MisMatched in Maui

December 20, 2006

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Aloha Outzoners! I’m writing this from a Starbucks in beautiful Maui! I know some people like to bitch that Starbucks is taking over the world. I’m not one of those people. I find Starbucks’ ubiquity comforting. No matter what dicey neighborhood or foreign land I spot one in, I think, ‘Serve me a venti non-fat vanilla latte and I’ll feel right at home.’

I’m here because my pal Nora Burns (from the hilarious Nellie Ollsens comedy group) invited me, my boyfriend John-Michael and my roommate Tony over to do two shows. The four of us took part in a Hawaiian version of the game show parody I produce regularly in LA, The MisMatch Game. Tony does a great version of the delightfully droll Charles Nelson Reilly and here is one of my favorite exchanges from the show:

DENNIS: Charles, I heard you went to a gay luau last night.
CHARLES: Yes, I did. It was marvelous.
DENNIS: Did you eat any poi?
CHARLES: I didn’t get his name, but yes.

One of the locals who took part on the panel played Jesus, which I really got a kick out of. He was seated between Charo and Paris Hilton and seemed to be having a really good time, even though this is a very busy time of year for him.

Then last night, John-Michael performed the one-man show The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center. The Maui-ans ate it up like poi at a gay luau. If you happen to live in San Francisco, he’ll be performing it there at the Off Market Theater from December 22 to December 31.

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