BFF Binge Free Festival of Theatre: Howard Ho’s VARIOUS EMPORIA

“I cannot recommend this play enough. This show is a singular story written in a way that underlines a universal truth. Howard Ho tells a tale that sheds light on racial issues that permeate our entire culture.” (Adam Lim) The Second Annual BFF Binge Free Festival of Theatre presents one night only of playwright and composer Howard Ho’s Various Emporia, a 2017 O’Neill National Playwrights Finalist. Ho was a 2016 Center Theatre Group Literary Fellow and a 2013 NY State Summer Writers Institute Scholarship recipient. He is a Finalist in the East West Players Musical Theatre Initiative. His full-length musical Pretendo has been developed at Company of Angels, USC, and East West Players. He has been a writer in the Vagrancy Playwrights’ Group, Company of Angels, and Playground-LA. He is a member of Cold Tofu Improv, Playwrights’ Arena, the Asian Pacific American Friends of the Theater, and the Dramatist Guild. He makes Youtube videos at youtube.com/howardhomusic, including his How Hamilton Works series.
Tickets to Various Emporia are FREE as part of the Santa Monica Playhouse BFF Binge Festival of Theatre. The BFF (October 16 – 29) offers over 4 dozen plays, workshops and an overflowing toy-box of special family-oriented events, to delight your senses and tickle your funny bone – and every single one of them is FREE, thanks to generous grants from the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, Pearl and Bill Bordy, the Cotkin Family and Playhouse PALS.
BFF events fill up fast, so make your reservations for Various Emporia today by emailing education@SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com or calling 1-310-394-9779 ext 3 and then visit SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com for a complete list of events. Binge on Theatre this October – better than television any day!