Pork Filled Players says, Go East, Young Ham!

Maggie Lee, Yvette Zaepfel and Samantha Chung round up Edward Tonai and Brian Beckley.

The Pork Filled Players rounds up them li’l piggies and heads ‘em out and moves ‘em out in their new show, Go East, Young Ham!, playing October 27 to November 17, at the Richard Hugo House (1634 11th Ave. in Seattle), at 10:30 pm.

Seattle’s second oldest sketch comedy group jumps into the stand-off between East and West with all guns blazing. Who will triumph in the epic battle, Geisha versus Truck Stop Waitress? Will the sinister Occidental mastermind defeat his nemesis, the pragmatic Oriental spy?  Plus! When will everyone’s favorite cuddly dictator, Kim Jung Il, finally discover that a boy’s best friend is his mother?

Director Linda Lombardi and producer Roger Tang lead another madcap charge of the Players, who include Brian Beckley, Maggie Lee, Edward T. Tonai, Owen Yen, Yvette Zaepfel and newcomer Samantha Chung.

Tickets for Go East are $9 general and $6 students/seniors. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketwindowonline.com (206/325-6500); reservations/info are at 206/365-0282.

The Pork Filled Players has been the Northwest’s premiere Asian American comedy group since 1997. They have toured from Eugene, Oregon, to Vancouver, B.C., racking up appearances at the first two Seattle Sketchfests, Bumbershoot 2004 and SketchOff@%#!?, the first Asian American/Canadian sketch comedy competition. Over the years, PFP has careened from politics to pop culture to parody to the surreal, stopping at nothing in their never-ending battle for truth, justice and whatever the hell they mean by the Asian American way of life. For more information about PFP and Go East, visit http://www.porkfilled.com/ or email questions to oink (AT) porkfilled.com.