|
|
LANE NISHIKAWA |
|
Nationality: Asian American Email: n/a Website: n/a |
|
|
Literary Agent: n/a |
Nishikawa is a veteran theatre artist who served as Artistic Director of San Francisco's Asian American Theater Company and as actor, writer, director and dramaturg for over 55 productions there for nearly two decades. Nishikawa is best known for his acclaimed solo shows exploring Asian American identity: Life in the Fast Lane, I'm On a Mission From Buddha (adapted for TV and aired on PBS), and Mifune and Me, which have toured to over 75 cities in the U.S., Europe and Canada. He has also worked with the American Conservatory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory Theater, Old Globe Theatre of San Diego, Ford's Theater in Washington, DC, Berkeley Repertory Theater, the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theater, Northwest Asian American Theater, El Teatro Campesino, LATC and the Odyssey Theater amongst others.Nishikawa recently appeared in the national tour of Gate of Heaven, a drama that he wrote and starred in about a Nisei soldier who liberates a Jewish survivor from the Dachau concentration camp in Germany, and the Ballad of Yachiyo at the South Coast Repertory Theater. The extensive Gate of Heaven tour included a run at the U.S. National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Nishikawa's numerous film credits include: Wayne Wang's Eat a Bowl of Tea, Steven Okazaki's Living on Tokyo Time and American Sons (on PBS), and Wim Wender's Until the End of the World. Nishikawa recently completed his first film, When We Were Warriors. Nishikawa is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including: the Solo Performance Fellowship from the NEA, the Profiles of Excellence award from ABC-TV, and the Ruby Yoshino Schaar Playwrights and the Henry and Chiyo Kuwahara Award from the National Japanese American Citizens League. He has also been honored by the Harvard Foundation for his continued contributions to American Performing Arts and Inter-Cultural Race Relations and is the recipient of the JACCC's Humanitarian Award. Lane Nishikawa was the first Asian American to receive an U.C. Regents Fellowship at U.C. Santa Barbara where he directed the first Asian American production on campus.
- http://www.aatrevue.com
Plays by Lane Nishikawa
Gate Of Heaven | ||
| 1st Produced: | Old Globe Theatre | 1996 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #110024 | |||
To Buy This Play: | ||||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Take two WWII vets, one Jewish, one Japanese American. Mix on the battlefield in Europe. Follow the two for over forty years. The result: one moving story. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
I'm On A Mission From Buddha | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81929 | |||
To Buy This Play: | ||||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Life in the Fast Lane | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81930 | |||
To Buy This Play: | ||||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
Mifune and Me | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent, where listed, at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81931 | |||
To Buy This Play: | ||||||
|
| ||||||
Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
|
