NuWorks Festival 2024
June 22-30

Kurt Kanazawa (he/him) is an accomplished actor and opera singer, born on the ancestral homelands of the Tongva and Chumash Nations, of Japanese (yonsei) and Filipino (Ilocano) descent, and a graduate of The Juilliard School (GD), Manhattan School of Music (MM), and Columbia University (BA). As an actor, he has worked with the LA LGBT Center, Rogue Artists Ensemble (upcoming: Lisa Sanaye Dring’s Happy Fall), Detroit Public Theatre, LA Theatre Works, Boston Court Pasadena, IAMA Theatre, Artists At Play, and the Ojai Playwrights Conference (where, additionally, he was a member of the reading committee). TV/Film credits include :Grey’s Anatomy”, “Bosch: Legacy”, The Lincoln Lawyer, A Life in Pieces: the Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami (Tribeca Festival, Festival de Cannes, Japanese American National Museum permanent collection) and No No Girl (directed by Paul Daisuke Goodman). As an opera singer, his credits include the New World Symphony, The Industry-LA, NCPA-Beijing, and Teatro Colon (Buenos Aires). Thank you to Tisa, Jeff, Kalina, Tramayne, my parents, Madeleine, and all my friends and family for their love and support. IG: @kurtkanazawa www.kurtkanazawa.com

Howard Ho is a playwright/composer. PARITY is his Pan Asian Rep NuWorks debut. In 2023, his play RESET was produced by MoviJully Leeng Arts and was an O’Neill Finalist. Other works include VARIOUS EMPORIA (O’Neill Finalist), WHERE I’M FROM (Samuel French OOB Finalist), END OF THE LINE (Samuel French OOB Finalist, currently licensed by MTI), BEETHOVEN’S THIRD (Samuel French OOB Finalist), and JIE JIE (Best of the Best of PlayGround 2024). He’s a YouTuber with 120,000 subscribers and has been recognized by Lin-Manuel Miranda for his music analysis videos. He has sound designed over 50 productions, earning Ovation Award and SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle nominations. He holds degrees from UCLA and USC.

YT: @HowardHoMusic
IG: @howardwho
https://howardhomusic.com/

Patrick Lee is a dynamic storyteller making waves in New York and Hong Kong. While he's won awards for CBS News features and indie documentaries, his passion lies in theater. His plays like There is Always Sunshine on the Stage and "Nights Without You" explore the AAPI experience, while An Old Lady Who Says She Knows Kung Fu sparks conversations. He collaborated with the City Contemporary Dance Company on The Odyssey of the Little Dragon, bringing AAPI stories to life. Whether in NYC or Hong Kong, Patrick captivates audiences and sparks conversations about culture and identity, rewriting the narrative on storytelling.

LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-lee-aa087616/

Joy Regullano is a writer / actor / comedian based in LA. TV writing credits: MONSTERS AT WORK (based on MONSTERS INC) on Disney Plus, JELLY, BEN, and POGO (a PBS Kids web series), KUNG FU PANDA: DRAGON KNIGHT (Netflix / Dreamworks), HEALING POWERS OF DUDE (Netflix), seveoy Regullanoral Sesame Workshop digital shorts, and she was a Sesame Street writing fellow. TV acting credits: BARRY, LINCOLN LAWYER, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, MODERN FAMILY, SPEECHLESS, and SUPERNATURAL. Her YouTube sketch WHITE FETISH went viral with 1M+ views. She was recently nominated for an Emmy for writing on Sesame Street’s Word of the Day series. Check out the concept album for her Asian American comedy musical SUPPORTIVE WHITE PARENTS, now available on all streaming platforms!

IG: @joyregullano
www.joyregullano.com

Kenjiro Lee is a Korean/Japanese-American playwright, puppeteer, director, and occasional performer with an interest in the cerebral and the absurd. Selected works include: Seoul City Sue, NO FAN SERVICE: An Unauthorized Sequel to an Anime about Giant Robots, and Ninja Tea. He has presented work through Paper Kraine Productions, Harriet Tubman Effect, the Fled Collective (NYC), and the Road Theatre Company (Los Angeles). Alum of the Under Construction 3 Playwriting Group (Road Theatre, LA), 24 Hour Plays: Nationals, and Serials (The Flea and The Tank). Member of the Dramatists Guild’ and Puppeteers of America. Catch the finale of Egg Quest: The Saga of the Breakfast Burrito July 11-13 as part of Serials at the Tank!

IG: @kenjiromakestheater www.kenjirolee.com

Nina Ki (xe/she/they) is a Queerean (Queer + Korean) American playwright living in Brooklyn. Xe graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2008 with a BFA in Dramatic Writing, and xer plays have been read, recorded, and presented nationwide, including with Clubbed Thumb, Ma-Yi Theater Company, MCC Theater, The Parsnip Ship, Yale Summer Cabaret, and Queens Theater. Xer play Moon Bear was given special consideration for the Relentless Award, and xer play Ravage was a finalist for the Playwrights Realm's Fellowship. Xe was also an inaugural member of The Parsnip Ship's Radio Roots Writer's Group and a member of Clubbed Thumb's Early Career Writer's Group, and is currently a member of The Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group and Ma-Yi's Writers Lab. To contact xer or learn more about xer work, please visit xer website at www.nina-ki.com