The Musical
Inspired by Joy’s real life experiences, SUPPORTIVE WHITE PARENTS is a comedy musical about an Asian girl who wishes on a shooting star for supportive white parents and eventually learns to love her Filipino parents for who they are. It’s sort of like an Asian American Book of Mormon (poignant satirical comedy) meets It’s a Wonderful Life (wish fulfillment).
The show started as a half hour musical that we put up at UCB, Second City Hollywood, and the Hollywood Fringe Festival, where it won the The Encore! Producers’ Award and the Best of the Broadwater Award. From there, it got a mostly sold out run as an hour-long premium show at Second City Hollywood, but was sadly cut short by the pandemic. We then spent the next few months baking pandemic bread and developing the script into a feature.
We’re now in the process of workshopping the full length stage musical and are about to record our concept album. We’ve put a lot of love into this musical and really think it could go far. Asians have a lot of money and want to laugh! Also we don’t have enough Asian American comedy musicals! Thank you for any support you can give, even if it’s just a follow or a shout out on social media, and know that we love you for who you are!
The Team
Joy Regullano
is a writer / actor / comedian based in LA who is currently writing on the animated show MONSTERS AT WORK on Disney Plus. Previously, she wrote on JELLY, BEN, and POGO (a PBS Kids web series), KUNG FU PANDA: DRAGON KNIGHT (Netflix / Dreamworks), the Netflix show HEALING POWERS OF DUDE, several Sesame Workshop digital shorts (including this one introducing the first Asian American muppet, Ji-Young!), and she was a Sesame Street writing fellow. TV acting credits include CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, MODERN FAMILY, SPEECHLESS, HOUSE OF LIES, and SUPERNATURAL. She has performed improv and sketch around LA at UCB and Second City Hollywood. Her YouTube sketch WHITE FETISH went viral with 1M+ views and has been featured in the Huffington Post, Upworthy, and more. IG: @joyregullano
Sam Johnides and Tony Gonzalez
are the collaborative songwriting duo behind the music for Supportive White Parents. They began composing together in 2010 as "The Sam & Tony Show" for several sketch shows and one-act musicals, including Missed Connections: A Craigslist Musical, Scifiology: The Musical, and Trump In Space: A Musical Comedy, performed at UCB, Second City Hollywood, and other comedy venues. Their most recent collaboration, Bachelor the Musical, ran in January 2022 at The Apollo Theater in Chicago, produced by Right Angle Entertainment. Their original musicals include Annabella, a musical fantasy drama performed at Hollywood Fringe 2015 and The Big Oak Theatre in 2016, and Happily Ever Under, a modern musical retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, workshopped through Apples and Oranges Theatre Accelerator in 2018. They also release songs, write original shows, and perform live concerts under the name "Diary of Atticus." Sam and Tony had the good fortune to meet Joy Regullano through Second City Hollywood, and are overjoyed to have been a part of bringing Supportive White Parents from its humble half-hour beginnings to the full length musical it is today, which speaks to audiences of all ages and cultural experiences. IG: @thejohnicles and @mister_8th_wonder
Concept Album Band
Ichi Tanabe
Drums
Ichi is a professional drummer. Born in Tottori, Japan. At the age of 23, he moved to Los Angeles to study at California College of Music. He has been performing/touring with various artists in LA such as Cody Dear, Petrella Ann Bonne, Mike Bauer and many more. Also he has been working with various producers such as Richard Rudolph and Adam Berg (Grammy nominated producer) at Manifest Studio in LA.
Sam Johnides
Guitar / Piano
Sam Johnides is an LA based songwriter and performer who’s beyond excited to be part of the “Supportive White Parents” creative team alongside his co-writer Tony Gonzalez and creator Joy Regullano. Recording the album has been a dream come true and he can’t wait to share this musical journey with you all. @thejohnicles
Zach Pyke
Bass / Upright Bass
Zach Pyke has been slapping his bass around the U.S. and Internationally for the last 15 years. Originally from Catalina Island, he spent years working at sea as a cruise ship music director and touring with national acts like Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox and The B Side Players, and has backed up a number of performers from Broadway and T.V. including: Titus Burgess, Cheyenne Jackson, Ariana Debose, Vincent Rodriguez III, Carlie Craig, Andy Bell, Daniel Durston, and James Byous among others. He currently resides in Hollywood, California where he is looking to adopt a cat soon.
Other Concept Album Credits
Producers: Joy Regullano, Sam Johnides, Tony Gonzalez
Financial Producers: Joy Regullano, Grace Dewson. We also want to give a shout out to all of our Kickstarter backers who helped make the album!
Engineer / Mixer: Jeff Ryon
Other Collaborators / Artists
We also want to give a shout out to other collaborators / artists we’ve worked with over the years!
Director (Full Length Stage Musical Development, UCB, Second City Hollywood, Hollywood Fringe Festival): Frank Caeti
Choreographer (UCB, Second City Hollywood, Hollywood Fringe Festival): Ally Vega
Band (Second City Hollywood): Chris Trovador, Paul PK Kingston, Sam Johnides, Taylor Bobby
Band (Feature Pitch / Development / Cabaret Shows): Ichi Tanabe, Josh Fleury, Paul PK Kingston, Sam Johnides, Zach Pyke