Jet City Improv is proud to present Joy Market, premiering April at West of Lenin. Joy Market is a collaboration with Pork Filled Productions. The oldest Asian American theatre group in the Pacific Northwest, Pork Filled Productions centers Asian American and POC artists to imagine fantastical, inclusive and FUN universes. The show will run from April and into May (Asian American Heritage Month).
At Joy Market, dating, fate, and traditions are the key cultural commodities. The show’s all-AAPI cast will dive into the lives of vendors and use a combination of sketch and improv to create portals centered around AAPI voices and stories.
“Jet City Improv is dedicated to strengthening and deepening our community relations in the PNW,” says Joy Market director Mario Orallo-Molinaro. “That is why we are grateful to partner with Pork Filled Production, a powerhouse theater company, to empower and lift AAPI voices and stories. This will be the first cast of all improvisers of color production in JCI’s thirty-year history, it is a major milestone in our efforts to evolve the comedy scene in Seattle. We are blessed to work with amazing artists and can’t wait to share this piece with you. Comedy heals. And our hope is Joy Market can not only heal but bring laughter and joy along the way.”
Longtime Pork Filled producer Roger Tang says, “It’s good to return to comedy—it’s been eleven years since we did Porktacular! And its great to see so many new faces diving into comedy.”
Co-director Kendall Uyeji adds, “There has been so much joy happening in the rehearsal room. It’s beautiful. This show is going to be so fun! So many AAPI bodies on stage sharing their truths and their JOY! It’s going to be a wonderful show to see.”
DIRECTORS:
Mario Orallo-Molinaro Kendall Uyeji
CAST:
Daphne Liu Richard LeeXiaohan Zhang Alice WongMinki Bai Erika Lowe Freddie Wu Pearl Lam Corinne Marie Winnie Yeung Andrea Zaborac Michael Kwan
Performances @ West of Lenin
203 N 36th St #204, Seattle, WA 98103
Thursday, April 27th @ 7:30pm
Friday, April 28th @ 7:30pm
Saturday, April 29th @ 7:30pm
Thursday, May 4th @ 7:30pm
Friday, May 5th @ 7:30pm
Saturday, May 6th @ 7:30pm
Thursday, May 11th @ 7:30pm
Friday, May 12th @ 7:30pm
Saturday, May 13th @ 7:30pm
Tickets available here.