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"...energetic and innovative… a director’s (Chil Kong) clear understanding of the musical”                      - Seattle Times - WEST SIDE STORY   "Director Chil Kong hits multiple home runs here. His ability to elicit nuanced performances from the cast... a production that will not soon be forgotten.”                     - Times - SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER   "…so charismatic and Chil Kong’s staging so adept that one willingly submits…”                     - Backstage West - MIKADO PROJECTdirector_files/REVIEWwestSIDEbreaksmold01-20-1999.pdfdirector_files/Suddenly%20Last%20Summer.pdfdirector_files/MK-ReviewBackstagewest%20copy.pdfshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2
CHIL KONG has been actively directing theatrical productions since he left Boston Conservatory. He has served as the artistic director of Asia On Stage in Boston, the director in residence with the San Diego Asian American Theatre Company in San Diego, the artistic director of the North West  Asian American Theater Company in Seattle, and the co-artistic director of the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles. Collectively he has directed over 15 productions across the country.   He currently holds the title of Co-Artistic Director of LODESTONE Theater Ensemble, working side by side with playwright and director, Philip C. Chung.   Critics have said of Lodestone's meteoric rise on the Los Angeles scene:   "Director… and his fearless cast keep the energy high and the laughs plentiful.  Fans of Comedy Central and ‘Borat’… will roar at such wicked comic comment.”                     -LA times’ review of TeleMongol   "… an absorbing and literate contemporary drama… The Golden Hour is sure to stay in your thoughts well after the final curtain—and what greater accomplishment does any work of art need to fulfill?”                     –Backstage West’s Review of Golden Hour   "…both sophisticated and humane, always watchable and frequently moving… captivating blend of delicacy and forcefulness…"                     -LA Times’ Review of Solve For X   Lodestone strives to represent edgy and compelling stories told from an Asian American point of view. www.lodestonetheatre.org   Mr. Kong has since branched into film direction, beginning with the short - POLLEN, written by Nic Cha Kim and starring Alec Mapa, Felix Pire, and Becky Baeling.   He followed that with Dennis Hensley's SCREENING PARTY, a half hour multi-camera sitcom based on the novel of the same name, starring Dennis Hensley, Tony Tripoli, Ossie Beck, Erin Quill, Felix Pire, Nora Burns and a cameo by Chil Kong. Then he developed his own half hour single camera comedy THE OH MALLEY’S, and quickly moved to a full length feature THE MIKADO PROJECT based on the hit musical with the same name. Revamped for the big screen, the movie follows a rag tag band of Asian American theater artist who in a moment of desperation put up Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado. From there Chil directed another half hour multi camera sitcom JUST THE THREE OF US (currently in post), preparing the shoot yet another half hour multi camera sitcom THE CHARLES KIM SHOW (currently in pre-production), in pre-production for the feature K-Town PI and in development with two other features THE KAIFENG and QWERTY, both scheduled to shoot in 2010.http://www.lodestonetheatre.org/http://velvetcandyentertainment.blogspot.com/2007_05_27_archive.htmlhttp://velvetcandyentertainment.blogspot.com/2007_05_27_archive.htmlshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2
film/tv  qwerty full length feature in pre-production  The Charles Kim Show half hour multi camera sketch comedy show playing on www.staytuned.tv  k-town p.i. full length feature in pre-production Just The Three of Us half hour multi camera sitcom playing on www.staytunedtv.net Black Dick half hour single camera sitcom in development  the oh-malleys half hour single camera sitcom TEASER in development the mikado project full length feature in post-production screening party half hour multi camera sitcom pilot pollen narrative short theater (sample list)  closer than ever august 2009  suddenly, last summer august 2008  trapezoid april 2008  the mikado project april 2007  west side story august 1998 http://www.staytuned.tvhttp://www.ktownpi.comhttp://www.staytunedtv.nethttp://www.staytunedtv.netblack_dick.htmloh-malleys.htmlhttp://www.themikadoproject.com/http://www.dennishensley.com/ScreeningPartyPilot.htmpollen.htmlhttp://www.ktownpi.comhttp://www.ktownpi.comhttp://www.ktownpi.comhttp://www.staytunedtv.netblack_dick.htmloh-malleys.htmlhttp://www.themikadoproject.comhttp://www.dennishensley.com/ScreeningPartyPilot.htmpollen.htmlhttp://www.lodestonetheatre.org/2008_Closer.htmlhttp://www.lodestonetheatre.org/2007_Suddenly.htmlhttp://www.lodestonetheatre.org/2007_Trapezoid.htmlhttp://www.lodestonetheatre.org/2006_Mikado.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8
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