Cowboy Versus Samurai at Evolve Theatre Company

Seattle Weekly called COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI "A hilarious commentary on racial stereotypes under the umbrella of a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac love story." Playing for two weekends only at the Ong King Arts Center, this show marks the triumphant finale of EVOLVE Theatre Company’s debut season!

COWBOY VERSUS SAMURAI by Michael Golamco is a laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy exploring the sexual dynamics that surface around race when an attractive Korean American woman moves to town. Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town known as Breakneck, Wyoming. When a gorgeous, whip-smart Asian American woman moves into town, he immediately falls for her; the only problem is that she only dates white men. In this savagely funny and often-moving re-telling of Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac, one man must choose allegiance between his cowboy friend (a dim, handsome, Caucasian P.E. teacher named Del) and his Asian Brother-with-a-Capital-B (crazed, militant Asian of Unknown Origin, Chester).

Director: John Wat
Featuring some of Hawai‘i’s hottest young theatre talents: Nick Jeffs (One Flea Spare, Two Gentlemen of Verona) as the ruggedly handsome, All-American cowboy, Del, Sean-Joseph Takeo Kaha?okalani Choo (The Seagull, SHOCKA: The Story of Energy & Hawaii) as our hero, the Korean American schoolteacher, Travis, Marcus Lee (Patient, Picasso at the Lapin Agile) as Chester, a militant Asian American of Unknown Origin, and Kristen Misaki (She Kills Monsters, MeToo Monologues) as the beautiful, glasses-wearing Veronica.

Ticket are on sale now.
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3456723

Venue: The new Ong King Arts Center
1154 Fort Street Mall (Please note new location)

Fri, June 15, 7:30pm
Sat, June 16, 7:30pm
Sun, June 17, 3:30pm
Fri, June 22, 7:30pm
Sat, June 23, 7:30pm
Sun, June 24, 3:30pm

For more info, email EVOLVE Interim Artistic Director Reiko Ho at evolveartisticdirector@gmail.com


Please note : The show contains adult themes and situations, and profanity.

PHOTO: Nick Jeffs as Del, Kristen Misaki as Veronica, Sean Choo as Travis, Marcus Lee as Chester in Michael Golamco's "Cowboy Versus Samurai"
Photo by Alex Monti Fox