Sundraya (Sunny) Kase

Director
Sunny, as she is known to most people, was adopted from Seoul, Korea, at 11 months old in 1970. She is proud to be part of the Korean adoptive community and works with younger adoptees on issues of self esteem. She has taught at the Korean Institute of Minnesota and at several of the Korean culture camps. Sunny is also dedicated to the arts and the community in which she lives. She is the recepient of a St. Paul Companies L.I.N. (Leadership in Neightborhoods) grant. She has served on several boards, including Children's Home Society and The Korean Quarterly. Sunny has been involved with Theater Mu since 1997. She originally worked with Mu's outreach program performing an autobiographical monologue, "My Story". Later, she and Rick Shiomi collaborated to write the book for "The Walleye Kid". Sunny is honored to be part of the Mu Performing Arts Board of Directors, as this is an exciting time of growth, artistically and operationally, for the organization. In her professional life she is the Development Officer at the Minnesota Private College Council, Fund and Research Foundation. Sunny is also proud to be partner to Jeff, mother to 6 year old Joseph, almost 2 year old Thomas, and newborn Patrick!