If There're Seasons... (2007)

The winter of death numbs a lover’s pain,
The autumn of dreams lies awake in vain,
The summer of life sings its passing song,
And spring comes again… with courage to hope, and go on.

"If there are seasons I would see snow, but not around here..." 

After the painful demise of his girlfriend Jing, Ah Le flies to New York to breathe life into his fading dream of writing music. There he meets and befriends Ah Qiang, a fellow dream hunter from Singapore, who helps him settle right in. It is a difficult period of transition, but Ah Le soon gets a job working at a restaurant.

While on the job he encounters Rose, a struggling actress who fits right in with the boys and a beautiful friendship of battered dreams and bruised lives is born. The winds of fate stir and their lives tumble on. An air of romance lingers wistfully, but does an old love really die?

"There are no seasons here, but there is always love..." 

Creative Team

Composer & Lyricist: Liang Wern Fook 
Playwright: Raymond To
Directors: Kuo Jian Hong, Alvin Chiam Hwee Chin 
Producer: Felina Khong, Ian Fong 

Music Arranger: Bang Wenfu
Music Director & Vocal Coach: Lim Shieh Yih
Choreographers: Jalyn Han, Kuo Jing Hong 

Set Design:
Kuo Jian Hong
Li Haomin Nicholas
Li Ka Yui
Lin Shuxian
Tiw Pek Hong
Thomas Wong Peng Zhou
Yang Han 
Costume Design: Frederick Lee 
Lighting Design: Lee Bee Bee
Sound Design: Shah Tahir
Hair Design: Ashley Lim
Makeup Design: Candy Tang for MAC Cosmetics 

Cast

George Chen
Joanna Dong
Sebastian Tan
Magdalene See
Tay Tien Loon
Lim Shieh Yih
Ric Liu
Liong Tze Hui
Goh Guat Kian
Johnny Ng
Tamsin Helen Cornes
Mariel Katrina Ledesma Reyes
Andrew Lua
Peer Metze
Ted Utoft
Jacqueline Chow
Hang Qian Chou
Liu Xiaoyi
Audrey Luo Baoling
Mindee Ong
Celine Rosa Tan
Katherine Tang
Catherine Wong
Tammy Chan Li Yi
Zoea Tania Chen Jinyan
Lee Jun Er
Lee Qian Yu
Bryant Ng Kee Chun
Teo En Siang

Band

Conductor: Belinda Foo
Keyboard: Christine Sham
Guitar: Jonathan Koh
Bass: Colin Yong
Percussion: Vicknes Kumar Veerappan
Violin: Kathleen Koh
Cello: Leong Wan Yee

Production Team

Production Manager: Tan Lay Hoon
Stage Manager: Ting Hock Hoe
Assistant Stage Manager: Cheng Zi Hui, Ng Jie Ying Jessie 
Head of Staging: Huang Xiangbin
Assistant Head of Staging: Tan Peng Kian, Tang Ji Ching 

Props: Ed-Linddi Ong 
Stage Assistants: Chan Lee Lee, Liu Hong
Wardrobe Assistants: Vivianne Koh, Andrew Jeevan A/L Arokiamsamy, Tennie Su
Lighting Operator: Fong Siao Yuong 
Followspot Operators: Maung Thu Yain Pye Aung, Mohamad Haziq bin Sujaran 
Sound Engineer: Sandra Tay
Sound Operator: Hsieh Pey Lun
Radio Mic Assistants: Mandy Tay, Sia Mei Hwan 
Surtitles: Wong Han Juan
Surtitles Operator: Low Jia Hua 

Marketing Consultant: Doris Lee of Sense Asian 

(Source: The Theatre Practice Programme)