Friendship Coma by Sarah Cho

Directed by Mario El Caponi Mendoza

Tickets; $5 dollars at the door.

Limited Seating

About the Play:

After ten years of being apart, four ratchet South Bay best friends reunite to rekindle their friendships. However, one friend doesn't quite remember because she was in a coma for most of it. Her friends continue to remind her that it’s okay if she was in a coma and doesn't remember any of it because their friendship has, “like, totally persevered”. As they continue to reminisce, Tiffany begins to suspect a shocking secret that no one can discuss but is revealed during the reunion. The play attempts to uncover the real meaning behind “fear of missing out” and its consequences in this dark comedy play.

Wed November 1st 7:30PM
Thurs November 2nd 1:30PM
Thurs November 2nd 7:30PM
Sat November 4th 7:30PM

Cast:

Tiffany | Angelique Gomez
Aubrey | Marisa Bagazuma
Candace | Christopher Hoormann
Dawn | JhaNyla Monet
Laurel the Waiter | Yamilet Aguilar
Mother | Leah Pedroza
Father | Khaleb Henry
Mark | Sage Valenzuela

Sarah Cho is a Los Angeles-based comedy writer and playwright. Most recently, her play STAINS was developed as part of Moving Arts’ MADLab New Play Development and selected for Great Plains Theatre Conference. She is a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship, the Richard Maibaum Playwriting Award, Kennedy Center’s Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award, and was named Associate Artist for Ashland New Plays Festival. After graduating from Iowa Playwrights Workshop, she went on to study improv comedy at iO West and Second City, as well as improvisational theater with Aretha Sills at Sills/Spolin Theater Works. She has performed at Green Gravel Comedy Festival, Laugh Riot Grrrl Festival, written sketch comedy with house sketch teams at the Pack Theater, and currently writes for the late-night comedy style podcast "The Dump". Her work has also been featured on ComedyCake, WhoHaHa, Funny or Die. When Sarah is not writing plays or making comedies, she is the co-host of the “very interesting” playwriting podcast Beckett’s Babies with fellow poet/playwright Sam Collier. Sarah earned her BA in Film and Theater at UC Santa Barbara, where she aced in eating tons of burritos, and holds her MFA from Iowa Playwrights Workshop, where she also aced in drinking pie shakes.