The Mikado Project

Jul 20, 2010

1h 22m

★ 2.0

Desperation is the mother of all invention

Overview

A struggling Asian American Theater company decides to put on a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Production Companies

Cricket Feet

Velvet Candy Entertainment

Wait...What? Productions

The Mikado Project Trailers

Cast

Viola

Tamlyn Tomita

Lance

Allen C. Liu

Cheryl

Erin Quill

Ben

Ryun Yu

Yuri

Yuri Tag

Teddy

Raymond J. Lee

Jace

David Lee McInnis

Sam

Rizwan Manji

Dennis

Gerald McCullouch

Mrs. O'Malley

Freda Foh Shen

Young Cheryl

Jamie M. Araki

Joe Smith - 'Golden Gate P.I.' Producer

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