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Escape To Batam stars (from left) Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai, Neo Swee Lin, Genevieve Tan, Adib Kosnan and Chaney Chia.
PHOTO: CHECKPOINT THEATRE
SINGAPORE – As part of her coursework for her master’s degree at Columbia University in the 1990s, Checkpoint Theatre co-founder Claire Wong was tasked to unearth her family history.
She had only the bare facts about her grandparents, so she wrote to her father back in Singapore for more information. Little did she know that her generic brief would prompt a comprehensive unburdening, yielding 140 pages of handwritten notes delivered to her mailbox in the US over the next few months.
