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| The Colonel and Shenille (Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt) in Ham for the Holidays (photo by Chris Bennion) |
Ham for the Holidays:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Ham?
Tongueinchic Productions
(at ACT Theatre)
Through December 20, 2015
I’m going to put a suggestion in the box for Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt to develop another regularly scheduled show during the
year, maybe for Summer Solstice! Because once a year is simply not enough to
enjoy their unique minds and amazing comedy. But so far, all we have is the
Christmas time offering of Ham for the
Holidays.
The current sketch night is subtitled Who’s Afraid of Virginia Ham? I don’t think the title has much to
do with any given year’s sketches, but it’s part of the pun.
This year, we get the return of the Colonel and Shenille, as
they sing along the Duwamish and point out the sights, such as they are. Be
warned that, while the barge is billed as a casino and bar, they’re so new that
they’ve yet to procure either the gambling license or the liquor license, but
chug along they go! (Platt’s costume here is one of the funniest ever!)
A brief presentation of the new bingeable tv show, Three’s Custody, combines the
sensibility of Orange is the New Black
and Three’s Company. More please!
The annual game show, this year Presidential Family Feud, features presidential-contender family members, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush,
and Maryanne Trump Barry (a Circuit Court Judge). The
idea is good, though the execution is a bit lacking in this sketch, but it’s the
fun audience participation time, where you can win prizes and be teased.
A perennial presence in the show, the Sequim Gay Men’s Chorus, led
by Kenneth Dolman, touted a new land development they’re building called Peninsula
Housing For Aging Gays (PHFAG). You can buy a piece of it now, though
electricity is not yet included! Don’t miss their Beatles medley in only the
way the SGMC can do it!
The rest of the evening is filled with the usual video clips
that make you scratch your head and wonder who the hell actually produces these
things, and a visit by the Slam Poet, a lovely Moment with Lisa, and the new
extravaganza by Mama Euomi Spudd where she steals Doctor Suess and inserts
herself into How the Bitch Stole
Christmas! Mama never fails to pervert some iconic story or other…
The show seems to grow just a little bit each year, and
veterans D.J. Gommels and Michael Oaks are joined by Joel Domenico (last year’s
addition who really rocks the house) and Abbey Drake. Domenico is eye-candy for
both men and women, and gets a chance to show off some killer pipes.
Don’t miss this holiday favorite and put it on your calendar
as an annual treat. And here’s hoping Koch and Platt decide that they, too,
would like to skewer more holidays than just Christmas in the near future!
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