UP NEXT - OPM RETURNS TO THE SAN FRANCISCO FRINGE FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER!!

Let OPM give a happy ending to your funny bone with EXOTIC MESSAGES... Celebrities gone wild! Obama vs. McCain! Immigrants galore! These are just some of the sensitive areas that are grabbed, flipped and rubbed-down... Plus, never-before-seen Olympics coverage, naughty animals, and more!

Read about us in the SF Chronicle!

The EXIT Theatre
156 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(between Mason & Taylor)

FRIDAY 9/5 10:00 PM
SATURDAY 9/6 5:30 PM
SUNDAY 9/7 1:00 PM
FRIDAY 9/12 8:30 PM
SATURDAY 9/13 10:00 PM
SUNDAY 9/14 2:30 PM

Tickets: $9
More info here.

Cast: Julia Cho, Ewan Chung, Charles Kim, John Lopez, Caroline Pho, and Dave Wilder



OPM AT THE FORD AMPHITHEATRE

OPM made a successful benefit appearance on a big bill at the Ford Amphitheatre.

August 3rd
Tia Chucha's Celebration of Community & Culture
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Los Angeles, CA 90068

Cast: Julia Cho, Ewan Chung, Charles Kim, John Lopez, Caroline Pho, Gem Silver, Dave Wilder
Directed by Esther K. Chae

Headlined by comedy icon Cheech Marin!! The line-up includes funk masters Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, poet Luis J. Rodriguez, singer Nobuko Miyamoto, hip-hop artist Olmeca, ska/funk band Upground, and dance troupe Temachtia Quetzalcoatl. Comedian Ernie G hosts. The benefit supports Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural, a non-profit learning and cultural arts center dedicated to sharing Chicano, Mexican, and Central American cultures in the communities of greater Los Angeles (www.tiachucha.com). Tia Chucha is open to the public and along with a bookstore, offers workshops, art exhibits, presentations, readings, family events, and performances.


OPM AT THE L.A. COMEDY FEST IN MAY

OPM proves they're AMERICA'S TOP MODEL MINORITY at the L.A. Comedy Fest.


STARRING: Vivian Bang, Julia Cho, Ewan Chung, Janina Gavankar, Charles Kim, Caroline Pho, Chase Sprague, Dave Wilder

DIRECTED by David J. Lee

May 4th @ 8:30 PM
May 5th @ 9:30 PM
May 8th @ 8:00 PM JUST ADDED!
May 18th @ 8:30 PM

The McCadden Theatre
1157 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(1 block East of Highland and 1 block N. of Santa Monica Blvd.)
Parking in lot at 1149 N. McCadden Place and ample street parking

Tickets: $12 for a single show
Passes are 5 shows for $50 and 10 shows for $90

For more info, visit www.lacomedyfest.com

OPM (Opening People’s Minds) is an award-winning multi-ethnic-cultural-lingual-hyphenate sketch comedy troupe from L.A. As all-American as a Roscoe's Sushi & Tacos in the OC, OPM serves up current events and absurdist bents with relevant and irreverent wit... without the upset stomach.

For more info, check back here and at www.myspace.com/opmcomedy!


OPM AT THE L.A. COMEDY FESTIVAL & BARNSDALL ART PARK



EXOTIC MESSAGES

Starring: Ewan Chung, Janina Gavankar, Charles Kim, Caroline Pho, Chase Sprague, Dave Wilder & Nika Williams

With Special Guest Deborah S. Craig (original star of Tony Award-winning musical 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee on Broadway and ABC's Six Degrees.)

Thirty minutes of crazy mad new material along with a few favorites!

Also at HUMOR US at the BARNSDALL ART PARK on
October 27th @ 8:00 pm


OPM AT THE FORD AMPHITHEATRE

OPM appeared in a half-hour slot in a double-bill with Chicano Secret Service with



At the Ford Amphitheatre
2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Los Angeles, CA 90068

August 4th
1 pm
Tickets: $10
More info here.

Starring: Vivian Bang, Ewan Chung, Janina Gavankar, Charles Kim, Chase Sprague, Dave Wilder and Nika Williams


TELEMONGOL INVADED NEW YORK

We performed TeleMongol in New York at the National Asian American Asian Theatre Festival in June at the The Kirk Theatre.

It was part of the continuation of the successful run with Lodestone, 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, and Cold Tofu after L.A. and San Jose!


12 DOLLA MAKE YOU HOLLA
Miss our last hit show Get Laughs Or Die Tryin' (2006 Best Sketch Comedy, San Francisco Fringe Fest) and our one-off weekend last month?

For those who caught it, want to see it again? And invite some friends along, too??

Well then check out the best of Get Laughs plus other hits of OPM - at the 1st annual L.A. Comedy Fest!!
Part of a double-bill. Check here for the latest updates.































MORE TELEMONGOL!
Hot on the heels of the successful run in Los Angeles, TeleMongol appeared in San Jose at the Theatre on San Pedro Square for two weekends in February with AATC.

February 9-18, 2007
Friday & Saturday @ 7PM & 10PM
Sunday @ 2PM

Theatre on San Pedro Square
29 North San Pedro Street
San Jose, CA 95110


COMEDY COCKTAIL
We kicked off 2007 with a bang by debuting at Comedy Cocktail.

Friday, January 5th at 8 pm
The Highlands (top floor of the Hollywood/Highland Complex)

Featured sketch groups include The 11th Hour, Sketch Armstrong, and Mail Order Comedy. More info at www.comedycocktail.com.

OPM performed 2 of its top sketches from 2006: Tyra Loves Chic, featuring Tyra Banks and her immigrant models; and Iron Chef North Korea, featuring Kim Jong-Il, Bobby Flay, and the secret ingredient, "grass."


A HIT SHOW! TELEMONGOL
OPM's Charles Kim & Ewan Chung joined forces with Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, and Cold Tofu in a historic and well-received sketch comedy collaboration with TeleMongol!
Read what The Los Angeles Times had to say here and here.

















































LAFS 2006
OPM was back at the L.A. Fest of Sketch (www.4lafs.com).
For those of you who missed us the first time around, this is your final chance to GET LAUGHS OR DIE TRYIN'!!

It's Benihana meets Benny Hill, The Fast And The Hilarious, as Tokyo rapper-turned-comic 50 Yen takes you through a wild and raucous evening, with appearances from Tyra Banks, Iron Chef America Bobby Flay, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, Sayuri from "Memoirs Of A Geisha," the L.A.P.D., and more! Featuring the very best of its hit show, "GET LAUGHS OR DIE TRYIN’," (Winner, Best Sketch Comedy, 2006 San Francisco Fringe Fest) and new material, it's award-winning comedy with a multicultural twist.

The McCadden Place Theatre
1157 N. McCadden Place
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Oct 20th @ 8 PM
Oct 28th @ 7 PM - Double-billed with 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors!
Nov 3rd @ 9 PM






















Starring (l to r) David Wilder, Shenika Williams, Ewan Chung, Charles Kim, Jae Suh & Andrea Apuy

And we're also on MySpace now!! Add us as a friend...please?!???
http://www.myspace.com/opmcomedy


SAN FRANCISCO DAYS -
OPM made a grand return to the San Francisco Fringe Festival in September.
Thanks to all of you who supported us. Though we weren't able to attend the closing ceremonies, we received good news...
We won BEST SKETCH OF THE FRINGE!!


ANOTHER VANCOUVER SHOW
VACT (Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre) once again invited us up to perform two shows on May 26 & 27. Many thanks to Joyce Lam and Tom Chin for organising (note the Canadian spelling!) it all. And a special thanks to our white-actor-for-hire, Philip Gurney, who stepped in at the last minute to join in the fun.

Read an audience member's review here.


The OPM cast & crew with Joyce Lam, at The Roundhouse, in Vancouver, 2006: (l to r) Philip Gurney, Jae Suh, VACT producer Joyce Lam, Ewan Chung, Janina Gavankar (holding the top prize OPM won 3 years in a row), Charles Kim, and Betty Lang.




HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006 - Year of the Dog
To all the fans and supporters, thanks for the laughs!



















Starring Ewan Chung, Janina Gavankar, Charles Kim, Chase Sprague, Jae Suh, Aaron Takahashi & Shenika Williams
Directed by Roy Eisenstein

Featuring sketches written by Corinne Chooey, Ewan Chung, Roy Eisenstein, Charles Kim & Daniel Tisman


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