actor | performer | collaborator

Hello! I’m Genevieve, but most people call me Gen by the end of a day’s work. My pronouns are she/her and I am a queer, Chinese, Singaporean woman. I've just graduated from the BA (Hons) Acting at LASALLE, into the wild wonderful world of freelancing as a theatre-person in Singapore. If you click around, you can get to know me better through some work that I'm very happy to have created or been part of.

current & upcoming

• Stories Inside & Out! A Friendship Set in Stone - Octoburst 2024

• Secondary: The Musical – Original Cast Recording

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Voiceover Samples

[DEMO] Documentary Voiceover

[DEMO] Movie Trailer Voiceover

Tosh - Singapore Kindness Movement

Steve - The Sultan's Palace

Prince - The Sultan's Palace

ACTING

here are some of my most recent / significant / favourite works i've been in!

Secondary: The Musical
Zhao Lilin

Written & composed by weish, directed by Huzir Sulaiman
Checkpoint Theatre | photos by Nicholas Yeo and Crispian Chan

The Elemental Tour - Olafur Eliasson: Your Curious Journey (2024)
Elemental

Written and directed by Krish Natarajan
Strawberries Inc. | photos by Alvin Ho, AlvieAlive;
Images courtesy of the artist and Singapore Art Museum; © 1993 Olafur Eliasson

The EX-Change: A Treasure Quest (2023)
Dr Schmeckl

Written by Krish Natarajan, directed by Cherilyn Woo
Strawberries Inc. | Photos from Peranakan Museum

Kids' Gifts, COEs & Roast Duck (2023)
Goose

Written and directed by Irsyad Dawood for Centre 42's Headline Acts 1 (SIFA X: There is No Future in Nostalgia)
Archival footage from Centre 42

Rattle King 2 (2023)
Jester Rumpu

Written and directed by Danny Yeo for Esplanade's March On! 2023
Photos courtesy of Esplanade Singapore.

The Almighty Sometimes (2022)
Ensemble

Written by Kendall Feaver, directed by Daniel Jenkins
Photos from / Presented by Singapore Repertory Theatre

An Absolute Turkey (2022)
Mitzi

Written by Georges Feydeau, directed by Robin Sneller
LASALLE College of the Arts | photos by Jon Cancio

Blood Wedding (2022)
Mother (Understudy)

Written by Federico Garcia Lorca, directed by Blake Hackler
LASALLE College of the Arts | photo by Syazza Stoffa

A Winter People (2022)
Ming

Adapted by Chay Yew from The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, directed by Peter Zazzali
LASALLE College of the Arts | photos by Crispian Chan

Descendants of the Eunuch Admiral (2021)
Ensemble

Written by Kuo Pao Kun, directed by Alvin Chiam
LASALLE College of the Arts | photos by Crispian Chan

Ma Courage (2021)
Ma Courage

Adapted and directed by Samantha Scott-Blackhall from Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht
LASALLE College of the Arts | photos by Crispian Chan

Fade to Gist: I'm NOW Awake (2021)

Created by Wang Shao Kai
LASALLE College of the Arts | photos by Zaini Hassan & Megan Tan

Mama Looking for her Cat (2021)
Mama

Written by Kuo Pao Kun, directed by Felipe Cervera
LASALLE College of the Arts | photos by Crispian Chan

PERFORMANCE

puppetry

The Boy Who Loved the Moon (2024)
Choreography and Puppeteer

Written by Dino Alaimo, directed by Samantha Scott-Blackhall
Gateway Arts Singapore | Photos by Poh Yu Khing

PLAYTIME! Together (2022)
Puppeteer: Mr Cockroach and others

Created by Isabella Chiam for Esplanade's Playtime ! 2022
Photos courtesy of Esplanade Singapore

The Sultan's Palace (2020)
Puppeteer: Prince and Steve the Royal Guard

A choose-your-own-adventure puppet film. Click on the banner to venture into the Sultan's Palace!

created by Bright Ong | for The Artground's Groundbreakers 2020

A Good Bye (2019)
Writer and Puppeteer

A Good Bye is a two minute short situated in a window of stillness during a wake. For a little while, the pain fades into the background, and we sense the beginning of a world without the one that has passed. Such moments of clarity have sustained and grounded me during my most tumultuous and intense experiences of loss. In these moments, I remember that the world does not end. Directed and mentored by Bright Ong.

• the moonhouse

Indie-acoustic duo, The Moonhouse, started off busking along Mist Walk at MBS. Genevieve and Rachel love being great friends and having great fun. They hope to create a tiny space of warmth on the streets that people can feel in their hearts through music. Click on pics, have a listen!

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Lotus Root Support Group (2024)

Impromptu Meetings
42 Waterloo Street Black Box
Stage Manager

Smart Sam (2024)

Asian Civilisations Museum
ACM Auditorium
Stage Manager

Antigone (2024)

School of the Arts, Year 4 Theatre
SOTA Black Box
Stage Manager

Elysian (2023)

M.A Ballet
NAFA Lee Foundation Theatre
Deputy Stage Manager

Brave Maeve (2023)

LASALLE College of the Arts
LASALLE Flexible Space
Stage Manager

RENT by The Showstoppers (2023)

Sing' Theatre
SOTA Studio Theatre
Stage Manager

I Love You, You're Perfect,
Now Change (2023)

Sing' Theatre
Alliance Francaise
Assistant Stage Manager

What the Bach (2021)

Red Dot Baroque
Esplanade Annexe Studio
FOH Manager

Mine (2020)

Wild Rice
Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre @ Wild Rice
Stage Hand

Palindromes (2019)

Method Productions
Play Den @ The Arts House
Stage Manager

How I Learned to Drive (2019)

Wag the Dog Theatre
Black Box @ Drama Centre
Sound Operator

Benches (2018)

Method Productions
Play Den @ The Arts House
Stage Manager

The Consultant (2018)

Wag the Dog Theatre
Black Box @ Drama Centre
Sound Operator

CREATIVE WORK

Stories Inside and Out! A Friendship Set in Stone (2024)

Creator ( writer & director )

Three friends, Frog, Elephant, and Pig, love to have playful competitions and shared adventures. One sunny day, after an argument, Pig challenges Frog to a high-stakes race to Pulau Ubin: whoever fails to arrive by noon will turn to stone. As the race unfolds, a storm erupts, trapping them in its fury. By noon, the three friends transform into stone statues. As they turn into stone, they reflect on their shared adventures and the importance of sticking together through thick and thin. Today, visitors to Pulau Ubin can still see the stone figures of Frog, Pig, and Elephant: a timeless reminder of their adventure and friendship.Presented as part of Octoburst 2024 and Pip's Playbox at the Esplanade, 4-5 October 2024.
For families with children 3 and up.CREDITS
Playwright and Director: Genevieve Tan
Performed by: Miriam Cheong & Aricia Ng
Stage Management: Dilys Ang
Commissioned by Esplanade Pte Ltd

Sunday School of Hard Knocks (2023)

Director

From being baptised as a baby to attending a Christian All-Girls' school on weekdays and Sunday school over the weekend, Miriam's whole world has revolved around the big J man in the sky. A bona fide bible verse memoriser and hymn belter, she spent much of her life as the ultimate Jesus fangirl.Until her world expands. She realises hot cartoon men make her think salacious thoughts. She realises dildos feel good actually. She realises that the woman in her school with the gorgeous shoulders and icy glare is making her feel a certain way, but she can't call it love because her church was part of a campaign supporting the banning of queer-inclusive sex education.And suddenly, she finds it hard to love a place that can't love her in return.Recounting her absurd life, from the abstinence-based sex education to the latent homoerotic tension of Singaporean girls' schools to the not-so-secret secret lesbian aunts in the family, 'Sunday School of hard knocks' is an earnest reckoning with religion and the evangelical church's growing influence in Singapore.Presented as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2023 at the Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Archive Room, 18-22 October 2023. Recipient of Judges' Pick Accolade.CREDITS
Playwright and Performer: Miriam Cheong
Producer: Mark Benedict Cheong
Director: Genevieve Tan

Lost in Transit (2022)

Chief Sound Designer

Lost In Transit is the first edition of an in-progress script by Michelle S. Tuberfield, co-created by Riznadya Lee & Melva Lee, based on their experiences as Third Culture Kids. This audio play started out as an inquiry into what happens to a child’s sense of identity and belonging when raised away from the traditional idea of “home”.Told through the semi-autobiographical narrative of three people, this work has formed around the feelings of nostalgia, isolation and loss that arise when your childhood is a constant, impromptu state of limbo.CREDITS
Lead Creative: Michelle S. Turberfield
Co-creatives: Riznadya Lee, Melva Lee
Chief Sound Designer: Genevieve Tan
Soundscape Artists: Thach PonaBandith, Jonathan TurberfieldSPECIAL THANKS
Ramzie Tahar (advisor & director for Coffee Shop), Adlina Binti Mohd Anis (TRC Publicity), Sofie Buligis (Artistic Director of TRC), Eugene Koh (TRC Dramaturgic advisor), Lee Shu Yu (TRC Dramaturgic advisor)