Asian Story Theater
COFFEENEWS
COFFEENEWS is a new series of once-a-month programs. Presented at 7pm on the first Monday of every month at the Golden Corpse Theater, at 49th and Logan streets in San Diego. All seats are $10. This program will premiere on October 5. 2026. Beginning in January 2027, a $100 subscription will provide admission to all 2027 performances.
Every performance of COFFEENEWS will include 3 parts.
1. Part 1 will be a "Coffee Play", a short play featuring a story about history, legends, origin, or something more abstractly connected to a particular coffee. Every audience member will receive a small coffee cup of that particular coffee to savor during the show.
2. Part 2 is a 10-20 minute reading of a NEW PLAY. This may be a complete play, or an excerpt of a longer work. Playwright in attendance. Audience feedback is encouraged through an online/written interface.
3. The finale is another 10-20 minute reading, this time of a NEW MUSICAL. Writers and composers in attendance. Again, may be a complete work, though more likely an excerpt. This reading will feature live music from the show.
NEXT SHOW DETAILS
OCTOBER 5
COFFEE PLAY: JAMOKE, featuring Woody Guthrie
PLAYREADING: HOLY LAMB OF TORRIJOS by Herbert Siguenza
MUSICAL: SONG OF THE FAR-BEYOND by Agustin Castañeda
Woody Guthrie (with Byron LaDue and Super Barista TBA)
Herbert Sigüenza
Agustin Castaneda
JAMOKE features Byron LaDue as Woody Guthrie. Byron is an award winning actor and playwright, as well as a singer, musician. and songwriter. He has written corporate murder mysterys, singing telegrams, daytime soap operas, and many satirical songs for The Piparoos, a comedy group specializing in tasteless humor.
Herbert Siguenza is an American actor, writer, visual artist, and performer based in California. He is best known for co-founding the theater performance group Culture Clash, which was founded in 1984 and is still active. He is currently developing a new play about Diego Rivera, as well as various solo and group projects.
Agustín Castaneda, a graduate of Universidad Iberoamericana del Noroeste, studied acting and theatre arts at ANDA Tiiuana, the University of Baja California, and Southwestern College in San Diego. Active in the entertainment industry since 1991, he has worked as a director, composer, actor, and producer across film, television, theatre, and music in both the U.S. and Mexico. As a director, Castaneda has helmed numerous stage productions, commercial campaigns, and films. A PSA he directed for the Council of Community Clinics in San Diego earned an EMMY Award, while his feature film The Little Matchmakers won Best Feature Film at the 2011 San Diego Independent Film Festival. Ruta Madre received multiple honors including Best Feature at the New York International Film Festival (2016), People's Choice Award at the Borrego Springs Film Festival (2017),and the Corazon Award and Best Narrative Feature Audience Award at the San Diego Latino Festival.
NEXT SHOW
Program
Readers
Patricia Elmore Costa?
Rhys Green?
Gingerlily Lowe
Kent Brisby?
Directors
Rhys Green
Gingerlily Lowe
Bill Virchis
Kent Brisby