King of Kong: A Musical Parody is proud to be making its Las Vegas debut!
Amber Ruffin, current writer for Late Night With Seth Meyers and veteran of Boom Chicago and The Second City and Lauren Van Kurin, a veteran of The Second City, Annoyance, iO and Sacred Fools, challenge us to a game of Donkey Kong against Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe in this two person musical comedy inspired by the cult documentary King of Kong, which follows two men on their quest to hold the Donkey Kong classic video game high score.
The award winning show, King of Kong: A Musical Parody, is an original two person musical comedy written and produced by Ruffin and Van Kurin, who originally played all the roles themselves. Ruffin plays Billy Mitchell, the evil Donkey Kong champion from Hollywood Florida with it all; hot hair, a hot wife and a hot sauce business. Nothing can get in this reigning Donkey Kong Champion’s way. Or can it? Van Kurin plays Steve Wiebe, the constantly failing to succeed family man with a secret talent for playing Donkey Kong. Will Billy Mitchell continue to be number 1 or will Steve Wiebe triumph and take the crown? This new musical features original songs such as “Failure Is Just A Success That You Failed To Succeed At”, “What Billy Mitchell Wants Billy Mitchell Gets”, and “A Fistful Of Quarters Is A Fistful Of Dreams.”
The wildly successful documentary King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters instantly became a cult classic. Whether you’ve seen the documentary or not, you will love the musical!
“Originally we wrote it as an eight person show. But then I thought, why not play all the roles ourselves, just the two of us?” says Van Kurin. “We were writing all these kick-ass songs and just giving them away because we weren’t the right race or gender. How could we complain about a lack of great roles for women while we were writing a show for men?” says Ruffin. “We’re just greedy.” Van Kurin adds.
Brendan Hunt (Director) is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles. His award-winning play Absolutely Filthy, won various awards at both Hollywood and New York Fringe Festivals.
David Schmoll’s (Composer) studio specializes in music production, sound design and voiceovers for clients worldwide, including Fox ADHD, TED, and Phillip Morris.
Performances of King of Kong: The Musical Parody will be October 9 and 10 at 8 pm. with a Sunday matinee on October 11 at 5 pm. Tickets are $20 for General Admission and may be purchased online at www.onyxtheatre.com or at the Box Office an hour before show time.
KING OF KONG: THE MUSICAL PARODY
Written by Amber Ruffin and Laurin Van Kurin
Music by David Schmoll
Directed by Brendan Hunt
The Onyx Theatre is located at 953 E. Sahara Ave. #16B in Commercial Center, Las Vegas, NV 89104. Nearby dining options inclu
