COLD TOFU Improv

Thank you, Impro Theatre, for having us! We had a blast doing Script Tease with new plays by Rosie Narasaki and Ken Narasaki.

Rehearsal for tomorrow night's improv show: SCRIPT TEASE!! We have NO IDEA what the scripts will be about, but we're getting ready with our coffee mugs, head pieces, cigarettes* and attitudes on standby. Join us tomorrow night at 7pm for a LIVE cold reading of the first 2 pages of brand new scripts by ROSIE NARASAKI and KEN NARASAKI and watch Cold Tofu improvise the rest! Go to @improtheatre's Twitch Channel Impro_TV on Saturday 2/20 at 7pm or go to our website for more inf...o www.coldtofu.com Q&A afterwards with the playwrights! *Cold Tofu does not endorse the use or consumption of tobacco products. The "red" in one of the cigarettes is a half-chewed red gummy bear. #actor #actors #AsianAmerican #latinx #improv #lathtr #losangeles #diversity #comedy #improvteam #improvfamily #coldtofuimprov #playwright #newplay

SCRIPT TEASE this Saturday at 7 pm with Impro Theatre! Cold Tofu will perform a cold read of the first 2 pages of a brand new one-act play ... then we improvise the rest! Featuring TWO brand new scripts from LA-based playwrights ... Rosie Narasaki and Ken Narasaki; and starring Doreen Calderon, Robert Covarrubias, Howard Ho, Jully Lee, Mike Palma and Kurt Yamamoto. It's COLD TOFU's first public performance since the pandemic. Join us for the show, followed by a Q&A with the... playwrights and cast. Saturday, February 20 at 7pm 2 one-act plays, running time approx 1 hr. https://improtheatre.com/livestreaming/

Congratulations to our Artistic Director Jully Lee on her Ovation Award Nomination for her performance in HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO by Jiehae Park, directed by Jennifer Chang at The Fountain Theatre, in association with East West Players.

Class One: History of Puppetry and How To Make Your Own Puppet. Class Two: Bring in your puppet and LET'S START PLAYING!!!!!! We're so freaking lucky to have Instructor @kelvinkao start us off in this Intro to Puppetry class! It's ridiculously fun THANK YOU KELVIN!!!!

COLD TOFU NEWSLETTER OUT! Check out updates on classes and what's been going on with COLD TOFU~~ https://mailchi.mp/df42f542/cold-tofu-show-tomorrow-4224349

Kelvin Kao's holiday video is so ridiculously delightful Check out his "The What On the What?" @youtube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzulM1-oSHY&feature=youtu.be

Happy Holidays from Cold Tofu! Photos from our Company Improv Jam on 12-19-20. Looking forward to more virtual workshops in 2021 until we can all gather in the same space and start using our bodies from the waist down again!! #improvfamily #improvjam #coldtofu #coldtofuimprov #coldtofufamily #happyholidays #holidayimprov #asianamerican #diversitymatters #representationmatters

IMPROV GYM with Mike Palma starts tomorrow~ Special holiday rate: $25 for 3 sessions. PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR A NEW ONLINE ERA with Doreen Calderon starts in Jan 2021~ (register for yourself, or a friend/colleague as a holiday gift!) ... https://www.coldtofu.com/online-classes-2020

COLD TOFU presents..... API Jeopardy! The Asian Pacific Islander version of Jeopardy. Our tribute to Alex Trebek Starring Howard Ho, Reggie De Leon, Jully Lee, Mike Palma and Peter Pasco #SketchComedy #Jeopardy #AsianAmerican #ColdTofuImprov #Representation

There’s one school that’s like ‘Isn’t it great that certain stories are being told, period, regardless of who’s telling them.’ Being grateful has never moved the needle forward. I think it’s time to stop being so damn grateful for being thrown a crumb when we could have the entire loaf of bread.