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| GENRE |
Comedy |
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Full-length, 110-130 minutes
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| CAST |
6 females, 18 males (18-28 actors possible: 6-10 females, 12-18 males) |
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A karaoke bar, with suggestions of a coffee house, men's bathroom, liquor store counter, apartment living room, gang hideout, and beach pier.
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| NOTES |
Adult language and content |
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| Karaoke Stories is a live cinematic opus of loss, sorrow, and unrequited love played out in a rundown L.A. karaoke bar ("a rehab center for the emotionally retarded"). As Jeff, an under-qualified producer with is own "ideas," reads from Eric's screenplay, the characters come to life on the karaoke stage, fulfilling a Tour De Force vision of "meaningful/thought-provoking" sex, violence, and political incorrectness. It's The Love Boat meets Pulp Fiction meets Porky's, with an all Asian-American cast and one token white guy. |
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| "Edgy, hilarious, and well worth seeing... Kim's writing has a hip sensibility that is refreshing. The play quotes, satirizes, or riffs on dozens of films that have permeated pop culture... It doesn't matter if you're a film buff or not; Karaoke Stories is entertaining on several levels and will keep audiences laughing." |
| --Dan Bacalzo, TheaterMania |
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2nd place, East West Players AT&T New Voices Playwriting Competition, 1997 |
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| Karaoke Stories, Imua! Theatre, New York City (2003) |
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