Space 55 to Present Kim Porter's BLUE GALAXY

Space 55 brings the newest play from Kim Porter (with songs by Roger P Clark) to the stage.

Blue Galaxy, a musical set against the back-drop of a retro-music club scene, tells the story of a beautiful but seriously-overweight chick who wants to be loved in spite of her weight not because of it; posing a problem for the earnest chubby-chaser who pursues her. Blue Galaxy is rated R for language, strong sexual content and nudity.

Written by the acclaimed Playwright Kim Porter, with songs by Roger P. Clark, Blue Galaxy is Porter's first play at Space 55 since her smash hit "Munched" in 2011.

The cast includes Libby Mueller starring as "Lana" and Jamie Sanderson appearing as "Steve". Other members of the cast include Dilcia Yanez and Marcella Grassa as "The Della Roca Sisters," Doug Waldo as "Buddy Dale," Rodney Dickerman as "Betty," Ashley Naftule as "Louie," Amy Carpenter as "Tina" and Ron Foligno as "Van". Nina Miller, Steven Sorensen and Belle Ransom will also perform in the cast in various roles and Ron Foligno is Musical Director. Space 55's Artistic Director Duane Daniels will direct.

Tickets for Blue Galaxy performances are $18 on Fridays, $20 on Saturdays and $15 on Sundays. Tickets may be purchased at www.space55.org or at the door.

SPACE 55 presents BLUE GALAXY by Kim Porter April 29 - May 22
Space 55 636 E. Pierce St, Phoenix AZ 85004
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm Sundays at 5:00 pm

Kim Porter is an award-winning writer/performer who currently lives in Tempe and coaches solo performers. She has directed and/or developed the works of dozens of writer/performers over the last twenty years. She can be spotted around the valley doing her own storytelling shtick at any venue that will have her, most notably at Lit Lounge and the Bar Flies storytelling series at Valley Bar. Porter's award-winning and critically acclaimed play, "Munched", has been produced in San Diego, LA, NYC and most recently Phoenix. She is currently converting one of her many unproduced screenplays into a novel and hoping to one day earn an income. Porter was recently named Best Storyteller by The Phoenix New Times.

Space 55 Artistic Director Known for his impressive work on the West Coast founding and overseeing "The Fritz Theater" in San Diego for over 18 years as well as serving as Artistic Director of Buzzworks Theatre in Los Angeles, Daniels came to lead Space 55 in 2015 after producing several acclaimed premiers in New York, including three works at the famed La MaMa Experimental Theatre.

An accomplished actor, Daniels may be most known for his role as Van Clemmons on the TV series and film version of Veronica Mars. He splits his time between Los Angeles and Phoenix where he runs the Actors WorkHouse, a professional training center for advanced and working actors. Daniels has directed several productions at Space 55 including Kim Porter's "Munched" and "Australia" by Karin Diann Williams

Songwriter San Francisco native Roger P. Clark has been a songwriter, record producer, and performer for decades. His original songs have appeared on the records of pop groups around the world, on tv, in movies and advertising, as well as on his own commercial recordings. In his youth Roger got sued by Led Zeppelin when his band Little Roger and the Goosebumps, out of sheer boredom, combined the words to the Gilligan's Island theme song with the tune to Stairway to Heaven creating Stairway to Gilligan's Island which became an immediate mainstream radio hit and as a result Roger is now a question and answer on a Trivia Pursuit card. Robert Plant later honored the recording on NPR in 2005 when he declared it his favorite Led Zeppelin cover of all time.

Blue Galaxy Synopsis Lana has the perfect life on paper. She owns the coolest vintage clothing store, drives the sweetest 1959 blue Ford Galaxie, and is queen of the local retro-music scene. She and her best friends, former child pop-stars the Della Rocca Sisters, have all the petticoats, free-flowing cocktails and cute rockabilly boys they can handle. But, Lana is secretly miserable, thanks to the lifelong abuse from her father, 1950's rock-n-roll icon "Mr. Blue Galaxie" himself, Buddy Dale. What's more, the novelty of hooking-up night after night in the Tip-Top parking lot with men who dig her classic ride but who wouldn't tip their fedoras to her in the light of day is wearing thin. Enter Steve, a painfully earnest oddball without a cool bone in his body, who's been secretly crushing on Lana from the isolation of his comic-book store across the street from Lana's shop. Steve's least attractive quality isn't the fact that he lives with his mom, nor his inability to drive a car, nor even his hopelessly uncool wardrobe. His worst offense is that he likes her exactly like she is, fat. But Lana doesn't want to be a member of any club that would have her as a member.

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