BEFORE THEY WERE MEN, THEY WERE B-Y-O BOY...
A Night of Comedy, Music, Sexual Hijinks & Other Fun and Nasty Things

LODESTONE THEATRE ENSEMBLE
under the artistic direction of Alexandra Chun, Philip W. Chung, Chil Kong & Tim Lounibos
presents
A special world premiere Yellow Box presentation

THE ADVENTURES OF B-Y-O- BOY
Episode 1: The Second COMING of the Insidious Fu Manchu

B-Y-O Boy, the world's greatest and most boy-alicious boy band, must stop the insidious Fu Manchu from destroying the Caucasian world!!! Will they succeed? Come out and find out!

Written by Philip W. Chung & Judy Soo Hoo
Directed by Philip W. Chung
Produced by Matt Pelfrey & Judy Soo Hoo
Associate Produced by Sunshine Lampitoc & Jason Ip
Fights Choreographed by Ron Balicki, Diana Lee Inosanto & Willy Laureano
Dances Choreographed by Jin-Hee & the BYO Boys
Assistant Directed by Jeff Liu & Eddie Mui
Musical Direction by Dennis Yen
*Featuring the brand-new original songs "Mad Doggin' U", "The Forecast Calls for Pain" & "We're the Rice Girls (We'll Cream All Over U)" written by Dennis Yen & Philip W. Chung

Starring:

  • Roger Fan, Jeff Liu and Rachel Morihiro as the teen pop sensations B-Y-O Boys
  • Tuan Tran as Fu Manchu, the evil Oriental force of perversion
  • Elaine Kao (sept. 6-7) & Emily Liu (sept. 8-9) as Girl E, the girlishly kittenish teen singing jailbait sensation who will give Brittany and Christina a run for their money
  • Ryun Yu as Keanu Reeves, the greatest thespian to ever live and the world's greatest weapon against the forces of evil
  • Alexandra Bokyun Chun & Yuriana Kim as Tigerjade & Dragonjade, the evil Siamese twin daughters of Fu Manchu who will give new meaning to the term "sisterly love"
  • Joon Lee & Robert Shinso as Rob and Fab (a.k.a. Milli Vanilli), Fu Manchu's evil henchmen who can fight better than they sing
  • Corinne Chooey, Yi Lin, Kelly Miyashiro, Jin-Hee & May Wang as the Rice Girls, the sexy and sinister vamps who will bring you down with hot sweaty spasms then finish you off with a thousand orgasms
  • Cathy Chang (Sept. 7-9) and Jennifer Paz (Sept. 6) as Cathay O' Shay, entertainment reporter extraordinaire who will do anything to get her scoop
  • And a special appearance by Chil Kong as the late, great Freddie Mercury come back from the dead
  • Plus cameos by U2's Bono, Yoko Ono, a 12-year-old destitute Asian prostitute who will love you long time for just one grain of rice and many other surprises!

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE:

Also, appearing in her FIRST, LAST and ONLY L.A. appearance--the one and only Asian American diva QUEEN KONG performing standards! All Hail the Queen!Plus a one time only duet featuring Queen Kong and the amazing JENNIFER PAZ (star of "Miss Saigon") that must be seen to be believed! (Note: Jennifer Paz will not perform on Sept. 8)

ALL THIS FOR A GREAT CAUSE AND ONE RIDICULOUSLY LOW ADMISSION PRICE!!!

ONE WEEKEND ONLY!!! MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW 'CAUSE SEATS ARE FILLING UP!!!

Sept. 6-9, 2001
Thurs-Sat. 8:30 PM, Sunday 7:30 PM
East Los Angeles College Little Theatre
1301 Ave. Cesar Chavez
Monterey Park, CA
Free parking on campus
DIRECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN L.A.: Take the 60 freeway east, exit Atlantic Blvd and make a left, make a left at Riggin St./Cesar Chavez Ave., make a right at Collegian (Carl's Jr. is on the corner), make an immediate left into the campus parking lot. Little Theatre is on the northside of the parking lot (building marked "U2").

$10 General Admission
$9 (students w/ ID, groups of 10+)
All proceeds will benefit Lodestone's fall production of Matt Pelfrey's Terminus Americana opening in Oct.!
To make reservations: (323) 993-7245

Please note that this show contains adult humor and situations including (but not limited to): homoerotic subtext, homoerotic not-so-subtext, provocative dancing that will leave you hot and bothered, lesbian incest between Siamese twin sisters, graphic boy-man love, a man dying after experiencing 1000 simultaneous orgasms...well, you get the point. FOR IMMATURELY MATURE AUDIENCES.

ALSO: Don't forget to come out for Lodestone's "T & A Sunday," Sept. 30 at Oiwake Restaurant in Little Tokyo, downtown L.A. Join us for all-you-can-eat food, karaoke, cool raffle prizes and even your favorite Lodestone actors and actresses performing a little erotic entertainment. All proceeds to benefit our production of Terminus Americana. These tickets are HOT and going fast so buy them now! Only $20 if you purchase before Sept. 28! To get more info. and to get a titillating glimpse of some photos for the event, check out: www.lodestonetheatre.org/tna or call: (323) 993-7245

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