Phil Wong presents
The Auntie Pho Comedy Hour
Directed by Phil Wong
Written by Tirumari Jothi, Alvin Adrian Lee, April Pascua, Rebecca Pierce, Sarah Ranney, Phil Wong
June 4-7
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It’s time for The Bay’s brand new gleefully anti-fascist talk variety show! The very real, very scary leftist organization known as Antifa Auntie Pho is scrambling to rebrand after a certain Executive Order deemed their activities Un-American! It’s up to Auntie Pho CEO Phil Wong and his gang of blue-pilled betas to save the future of The Woke Mind Virus the only way they know how… a late night talk show with a live studio audience!
Join us for an anarchic celebration of our collective power hosted by Phil Wong and featuring sketches, characters, and songs from the demented liberal minds of Tirumari Jothi, Rebecca Pierce, Sarah Ranney, Alvin Adrian Lee, and April Pascua (Killing My Lobster) and a live punk rock soundtrack by Oakland’s OG black dyke rockers Skip the Needle.
The evening concludes with an interview with real Bay Area activists and community leaders at the frontlines of resistance. Our special guest will engage audience with actionable tasks and inspiration to make organizing against fascism as easy as talking to your neighbor.
Special Guests:
June 4th - Ian Buddy
June 5th - KaiKai Bee Michaels
June 6th - Kochina Rude
June 7th - LBXX
We’re all Auntie Pho… and you can be too!
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All tickets for The Auntie Pho Comedy Hour are FREE to sliding scale!
The actual cost of tickets are between $20-$80, so please feel free to pay whatever your circumstances allow. Think of it like buying a ticket for a fellow audience member :)
You can make a separate donation to support the costs of production below.
Content Note: The Auntie Pho Comedy Hour contains strobing lights and theatrical prop firearms. Recommended for ages 13+.
Biographies
June 4th - Ian Buddy
Ian Cordova Morales (Ian Buddy) is a lifelong resident of the East Bay. He is an artist and musician and for the past 6 years he has worked the lead advocate and president of “Where Do We Go” a Berkeley based community legal aid group dedicated to the rights of the poor and unhoused. WDWG has been involved in several high profile lawsuits against the sweeping of encampments, and has participated in land takeovers and protest encampments throughout Berkeley.
June 5th - KaiKai Bee Michaels
KaiKai is a Bay area drag performer, cosplay artist, and member of B.A.S.H. aka Bay Area Superheroes — a decentralized, independent mutual aid network of costumed vigilantes working towards a better, safer Bay Area for all. KaiKai has a passion for social justice and community care. They specialize in performances that are often fun yet thought provoking or deeply emotional as a reflection of culture and their own personal feelings. KaiKai is a co-host/producer of several shows in SF and the East Bay. They delight in always bringing something new and refreshing to queer art and are not afraid of sharing their story with others.
June 6th - Kochina Rude
“The Narcan Queen” Kochina Rude is a drag queen, ex-vocalist of post-punk band Lolly Gaggers, and internationally recognized harm reduction advocate based in the Bay Area. Armed with a hard femme aesthetic, “do-it-yourself” attitude, and over a decade of experience in Bay Area nightlife, Kochina’s work blends activism and drag in her role as an artist and emcee.
June 7th - LBXX
LBXX is a Black queer hip hop performance artist, DJ and local activist. Founder of San Francisco Black Pride Week, a week in August dedicated to uplifting the diaspora of blackness in the city of San Francisco & Project Save the Gworls, a local non profit aimed at providing rapid response funding to BIPOC LGBTQIA + & TGNC folks experiencing hardships due to a climate crisis or emergency. LBXX is also the Co-Founder of the local DJ collective Make Room, known for creating spaces that center Black and Brown people throughout the Bay Area.
Skip the Needle (House Band)
Skip The Needle is an Oakland-based queer female quartet made up of Bay Area superstars; Vicki Randle, Shelley Doty, Kofy Brown and Katie Cash who fashion punk, funk and soul influenced rock they like to call black dyke rock. As the name implies, they are musically diverse and bring a biting, socially conscious message, delivered with radical joy. Though playfulness and exuberance are an integral part of Skip The Needle’s performances, reflections on issues of justice and equity, especially black, queer and women’s rights are the driving force behind much of their collective writing.
