Asian Story Theater
The Coffee Plays
Performances
San Diego International Fringe Festival in Balboa Park, May 18-26, 2023.
All performances of THE COFFEE PLAYS at the Centro Cultural in Balboa Park, 2004 Park Blvd.
All seats $10, including free coffee samples for the first 24 tickets at each show.
Additional seating available, coffee not guaranteed.
Thursday, May 18: Fringe Festival Kick-off at 4pm
Saturday, May 20 at 6pm
Sunday, May 21 at 1pm
Tuesday, May 23 at 9pm
Friday, May 26 at 6pm
All coffee provided by Mr. Green’s Coffee Beans.
Preview/promo video
Highlights
Complete show (fixed camera)
Program
The Dalgona
Words & Music by Gingerlily Lowe
Directed by Rhys Green
Performers:
Gingerlily Lowe, company
The Bunn
Written by Kent Brisby
Directed by Rhys Green
Performers:
Anthony Hamm, John Martin, Gingerlily Lowe
Goat beanies by Chrysanne Lowe
The Kona
Written by Kent Brisby
Directed by Rhys Green
Performers:
Byron Ladue, with Claudette Santiago, Anthony Hamm, Gingerlily Lowe, John Martin
The Sumatra
Written and Directed by Kent Brisby
Performers:
Claudette Santiago, Gingerlily Lowe
The Jamoke
Written and Directed by Kent Brisby
Music by Stu Shames
Performers:
John Martin, Byron Ladue, company
Rhys Green is co-founder and Artistic Director of the San Diego Black Ensemble Theatre. He earned his BFA in acting from the California Institute of The Arts, and has been a teaching artist with the La Jolla Playhouse. He has toured for Disney, National Theatre for Children, Traveling Lantern, and more, and local appearances include BALLAD OF EMMETT TILL at Ion Theatre and FATHER COMES HOME FROM THE WAR with Intrepid. Mr. Greene is an Associate Artist with the Asian Story Theater and is on the board of Chronos Theatre and Teatro Máscara Mágica. He is the proud owner of Mr. Green’s Coffee Beans, a small coffee roasting business bringing custom roasted coffee beans from around the world (mrgreenscoffeebeans.com).
KL (Kent) BRISBY
Kent is a writer and producer with a broad background in adapting diverse narrative and performing arts traditions from around the world into new works, often featuring music. Upcoming projects include a new musical set during the Mexican Revolution, REVOLUCIÓN, as well as the upcoming BIG MONEY. He recently wrote and produced THE LAST CENSUS for Asian Story Theater, and other past projects include RED, WHITE & BLACKLISTED and THE MUSICAL PAUL GAUGUIN, as well as leading development on STORIES OF THE SUN CAFE, HALO HALO, and the anthology series THE COFFEE PLAYS. Originally from Nebraska, Kent grew up on various Micronesian Island groups, with some time in Hawaii, before returning to the states. He graduated from Whitman College in the Pacific Northwest before settling in San Diego as a performer and director with the San Diego Street Theater.
Gingerlily Lowe is an actor, director, writer, songwriter, teaching artist and a founding member of Asian Story Theater -formerly Chinese Story Theater. She was a founding member and past president on San Diego’s first Asian American Theater company–Pacific Asian Actors’ Ensemble, and also the Magic Machine. She is proud of the decades of multi-ethnic theater she has been a part of and able to help produce, celebrating Asian American art and culture, and bringing new faces, voices, and stories to the community. She has been a teaching artist with Young Audiences/Arts for Learning, Institute for Arts Education, and currently is on the teaching artist staff for Guitars in the Classroom, and the Education Director for Asian Story Theater.
