Updates
Milestones from the road to the stage — readings, workshops, and what's ahead for iMPERFECT messiah.
A Zoom dramaturgy clinic brought together four dramaturgs and a group of theatre student observers spanning the Philippines, Hawai'i, and Australia — a working session focused on tightening the book ahead of the next stage of development.
iMPERFECT messiah received its first staged reading, sponsored by Seymour Performers Workshop — actors on script, songs sung live to a piano track, and a narrator carrying the stage directions. Read the full story →
The Archive
The full record of readings, workshops, and milestones since the very first table reading in 2017 — preserved from the earlier site.
Behind-the-scenes photos and reflections from the night of the first Staged Reading. Read more →
The complete three-act synopsis presented alongside the 2023 Staged Reading, with the full cast of actor-readers. Read more →
The Staged Reading concept was reimagined as weekly video showcases — an incubator for The iMPERFECT YouTube Series. Read more →
Thirty supporters helped fund the campaign ahead of the first staged reading. Read more →
Behind-the-scenes highlights from the Seymour audition-workshop, told by writer and co-director Beth Mondragon-Williams. Read more →
Seymour Performers Workshop called for performers to join an experimental development workshop. Read more →
Supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund Queensland, the production took its next step forward with a rehearsed reading in Gympie, Queensland. Read more →
A 60-hour writing intensive finalised and notated 15 outstanding songs for piano and voice. Read more →
A weekend music workshop with the Kasing Sining creative community produced arrangements for four major scenes. Read more →
Lead composer Sean Hutton workshopped two songs for the Wives Scene with students of the Australian Institute of Music. Read more →
iMPERFECT messiah was first read aloud by second-year Musical Theatre students at the Australian Institute of Music in Melbourne — the earliest step in the show's development. Read more →