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Director Choreographer

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“Under the keen direction of Lainie Sakakura

Let this fine cast take you on a journey that will linger long after the last musical note punctures the ceiling.”

 

LIZZIE, TheatreWorks Hartford -Middletown Press by Bonnie Goldberg

CHOREOGRAPHY AWARDS

2015 Joe A. Callaway Award, Outstanding Choreography

Red Eye Of Love, Off Broadway

2002 Joseph Jefferson Award, Best Choreography

Damn Yankees, Marriott Theatre

CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD NOMINATIONS

2022 Connecticut Critics Award, Outstanding Choreography

Cabaret Goodspeed Musicals

2022 BroadwayWorld Connecticut Awards, Best Choreography

Cabaret Goodspeed Musicals

2003 Joseph Jefferson Award, Best Choreograph

Hot Mikado, Marriott Theatre

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SDC DIRECTOR CHOREOGRAPHER - Select Credits

BROADWAY

FOSSE - dance reconstruction

Broadhurst Theatre

Tony Award Best Musical

OFF BROADWAY

RED EYE OF LOVE - co-choreographer 

Dicapo Opera Theatre

Joe A. Callaway Award recipient for Best Choreography 

THE LITTLE DANCER - choreographer

Theatre 71, director: Richard Vida

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LINCOLN CENTER

THE FROGS - choreographer

Rose Theater at Jazz Lincoln Center

Starring: Nathan Lane, Dylan Baker, Peter Bartlett, Kevin Chamberlin, Jordan Donica, Marc Kudisch, Douglas Sills

CELEBRATING AAPI BROADWAY STORIES 1951-1991 - concept, direction and moderator

Bruno Walter Auditorium, Library for the Performing Arts

Guests: Finis Jhung, Baayork Lee, Jason Ma, Thom Sesma

Special video interview: Patrick Adiarte, Shirlee Kong and Honoring Alvin Ing

 

MY AAPI BROADWAY STORY: BREAKING BARRIERS - concept, direction and moderator

Bruno Walter Auditorium, Library for the Performing Arts

Guests: Baayork Lee, Ann Harada, JoAnn Hunter, Telly Leung, Jose Llana

NEW MUSICALS and PLAYS - NYC

AFTERMATH - director

Cherry Lane Theatre

Written by Lawrence Feeney, Craig Pospisil, David Hilder, Ashlie Atkinson, Tony Pennino, Robin Rothstein, Joanna Parson, Ryan Duncan, Katharine Clark Gray, Tanya Perez, Renee Flemings, Jonathan Marc Sherman, P. Seth Bauer, Jonathan Tipton Meyers, Maria Deasy, Liz Duffy Adams, Jessica Fleitman, Migdalia Cruz, Candido Tirado, Carmen Rivera Tirado, Ana Maria Jomolca, Adriana Santos, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Analisa Velez, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Jorge Perez, Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, Andrew Rincón, Angelo Parra, Raquel Almazan

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CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET - librettist and director

Theatre 71

Music & Lyrics by Paul Fujimoto

Produced by 5th Avenue Theatre & Abingdon Theatre Company

  

THE ATRAIN (RE) PLAYS 'HAL AND JOANN' - director

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizon

THE ATRAIN PLAYS VOL XVI - director-choreographer

Neighborhood Playhouse

Written by Erica Silberman

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YOUNGMEE - director

National Asian Artists Project, Discover: New Musicals

Theatre 315

Written by Michelle Rocqet

 

REGIONAL THEATER

LIZZIE, director and choreographer

TheaterWorks Hartford, CT

CABARET, choreographer

Goodspeed Musicals, CT

Connecticut Critics Award nomination, Outstanding Choreography

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ONCEchoreographer

Pioneer Theatre Company, SLC

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A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING - choreographer

Goodspeed Musicals, CT​

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CASPER THE MUSICAL - co-choreographer

Pittsburgh CLO Tour starring Chita Rivera

SYNCOPATION - choreographer

Penguin Rep, NY, written by by Alan Knee

HOT MIKADO - choreographer

Marriott Theatre, Chicago starring Adam Jacobs

Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Choreography​

DAMN YANKEES - co-choreographer

Marriott Theatre, Chicago - starring Sean Allen Krill

Joseph Jefferson Award recipient for Best Choreography

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CONCERTS & CABARETS - NYC

JIMMY BUFFETT - choreographer

Havana Daydreamin' Concert Tour and Stadium Music Video

Music Director/Keyboards, Michael Utley

EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ETHEL: ETHEL MERMAN choreographer and assoc. director

92Y Lyrics & Lyricists, Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, NYC

Starring: Lindsay Mendez, Julia Murney, Emily Skinner, Clarke Thorell, Natasha Yvette Williams

​Director, Ted Sperling​

ALVIN ING writer and director

'GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO'

The Duplex - Music Director, Thomas Conroy

'​JOURNEY OF A COCKEYED OPTIMIST'

Don't Tell Mama - Music Director, Sarah Brett England

​'TIME'S A WASTING'

Don't Tell Mama - Music Director, Cathy Venable

SPECIAL EVENTS - NYC

HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE LINES  'Tableau', and 'Soundstage' - choreographer

BCEFA EASTER BONNET, National Tours 'Two Halves of Our Heart' - concept and choreography

Minskoff Theatre

BCEFA RED BUCKET FOLLIES, FLOWER DRUM SONG 60th Anniversary - co-concept and writer

New Amsterdam Theatre​

Starring 43 AAPI Broadway performers incl: Ali Ewoldt, Alvin Ing, Jose Llana, Telly Leung, Jodi Long, Ashley Park

 

AMERICAN THEATER WING Master Class Series - choreographer

Featuring Broadway Dance Arranger, Sam Davis

EDITH HEAD, A RETROSPECTACULAR - choreographer

DIFFA, Motion Picture & Television Fund

Cipriani

JAPAN DAY 'GANBARE! FROM BROADWAY' - director

Summer Stage, Central Park

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EDUCATIONAL THEATER​

CARRIE - director and choreographer

Molloy/CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory

Madison Theater, LI 

HEAD OVER HEELS - director and choreographer

Montclair State University

Alexander Kasser Theater, NJ

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CONCERT DANCE

BALLET HAWAII 'GROOVE IS IN THE HEART' - concept and choreography

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Inquire for full resume-​

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