Where Ong is hailed as a standard bearer for innovative theatrical landscapes and high art, Glen Goei has forged ahead in a slightly different direction.

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And that helps explain the attention that Heng and fellow theater pioneers Glen Goei and Ong Keng Sen have been getting beyond the shores of the Lion City.

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Now, Goei is busy developing five film scripts: two comedies set in Manhattan, a contemporary Singapore melodrama, a futuristic Asian action adventure and a ghost story set in Japan.

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