Rassami Paoluengtong
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รัศมี เปาลึงทอง | |
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Rassami Paoluengtong, also known as "Khru Pom", is a Thai theatre director, casting director, professor, actress. She is best known for her work as a director of foreign plays on the Thai stage, the co-founder of "Theatre 28", casting director of Good Morning, Vietnam, and Off Limits, professor at Silkaporn University in Thailand, and actor in By the Time It Gets Dark. Paoluengtong was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) Thailand.[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Paoluengtong attended the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University for three years on a Fulbright fellowship graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Rassami Paoluengtong co-founded "Theatre 28", a theatre company that played a significant role in the development of contemporary Thai theater.[3]
In 2016, Khru Pom appeared in the film By the Time It Gets Dark, known in Thai as Dao Khanong, in the role of Taew, a former student activist who survived the 1976 Thammasat University massacre.[4] The film was the Thai entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards.[5][1][6][7]
GalileOasis
[edit]Paoluengtong and Mam Noppomas Pattaragul redesigned family property that had been shophouses into a cultural center with a theatre space and hotel rooms in Soi Kingphet, Ratchathewi district of Bangkok, in 2022. A new Thai translation of Art by French playwright Yasmina Reza premiered at GalileOasis in 2022 with English and Thai surtitles.[3][8][9]
Awards
[edit]In 2023, Paoluengtong received the Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Theatre Critics (IATC) Thailand.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kenigsberg, Ben (2017-04-13). "Review: A Fragmented Past in 'By the Time It Gets Dark'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ a b "A platoon of Vietnam movies". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1987-05-14. p. 23. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ a b c d e "Performing through the pandemic". nationthailand. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Film of the week: By the Time It Gets Dark refracts memories of a massacre". BFI. 2018-11-06. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Kanonakis, Ioannis (2017-01-03). "By the Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong)". International Cinephile Society. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Kermode, Mark; critic, Observer film (2017-06-18). "By the Time It Gets Dark review – dazzling reflections on Thai history". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ Frater, Patrick (2017-08-31). "Thailand Picks 'By the Time It Gets Dark' for Oscar Contention". Variety. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "This new Ratchathewi hub is an ideal oasis for creative peeps". Time Out Bangkok. Archived from the original on 2024-04-25. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ^ "Thailand: APEC Tourism 2022 delegates experience 'Regenerative Tourism'". Asia News Monitor. ProQuest 2702513020.