of the Witches in Macbeth; Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
 
2001

SHAKESPEARE IN THE COURTYARD
(At Stamford Library)
– Nurse in Romeo’s attempted suicide scene, Romeo and Juliet; First Witch in the prophecy scene, Macbeth; Noblewoman in Lady Macbeth’s “Out damned spot” scene, Macbeth

 
2000
HARK THE JINGLE RED-NOSED CHESTNUTS
(at CHIJMES)
Sound Operator
RECORD OF OTHER SIGNIFICANT OFFENCES:
 
STAGE
 
2003
Lysistrata Lah!
(by Aristophanes, adapted and localized by Jonathan Lim, et al. Dramatized reading coordinated by Jonathan Lim. Young Musicians’ Society and the Singapore Tyler Print Institute. An all-star charity event to benefit Mercy Relief, featuring the local arts community, including such luminaries as Ivan Heng, Emma Yong, Pam Oei, Gerald Chew, Keagan Kang and others.)
Ensemble,
script adaptor,
wardrobe coordinator,
Peace Flower
Team member
2001
Hedda Gabler
(by Henrik Ibsen. Directed by Phil McConnell, Stage Club. Drama Center, Singapore.)
Props

Dream of the Red Chamber
(by Cao Xue Qin, adapted by Henry Ong. Directed by Tan Boon Hui, Action! Theatre, Singapore.)

Supporting role (Phoenix), minor roles (Golden Bracelet, Cherry, Numbskull)

Servant of Two Masters
(by Carlo Goldoni, new version by Tom Cone. Directed by Justin Lee, Stage Club. Drama Center, Singapore.)

Props

The 2nd 42 Theatre Festival:
I Didn’t Know You Could Cook

(by Rich Orloff. Directed by Candice de Rozario under the supervision of Krishen Jit, and featuring David Leong as Jerome and Jay Espano as Mark. Action! Theatre, Singapore. This bi-annual festival seeks to provide new local artists with a platform to showcase their talent.)

Director
2000
Painted Stories: The Tub
(by Li Xueying and Chew Directed by Li Xueying. Action! Theatre, Singapore.)
Female lead (Cat/Cathy/Catherine)
Painted Stories: Women On Canvas - A Musical
(By Jonathan Lim and Bang Wenfu. Directed by Jonathan Lim. Music Director, Bang Wenfu. Action! Theatre, Singapore.)
Ensemble (B)
Chameleon
(by Denise Marsh and Bang Wenfu. Directed by Denise Marsh. Music Director, Bang Wenfu. Jubilee Hall, Singapore.)
Stage Manager, Backup singer (recorded)
Hark the Jingle Red-nosed Chestnuts
(adapted and arranged by Jonathan Lim, Sean Yeo and Bang Wenfu. Directed by Jonathan Lim and Sean Yeo. Music Director, Bang Wenfu. CHIJMES Hall, Singapore.)
Sound operator
Alice in Wonderland
(by Lewis Carroll. Adapted by Daniel Toyne. Directed by Daniel Toyne, Stage Club. Victoria Theatre, Singapore.)
Spotlight operator
1999
American College Theatre Festival, 1999
(Held in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
Audition partner to Tina Brown, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship nominee
Ah! Wilderness
(by Eugene O’Neill. Directed by Kathy Woods. Clear Creek Country Theatre, a community theatre in Nassau Bay, Texas, USA.)
Supporting role (Muriel), sound designer
1998
The Magic Flute
(by WA Mozart. A collaboration between the GC Players and the GC Music Department. Directed by David Tadlock, Professor of Music. Orchestra directed by David L Mosley, Professor of Music, Goshen College.)
Principal role (Third Spirit), production assistant
The Prodigal Son
(by Warren Kliewer. Directed by Peter Scott, student, Goshen College.)
Stage Manager
1997
Twilight, Los Angeles 1992
(By Anna Deavere Smith. Originally performed by Smith as a one-woman show, with each character’s monologue transcribed verbatim from interviews with people who were involved in the riots in Los Angeles following the Rodney King police brutality case. Directed by Lauren Friesen, Professor of Theatre, with heavy contribution by the cast. Goshen College.)
Ensemble (Richard Kim, Teresa Allison, Mrs Young-Soon Han, Mrs June Park)
Student-written One-Acts:
The Magician’s Daughter and Boxes


(The Magician’s Daughter by Bryan Falcon, directed by Renee Miller, theatre student. Boxes by Mel Spohn, directed by Rebecca Byler, theatre student, Goshen College.)
Assistant live music coordinator for The Magician’s Daughter, sound designer and operator for Boxes
Two By Chekov:
The Bear and The Marriage Proposal

(by Anton Chekov. The Bear directed by Matt Wiens, theatre student. The Proposal directed by Doug Liechty Caskey, Professor of Theatre, Goshen College.)
Sound designer and operator
1996
Pygmalion
(by George Bernard Shaw. Directed by Lauren Friesen, Professor of Theatre, Goshen College.)
Minor roles (Bystander and A Party Guest), sound designer & engineer, accent coach
Between Us
(A student recital by Catherine Friesen [not related to Lauren] which included The Jewish Wife by Brecht, Rockaby by Samuel Beckett and Savage/Love by Shepard and Chaikin. Directed by Catherine Friesen, theatre student, Goshen College.)
Sound engineer and operator
Beyond Therapy
(by Christopher Durang. Directed by Jeremy Garber, theatre student, Goshen College.)
Sound designer, engineer and operator
The Taming of the Shrew
(by Shakespeare. Abridged and directed by Ervin Beck, Professor of English, Goshen College. This was a play they studied in her Shakespeare course with Prof. Beck. When it was discovered that there were too many women and not enough men in the class to fill all the roles, the decision was made to do a cross-gender version of the play with the text intact, with only the gender-specific pronouns switched. This made for a very interesting perspective on traditional gender roles.)
Supporting role (Gremia) (originally this was the male role of Gremio), sound designer
1995
The Imaginary Cuckold
(A one-act by Moliere. Directed by Bryan Falcon, theatre student, Goshen College.)
Supporting role (Lisette, nursemaid to the ingénue)
The Dining Room
(by HR Gurney. Directed by Lauren Friesen, Professor of Theatre, Goshen College.)
Sound operator
As You Like It
(by Shakespeare. Directed by Lauren Friesen, Professor of Theatre, Goshen College.)

Minor role
(A Page)
production assistant
(mainly helped to build the set for credit as part of her Theatre Production class)

1994
Let Man Live
(A one-act by Carl Lagerkvist. Directed by Lauren Friesen, Professor of Theatre, Goshen College)
Originally, Ingrid was a male role named Richard, but the decision was made to cast women in some roles to make the ensemble more balanced.
Ensemble
(Ingrid)
1993
Immortality
(One-act written by Julian Cheong and Candice de Rozario for the Third Seletar Institute Drama Festival in Victoria Theatre. Won the Best Actress Award for her role of Elvira Wong, and the play took the Best Play Award.)
Co-writer,
female lead
(Elvira Wong)
Before 1993
Co-wrote, co-adapted, directed, coordinated, designed sound and acted in various school productions.
 
SCHOOL TOURING SHOWS
 
2003
Global Village
(by Peggy Ferroa and Danny Jow. Directed by Danny Jow, D’Rama Arts. A play about international friendship and communication and how the use of proper English can facilitate this.)
Ensemble
(Kelly)
One Nation, One Heritage
(by Eleanor Tan. Directed by Elnie Mashari, D’Rama Arts. A play about interracial relations in Singapore.)
Ensemble
(Joyce)
When Things Go Wrong
(by Danny Jow and Eleanor Tan. Directed by Danny Jow, D’Rama Arts. A musical that traces the story of one family set against the background of the history of Singapore from WWII to independence.)
Lead
(Clara/Siew Mei)
Up In Smoke
(by Jonathan Lim and Brian Seward. Directed by Jonathan Lim, Imaginarts. An anti-smoking show commissioned by the Health Promotion Board.)
Ensemble
(Adriana Fumes, Tasha Tar, Nurse, Screaming Fan)
2002
When Things Go Wrong
(by Danny Jow and Eleanor Tan. Directed by Danny Jow, D’Rama Arts. A musical that traces the story of one family set against the background of the history of Singapore from WWII to independence.)
Lead
(Clara/Siew Mei)
 
TELEVISION
 
2002
Mr Kiasu
“Delete SMS”
(MediaCorp Production 5)
Bit Role
(T.T. Tua)

Living With Lydia
“Thank Gott”
(MediaCorp Production 5)

Guest Supporting
Role
(Nurse Receptionist)
CONTACT HER AT:
candice at nowstagethis dot com

 

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