"Chung’s play is filled with characters to care about, some inspired musical numbers, and a love story that grips..." -stagescenela.com

"This production is a wonderful ending for Lodestone... a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas, a gift worth opening this season." -- Rafu Shimpo

Count-down to the end...Grace Kim continues its run!

POST-SHOW Q & A WITH CAST/CREW THIS SUNDAY (NOV. 22)

Check out Grace Kim's Video Blog!

http://www.lodeston etheatre. org/2008Grace. html

 

LODESTONE THEATRE ENSEMBLE

under the artistic direction of Philip W. Chung & Chil Kong

proudly presents our final production

The World Premiere of

GRACE KIM & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS

A new comedy for anyone who’s ever felt like they were born on the wrong planet…

Written by Philip W. Chung

Directed by Jeff Liu

Produced by Stephanie Chang, Michael Chih Ming Hornbuckle & Peter J. Wong

Starring: Feodor Chin, Elizabeth Ho, Elaine Kao, Jully Lee, Rachel Morihiro, Hanson Tse, Kelvin Han Yee, Junko Goda, Dan Jyung, Christopher Takemoto-Gentile and Tina Tong.

Inspired by classic screwball comedies, GRACE KIM & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS tells the story of Grace, a young Korean American woman, who has withdrawn from the world after the death of her mother ten years ago.   But Grace’s life is thrown upside down when she meets her sister’s fiancé and falls in love with him.  This play was written to be Lodestone’s last show of its tenth and final “Beginnings and Endings” season and will be permanently retired after this run. 

November 14-December 20, 2009

Thursday-Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm (NO SHOW THANKSGIVING, NOV. 26)

Special Pay-What-You- Can ($1 minimum) understudy cast performance on Monday, Nov. 23, 8 PM

ALL THURS. SHOWS: 2-for-1 general admission tickets if you say the codeword "Ziggy Stardust" at box office

$12 general admission (Special Low 1999 Ticket Price)
$10 (groups of 10+)
All Sunday matinees (except Dec. 20) are pay-what-you- can ($1 minimum)

GTC Burbank

1111-B W. Olive Ave.

Burbank, CA 91506

The theatre is in George Izay Park between S. Victory Bl. and N. Griffith Park Bl. Park near the jet plane at 1111 W. Olive and walk past the Olive Recreation Center. The theatre is behind the rec center; the entrance faces the softball fields.

 

To RSVP: (323) 993-7245

 

For more information, go to:

www.lodestonetheatr e.org

http://www.facebook .com/lodestoneth eatre

Please support our community partners for this production: Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches, K.W. Lee Center for Leadership, Visual Communications, East West Players.

 

Lodestone is a Company-in-Residenc e at GTC Burbank.

For more info. on GTC Burbank, go to www.gtc.org

Lodestone Theatre Ensemble is a nonprofit Asian American theatre company founded by Alexandra Bokyun Chun, Philip W. Chung, Chil Kong & Tim Lounibos with a mission to develop, create, promote and present edgy, compelling and impassioned works that bridge communities through truthful and entertaining artistry.

MORE ABOUT LODESTONE!

http://youoffendmey ouoffendmyfamily .com/ten- years-gone- from-texas- to-grace- kim/

KOREAM Article

http://iamkoream. com/final-curtain/

NBC video on Lodestone

http://www.nbclosan geles.com/ station/as- seen-on/Lodestone_Theatre_Company_Takes_Its_Final_Bow_Los_Angeles. html

REVIEWS:

http://stagescenela.com/html/ grace_kim_&_the_spiders_ from_m.html

http://rafu.com/news/?p=6915