Director Choreographer


“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
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
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
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
ONCE - choreographer
Pioneer Theatre Company, SLC
A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING - choreographer
Goodspeed Musicals, CT
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
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
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
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
CONCERT DANCE
BALLET HAWAII 'GROOVE IS IN THE HEART' - concept and choreography
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