MOCA PERFORMS - Brothers Paranormal

Door Opens at 2:45pm | Show Begins at 3:00pm

Somewhere in the American Midwest in 2007, Thai-American brothers Max and Visarut are struggling to keep their fledgling paranormal investigation business alive. When they’re hired by Delia and Felix, an African-American couple displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the brothers are drawn into a haunting that defies logic and belief—a female apparition who may be speaking Thai. As their investigation unfolds, reality, fantasy, and sanity collide, forcing everyone to confront buried grief, cultural ghosts, and the fragile boundaries between worlds. The Brothers Paranormal is a thrilling, chilling, and deeply moving exploration of loss, identity, and the unexpected compassion that emerges in our darkest hours.

CREATIVE TEAM
Prince Gomolvilas, Playwright
Keng S. Meateanuwat (เก่ง สัณหวิชญ์ เมธีอนุวัตร), Director

ABOUT Prince Gomolvilas, Playwright

Prince Gomolvilas is an internationally produced Thai-American playwright and winner of a PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama. His critically acclaimed ghost story, The Brothers Paranormal, debuted Off-Broadway at the Beckett Theatre, in a production by Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. It has since been published by Dramatic Publishing and performed across the United States and Canada. He is a former Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Southern California. For more information and to watch his TEDx Talk, visit www.princegomolvilas.com.

ABOUT Keng S. Meateanuwat เก่ง สัณหวิชญ์ เมธีอนุวัตร, Director

Keng S. Meateanuwat (เก่ง สัณหวิชญ์ เมธีอนุวัตร) is a Thai theatre director/writer/translator/storyteller based in NYC. They taught acting/directing at Bangkok University for three years. They were a resident director at Bangkok University Theatre Company, where they directed and translated numerous plays, including August: Osage County, True West, The Humans, Fool for Love, Bent, Death and the Maiden, and The Clean House. Recent directing credits include Dear Mr. C (Village Theater), What You Are To Me (NQT, HERE ARTS), Lungs (Life Studio, Bangkok), KHAM (ART/NY), Lanna Dream (The Den Chicago), The Adventure of Sky and Friends (New Victory Labworks), A Sisyphean Dream (Pan Asian Rep’s Nuwork 2023), and The Revolutionists (Heartland Theatre Company). Assistant directing credits include Transitional Love Stories (TheatreLab NYC), Sanctuary City (Seattle Rep), and Big Hunk O' Burnin' Love (Roundabout Theatre Company). 2022 National SDC Directing Fellowship Award and 2023 The John Cauble Emerging Producer/Leader Award from the Kennedy Center. 2023 The Drama League's Irene Gandy Directing Assistantship recipient. Leon Levy Foundation Roundabout Directors Group cohort 5. Keng’s adaptation, Walk to the Stars, is a semifinalist for the 2024 National Playwrights Conference at the O'Neill. 2025 The Drama League's Special Project Residency. Keng is also the Executive Director of Thai Theatre Foundation US. M.F.A. Directing: Illinois State University. www.kengsm.com

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