East West Players

Asian-American theatre company

East West Players

Formation| 1965; 60 years ago (1965)[1]
Type| Theatre group
Purpose| Asian American theatre
Location|

* Union Center for the Arts
120 Judge John Aiso St.
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California 90012

Website| eastwestplayers.org

East West Players is an Asian American theatre organization in Los Angeles, founded in 1965.[1] As the nation's first professional Asian American theatre organization, East West Players continues to produce works and educational programs that give voice to the Asian Pacific American experience today.

## Overview

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Established in 1965 by Mako, Rae Creevey, Beulah Quo, Soon-tek Oh, James Hong, Pat Li, June Kim, Guy Lee, and Yet Lock as a place where Asian-American actors could perform roles beyond the stereotypical caricatures they were being limited to in Hollywood.[2] An early statement of purpose read: "To further cultural understanding between the East and West by employing the dual Oriental and American heritages of the East-West Players."[3]

Current mission statement: As the nation's premier Asian American theatre organization, East West Players produces artistic works and educational programs that foster dialogue exploring Asian Pacific experiences.[4]

Current vision statement:[4]

* Continuing the movement to develop, foster and expand Asian Pacific performance into a major force on the national arts scene in the 21st century
* National recognition of the organization's productions and programs
* Increased opportunities for Asian and Pacific Islander artists on stage and in other media
* Introducing audiences to the diverse Asian Pacific experiences
* Educational programs and mentorship in the literary, technical and performing arts
* Financial and organizational sustainability and growth

East West Players has been called “the nation’s pre-eminent Asian American theater troupe”[5] for their award-winning productions blending Eastern and Western movement, costumes, language, and music. EWP has premiered over 100 plays and musicals about the Asian Pacific American experience and has facilitated over 1,000 readings and workshops. Its emphasis is on building bridges between East and West; attendance estimates are 56% Asians and 44% non-Asians.

In 1998, EWP Producing Artistic Director Tim Dang led the company’s move from a 99-seat Equity Waiver "black box” into a new 240-seat venue at an Actors' Equity Association contract level. EWP’s mainstage is the David Henry Hwang Theater, housed within the historic Union Center for the Arts in downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district. The theater serves over 15,000 people each year, including low income audiences of whom are provided free and discounted admissions as well as deaf audiences via ASL-interpreted productions.

EWP hosts an annual awards dinner to celebrate the achievements of individuals who have "raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their craft."[6]

## Educational programs

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EWP offers a growing array of educational programs training over 200 multicultural artists each year – the Actors Conservatory (performance workshops and an intensive Summer Conservatory); David Henry Hwang Writers Institute; the career program, Alliance of Creative Talent Services (ACTS); and the touring Theatre for Youth (reaching an estimated 50,000 K-8th graders and their families via in-school performances and festivals). Scholarships have been offered for these programs in the past to maintain accessibility for students.[7]

## Alumni

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Notable EWP alumni include actors Mako, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, James Hong, Yuki Shimoda, John Lone, Rodney Kageyama,[8] BD Wong, James Saito, Freda Foh Shen, Lauren Tom, Amy Hill, Alec Mapa, Alan Muraoka, Emily Kuroda, Sala Iwamatsu, Chris Tashima, Anthony Begonia, John Cho, Kal Penn, Daniel Dae Kim, Matthew Yang King, Parvesh Cheena, James Kyson-Lee, Masi Oka, Francois Chau, Jeanne Sakata, Rachna Khatau, Greg Watanabe, Dante Basco, and dramatists Wakako Yamauchi, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, David Henry Hwang, Philip Kan Gotanda, Roberta Uno, R.A. Shiomi, Judith Nihei and Soji Kashiwagi, and Clyde Kusatsu. East West Players has also had the opportunity to work with many respected artists and faculty such as actors Dennis Dun, Danny Glover,[9] Bill Macy, Takayo Fischer, George Takei, Tsai Chin, and Nancy Kwan, directors, Lisa Peterson and Oskar Eustis, musician Dan Kuramoto and instructors Calvin Remsberg and Fran Bennett.

Over seventy-five percent of all Asian Pacific performers in the acting unions living in Los Angeles have worked at EWP. East West Players has provided training and opportunities to many emerging and professional artists who have gone on to win Tony Awards, Obie Awards, Emmy Awards, LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, and Academy Awards.

East West Players has collaborated with many organizations though its history, including Center Theatre Group, Pasadena Playhouse,[10] Robey Theatre Company,[11] Cornerstone Theater Company,[12] Ma-Yi Theatre Company, and Cedar Grove OnStage.

## Honorees

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EWP hosts an annual gala fundraiser in order to honor "individuals [as well as corporations and foundations] who have raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their craft." There are five awards: the Visionary Award, Corporate/Foundation Visionary Award, Made in American Award, Breakout Performance Award, and the Founders Award. Past honorees include Tia Carrere, John Cho, Tim Dang, Prince Gomolvilas, Amy Hill, Mako, Mike Shinoda, BD Wong,[13] and Michelle Yeoh.[14]

The event itself comprises a formal dinner followed by a silent auction. Proceeds from the event go directly toward funding the theatre's many educational and artistic programs.[15]

## Current season

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### 2020 - 2021 55th Season

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"Between Worlds"  Production Title  | Written by  | Directed by  | In Association with

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Daniel Ho |  | Andy Lowe  |
Today is My Birthday | Susan Soon He Stanton  | Lily Tung Crystal  |
Kaidan Project: Alone | Lisa Sanaye Dring and Chelsea Sutton  |  | Rogue Artists Ensemble
From Number to Name |  | Kristina Wong  | API Rise
1 Hour Photo | Tetsuro Shigematsu  | Richard Wolfe  | Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre
Running | Danny Pudi | Arpita Mukherjee  | Hypokrit Theatre Company and EnActe Arts

## Previous seasons

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Season  | Production Title  | Directed by  | Written by  | Music by  | Choreography by  | In Association with

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1965-1966 1st Season | Rashomon |  | Fay and Michael Kanin
Based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa |  |  |
Twilight Crane |  | Junji Kinoshita |  |  |
Lady Aoi |  | Yukio Mishima |  |  |
1967 2nd Season | Martyrs Can't Go Home |  | Soon-Teck Oh |  |  |
Camels Were Two-Legged in Peking |  | Soon-Teck Oh
Adapted from a novel by Lao She |  |  |
1968 3rd Season | The Medium |  | Gian-Carlo Menotti |  |  |
The Substitute, a Kyogen |  |  |  |  |
The Servant of Two Masters |  | Carlo Goldoni |  |  |
The House of Bernarda Alba |  | Federigo Garcia Lorca |  |  |
1969 4th Season | The Year of the Cock (revue)  |  |  |  |  |
Now You See, Now You Don't |  | Henry Woon  |  |  |
Three Kyogens |  |  |  |  |
The Inspector General |  | Nikolai Gogol |  |  |
1970 5th Season | Rashomon (revival)  |  | Fay and Michael Kanin
Based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa |  |  |
Tondemonai-Never Happen! |  | Soon-Teck Oh |  |  |
1972 7th Season | Monkey |  | Ernest Harada (from a Chinese folktale)  |  |  |
Three Kyogens |  | Leigh Kim, Betty Muramoto, Irvine Paik  |  |  |
No Place For a Tired Ghost |  | Mako |  |  |
S.P.O.O.S. |  | Bill Shinkai  |  |  |
Tales of Juan and Taro |  | Glenn Johnson and Alberto Isaac |  |  |
1973 - 1974 8th Season | Enchanted Pumpkins |  | E.M. Rafn and Sheri Emond  |  |  |
Transfers and the Rooming House |  | Conrad Bromberg  |  |  |
Two Shades of Yellow: Coda |  | Alberto Isaac |  |  |
Two Shades of Yellow: Yellow Is My Favorite Color |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
Pineapple White |  | Jon Shirota  |  |  |
The Emperor's Nightingale |  | Sam Rosen  |  |  |
1974 - 1975 9th Season | Harry Kelly |  | Harold Heifetz  |  |  |
In the Jungle of Cities |  | Bertolt Brecht |  |  |
The Year of the Dragon |  | Frank Chin |  |  |
When We Were Young |  | Momoko Iko |  |  |
1975 - 1976 10th Season | A Doll's House |  | Henrik Ibsen |  |  |
Revelations as a Tight-Eyed Devil |  | Bill Shinkai  |  |  |
S.P.O.O.S. (revival)  |  | Bill Shinkai  |  |  |
The Chickencoop Chinaman |  | Frank Chin |  |  |
Nobody On My Side of the Family Looks Like That! |  | Dom Magwili  |  |  |
Three Sisters |  | Anton Chekhov |  |  |
The Asian American hearings: A Multi-Media Extravaganza |  |  |  |  |
1976 - 1977 11th Season | That's the Way the Fortune Cookie Crumbles |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
And the Soul Shall Dance |  | Wakako Yamauchi |  |  |
Gee Pop |  | Frank Chin |  |  |
Psychechain |  | Irvin Paik
Adapted from a short story by William Wu |  |  |
Twelfth Night |  | William Shakespeare |  |  |
1977 - 1978 12th Season | Points of Departure |  | Paul Stephen Lim  |  |  |
Bunnyhop |  | Jeffrey Paul Chan |  |  |
O-Men: An American Kabuki |  | Karen Yamashita |  |  |
1978 - 1979 13th Season | Voices in the Shadows |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
Frogs |  | Aristophanes |  |  |
The Avocado Kid or Zen and the Art of Guacamole |  | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
Princess Charley |  | Book by Jim Ploss and Norman Cohen
Lyrics by Jim Ploss  | Roger Perry  |  |
Pacific Overtures |  | Book by John Weidman
Additional material by Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
1979 - 1980 14th Season | Pacific Overtures (encore performance) |  | Book by John Weidman
Additional material by Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
Stories with Strings & Sticks & Shadows: Lawson |  | Lawson Inada |  |  |
Stories with Strings & Sticks & Shadows: Karasu Taro |  | Taro Yashima |  |  |
Stories with Strings & Sticks & Shadows: The Princess and the Fisherman & Magic Show |  | Michiko Tagawa  |  |  |
Hawaii No Ka Oi: Aala Park and Manoa Valley |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
What the Enemy Looks Like |  | Perry Miyake, Jr.  |  |  |
Da Kine |  | Leigh Kim  |  |  |
Happy End |  | Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
Original German play by Dorothy Lane
Book and lyrics adapted by Michael Reingold  | Kurt Weill |  |
1980 - 1981 15th Season | F.O.B. |  | David Henry Hwang |  |  |
Hokusai Sketchbooks |  | Seiichi Yashiro
Translated by Ted T. Takaya  |  |  |
Godspell |  | Conceived by John-Michael Tebelak
Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Stephen Schwartz |  |
Not a Through Street |  | Wakako Yamauchi |  |  |
East West Stories |  |  |  |  |
The Life of the Land |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
1981 - 1982 16th Season | Station J |  | Richard France |  |  |
Christmas in Camp |  | Dom Magwili
Conceived by Mako |  |  |
12-1-A |  | Wakako Yamauchi |  |  |
Pilgrimage |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
1982 - 1983 17th Season | Imperial Valley |  | Margaret DePriest |  |  |
Have You Heard |  | Soon-Teck Oh
Additional writing by Kwang Lim Kim and Sukman Kim  | Yong Mann Kim  |  |
Yamashita |  | Roger Pulvers |  |  |
The Dream of Kitamura |  | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
No Smile For Strangers |  | Harold Heifetz  |  |  |
Yellow Fever |  | R.A. Shiomi |  |  |
1983 - 1984 18th Season | Live Oak Store |  | Hiroshi Kashiwagi |  |  |
You're on the Tee & Ripples in the Pond |  | Jon Shirota  |  |  |
The Grunt Childe |  | Lawrence O'Sullivan  |  |  |
Paint Your Face on a Drowning in the River |  | Craig Kee Strete  |  |  |
Asaga Kimashita |  | Velina Hasu Houston |  |  |
Visitors From Nagasaki |  | Perry Miyake, Jr.  |  |  |
1984 - 1985 19th Season | A Song for a Nisei Fisherman |  | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
The Music Lessons |  | Wakako Yamauchi |  |  |
The Threepenny Opera |  | Bertolt Brecht

English adaptations by Marc Blitzstein

| Kurt Weill |  |
1985 - 1986 20th Season | Christmas in Camp II |  | Dom Magwili
Conceived by Mako
Additional writing by Mako and Keone Young |  |  |
The Memento |  | Wakako Yamauchi |  |  |
Rashomon (revival)  |  | Fay and Michael Kanin
Based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa |  |  |
1986 - 1987 21st Season | Chikamtsu's Forest |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
The Gambling Den |  | Akemi Kikumura  |  |  |
Wong Bow Rides Again |  | Cherylene Lee |  |  |
The Medium (revival)  |  | Gian-Carlo Menotti |  |  |
The Zoo Story |  | Edward Albee |  |  |
Hughie |  | Eugene O'Neill |  |  |
Lady of Larkspur Lotion |  | Tennessee Williams |  |  |
1987 - 1988 22nd Season | A Chorus Line |  | Conceived by Michael Bennett
Lyrics by Edward Kleben
Book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante | Marvin Hamlisch  |  |
Stew Rice |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
Mother Tongue |  | Paul Stephen Lim  |  |  |
Mishima |  | Rosanna Yamagiqa Alfaro  |  |  |
Where Nobody Belongs |  | Colin McKay |  |  |
An Afternoon at Willie's Bar |  | Paul Price  |  |  |
1988 - 1989 23rd Season | The Fantasticks |  | Words by Tom Jones | Harvey Schmidt |  |
Laughter and False Teeth |  | Hiroshi Kashiwagi |  |  |
Webster Street Blues |  | Warren Sumio Kubota  |  |  |
Vacancy |  | Lillian Hara and Dorie Rush Taylor
Based on "An Apple, An Orange" by Diane Johnson |  |  |
1989 - 1990 24th Season | Company |  | Book by George Furth
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
The Chairman's Wife |  | Wakako Yamauchi |  |  |
Performance Anxiety |  | Vernon Takeshita  |  |  |
Come Back little Sheba |  | William Inge |  |  |
1990-1991 25th Season | Songs of Harmony |  | Karen Huie  |  |  |
Doughball |  | Perry Miyake, Jr.  |  |  |
Hedda Gabler |  | Henrik Ibsen |  |  |
Canton Jazz Club |  | Book by Dom Magwili
Lyrics by Tim Dang | Nathan Wang and Joel Iwataki  |  |
1991-1992 26th Season | Not a Through Street |  | Wakako Yamauchi  |  |  |
Uncle Tadao |  | Rick Shiomi  |  |  |
Six Characters in Search of an Author |  | Luigi Pirandello
Translation by Robert Cornthwaite  |  |  |
Accomplice |  | Rupert Holmes |  |  |
1992 - 1993 27th Season | Into the Woods |  | Book by James Lapine
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
Fish Head Soup |  | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
The Rising Tide of Color |  | Vernon Takeshita  |  |  |
The Dance & Railroad House of Sleeping Beauties |  | David Henry Hwang |  |  |
1993 - 1994 28th Season | 29 1/2 Dreams, Women Walking Through Walls |  | Conceived and developed by Nobu McCarthy and Tim Dang
Written by Emily Kuroda, Jeanne Sakata, Judy SooHoo, Marilyn Tokuda, and Denise Uyehara |  |  |
Arthur and Leila |  | Cherylene Lee  |  |  |
The Maids |  | Jean Genet |  |  |
Letters to a Student Revolutionary |  | Elizabeth Wong |  |  |
1994 - 1995 29th Season | Hiro |  | Denise Uyehara |  |  |
Sweeney Todd |  | Book by Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
Twice Told Christmas Tales |  | Judy SooHoo  |  |  |
S.A.M. I Am |  | Garrett Omata  |  |  |
Cleveland Raining |  | Sung J. Rho  |  |  |
Twelf Nite O Wateva! |  | James Grant Benton  |  |  |
1995 - 1996 30th Season | Merrily We Roll Along |  | Book by George Futh
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
And the Soul Shall Dance |  | Wakako Yamauchi |  |  |
Whitelands: Part I – Porcelain
Part II – A Language Of Their Own
Part III – Half Lives |  | Chay Yew |  |  |
Lettice & Lovage |  | Peter Shaffer |  |  |
1996 - 1997 31st Season | Cabaret |  | Book by Joe Masteroff
Lyrics by Fred Ebb | John Kander |  |
Ikebana |  | Alice Tuan |  |  |
The Taste of Kona Coffee |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
F.O.B. |  | David Henry Hwang |  |  |
Woman From the Other Side of the World |  | Linda Faigao-Hall  |  |  |
1997-1998 32nd Season | Pacific Overtures |  | Book by John Weidman
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
Heading East |  | Book and Lyrics by Robert Lee  | Leon Ko |  |
Big Hunk O' Burnin' Love |  | Prince Gomolvilas |  |  |
Lava |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
Dance and Sing for the Holidays | Deborah Nishimura  | Deborah Nishimura  |  |  |
1998 - 1999 33rd Season | Yohen |  | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
Carry the Tiger to the Mountain |  | Cherylene Lee |  |  |
Hanako |  | Chungmi Kim  |  |  |
Beijing Spring |  | Lyrics by Tim Dang | Joel Iwataki  |  |
1999 - 2000 34th Season | Leilani's Hibiscus |  | Jon Shirota  |  |  |
Golden Child |  | David Henry Hwang |  |  |
My Tired Broke Ass Pontificating Slapstick Funk |  | Euijoon Kim  |  |  |
Follies |  | Book by James Goldman
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
2000 - 2001 35th Season | The Theory of Everything |  | Prince Gomolvilas |  |  |
The Year of the Dragon |  | Frank Chin |  |  |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |  | Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
Yankee Dawg You Die |  | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
2001 - 2002 36th Season | Red | Chay Yew | Chay Yew |  |  |
| Chay Yew | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
Monster |  | Derek Nguyen |  |  |
And the World Goes 'Round |  | Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, David Thompson

Lyrics by Fred Ebb

| John Kander |  |
2002 - 2003 37th Season | Queen of the Remote Control |  | Sujata G. Bhatt  |  |  |
The Tempest |  | William Shakespeare |  |  |
Little Shop of Horrors |  | Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman
Based on the film by Roger Corman
Screenplay by Charles Griffith | Alan Menken |  |
The Nisei Widows Club |  | Betty Tokudani  |  |  |
2003 - 2004 38th Season | Passion |  | Book by James Lapine

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

| Stephen Sondheim |  |
Masha No Home |  | Lloyd Suh  |  |  |
The Wind Cries Mary |  | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  |
M. Butterfly |  | David Henry Hwang |  |  |
2004 - 2005 39th Season | Mixed Messages |  | Cherylene Lee |  |  |
As Vishnu Dreams |  | Shishir Kurup |  |  |
Proof |  | David Auburn |  |  |
Imelda: A New Musical |  | Book by Sachi Oyama
Lyrics by Aaron Coleman  | Nathan Wang |  |
2005 - 2006 40th Season | Stew Rice |  | Edward Sakamoto  |  |  |
Equus |  | Peter Schaffer |  |  |
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |  | Book by Hugh Wheeler
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |
Motty-Chon |  | Perry Miyake  |  |  |
2006 - 2007 41st Season | Slides: The Fear Is Real... |  | Mr. Miyagi's Theatre Company  |  |  |
Surfing DNA |  | Jodi Long  |  |  |
Master Class |  | Terrence McNally |  |  |
I Land |  | Keo Woolford |  |  |
Yellow Face |  | David Henry Hwang |  |  |
2007 - 2008 42nd Season | Durango |  | Julia Cho  |  |  |
Dawn's Light |  | Jeanne Sakata |  |  |
Voices From Okinawa |  | Jonathan Shirota  |  |  |
Pippin | Tim Dang | Book by Roger O. Hirson | Stephen Schwartz | Blythe Matsui and Jason Tyler Chong  |
2008 - 2009 43rd Season: "Beyond Presence" | Be Like Water | Chris Tashima | Dan Kwong |  |  |
The Joy Luck Club | Jon Lawrence Rivera  | Susan Kim
Based on the novel by Amy Tan |  |  |
Ixnay | Jeff Liu | Paul Kikuchi  |  |  |
Marry Me a Little | Jules Aaron  | Craig Lucas and Norman René | Stephen Sondheim |  |
The Last Five Years |  | Jason Robert Brown | Jason Robert Brown |  |
2009 - 2010 44th Season: "Art is..." | Art | Alberto Isaac  | Yasmina Reza |  |  |
Po Boy Tango | Oanh Nguyen  | Kenneth Lin |  |  |
Cave Quest | Diane Rodriguez | Les Thomas  |  |  |
Road to Saigon | Jon Lawrence Rivera  | Jon Lawrence Rivera  | Nathan Wang |  |
2010 - 2011 45th Season | Mysterious Skin | Tim Dang | Prince Gomolvilas |  |  |
Crimes of the Heart | Leslie Ishii  | Beth Henley |  |  |
Wrinkles | Jeff Liu | Paul Kikuchi  |  |  |
Krunk Fu Battle Battle | Tim Dang | Book by Qui Nguyen
Lyrics by Beau Sia | Marc Macalintal  |  |
2011 - 2012 46th Season: "Languages of Love" | A Widow of No Importance | Shaheen Vaaz  | Shane Sakhrani  |  |  | South Asian Network and USC School of Theatre
The Language Archive | Jessica Kubzansky  | Julia Cho |  |  | Kaya Press and Libros Schmibros Lending Library & Bookshop
Three Year Swim Club | Keo Woolford | Lee Tonouchi |  |  |
A Little Night Music | Tim Dang | Book by Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Reggie Lee |
2012 - 2013 47th Season: "Spirited Away" | Encounter | Anil Natyaveda and Aparna Sindhoor | S.M. Raju and Aparna Sindhoor
Inspired by a short story by Mahasweta Dav | Isaac Thomas Kottukapally | Anil Natyaveda and Aparna Sindhoor |
Tea, with Music | Jon Lawrence Rivera  | Velina Hasu Houston | Nathan Wang |  |
Christmas in Hanoi | Jeff Liu | Eddie Borey  |  |  |
Chess | Tim Dang | Tim Rice | Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus |  |
2013 - 2014 48th Season: "Making Light" | Steel Magnolias | Laurie Woolery | Robert Harling |  | Keali'i Ceballos  |
The Nisei Widows Club: How Tomi Got Her Groove Back | Amy Hill | Betty Tokudani  |  |  |
A Nice Indian Boy | Snehal Desai  | Madhuri Shekar  |  |  |
Beijing Spring | Tim Dang | Tim Dang | Joel Iwataki  | Marcus Choi  |
2014 - 2016 Extended Two-Year 50th Anniversary Season: "Golden" | Animals Out of Paper | Jennifer Chang | Rajiv Joseph |  |  |
Takarazuka!!! | Leslie Ishii  | Susan Soon He Stanton  |  | Cindera Che  |
Washer/Dryer | Peter J. Kuo  | Nandita Shenoy  |  |  |
The Who's Tommy | Snehal Desai  | Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff | Pete Townshend | Janet Roston  |
Chinglish | Jeff Liu | David Henry Hwang |  |  |
Criers for Hire | Jon Lawrence Rivera  | Giovanni Ortega  |  |  |
La Cage Aux Folles | Tim Dang | Book by Harvey Fierstein
Based on play by Jean Poiret | Jerry Herman | Reggie Lee |
2016 - 2017 51st Season: "Radiant" | Mama Bares in Concert: Once Upon a Play Date | Sean T. Cawelti  | Joan Almedilla, Ai Goeku Cheung, Deedee Magno Hall, and Jennifer Paz  |  |  |
Road to Kumano |  |  |  |  | TAIKOPROJECT
Kentucky | Deena Selenow  | Leah Nanako Winkler |  |  |
Free Outgoing | Snehal Desai  | Anupama Chandrasekhar |  |  |
Next to Normal | Nancy Keystone  | Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey | Tom Kitt |  |
2017 - 2018 52nd Season: "The Company We Keep" | Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin | Sean T. Cawelti  | Lisa Dring and Chelsea Sutton with Rogue Artists Ensemble |  |  |
Yohen | Ben Guillory | Philip Kan Gotanda |  |  | Robey Theatre Company
Allegiance (musical) | Snehal Desai  | Marc Acito, Jay Kuo, and Lorenzo Thione  | Jay Kuo  | Rumi Oyama  | Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
Soft Power | Leigh Silverman | David Henry Hwang | Jeanine Tesori | Sam Pinkleton | Center Theatre Group
As We Babble On | Alison M. De La Cruz  | Nathan Ramos  |  |  |
2018 - 2019 53rd Season: "Culture Shock" | Vietgone | Jennifer Chang | Qui Nguyen | Shammy Dee  |  |
Man of God | Jesca Prudencio  | Anna Moench  |  |  |
Mamma Mia (musical) | Snehal Desai  | Catherine Johnson | Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson | Preston Mui  |
2019 - 2020 54th Season: "We Are the Ones We Are Waiting For" | Hannah & the Dread Gazebo | Jiehae Park  | Jennifer Chang  |  |  | The Fountain Theatre
The Great Leap | Lauren Yee | BD Wong |  |  | Pasadena Playhouse
Sugar Plum Fairy | Sandra Tsing Loh | Bart DeLorenzo  |  |  |
| Assassins (musical) | Snehal Desai  | Book by John Weidman
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |  |

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