Mu Performing Arts - MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

Masanari Kawahara

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:48:18 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

Kaori Kenmotsu

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:47:06 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

Kurt Kwan

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:47:00 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Kurt Kwan has been seen in several Theater Mu productions including Cowboy Versus Samurai, Romeo and Juliet, Song of the Pipa, Song for a Nisei Fisherman, and Maui and the Soul of the Sun. When he is not onstage, Kurt can be found on the Minneapolis Karaoke tour.

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Katie Leo

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:46:58 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Katie Leo is an adopted Korean writer, actor and educator. As an actor, she has worked with numerous Twin Cities theatre companies. She is a core member of MaMa mOsAiC Theatre, a women of color collective with whom she co-wrote and co-produced Bride/price, which debuted at Mixed Blood Theatre in December of 2004. As a writer, she has had work published in 60 Seconds to Shine: 221 One-Minute Monologues for Men (Heinemann), Monologues from the Playwrights’ Center (Smith & Kraus), Talking Stick (Jackpine Writers Bloc), The Journal of the Asian American Renaissance, and HardKore, a literary magazine out of Koreatown, Chicago. Her first solo written play, A Single Shard, was commissioned and produced by Stages Theatre Company in 2005. She has been awarded a Blacklock Fellowship for Poetry, a Mentor Series for Poetry at the Loft Literary Center, and two Many Voices Residencies at the Playwrights’ Center. In addition, Ms. Leo has performed work at various open mics and cabarets around the Twin Cities.

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Allen Malicsi

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:46:49 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Allen Malicsi has been a professional performer in the Twin Cities for 12 years. His performances have involved acting, vocal performance, dance, guitar and piano performance and also martial arts presentations. Theatrically, he has worked with such companies as Theater Mu, Park Square Theater, Stages Theater, No Manifesto Theater Co., The Cromulent Shakespeare Company and the Ronin Theater Company. In addition, Mr. Malicsi has performed for many theater productions produced by the Twin Cities Filipino community, which were staged at the Ordway Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. Mr. Malicsi began his artistic career at the age of three at the Yamaha School of Music as a piano student. At the age of five his training took him to the MacPhail School of Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he also began his training in classical guitar. While studying political science at St. John’s University, he was classically trained as a tenor while continuing his training as pianist and classical guitarist. He has studied the Korean art of Tae Kwon Do, Filipino Kali and Chinese Kempo for over 13 years. He is a certified instructor in Tae Kwon Do and is currently training for his 4th Degree Black Belt examination in June of 2005.

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Sara Ochs

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:46:10 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Sara Ochs was last seen at Mu in Happy Valley. Her other productions with Mu include The Great Family Tree, The Walleye Kid: The Musical, 99 Histories, and Pacific Overtures. Other credits include Steppingstone Theatre, North Star Opera, Park Square Theatre, Nautilus Music-Theater, and Theatre in the Round.

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Jeany Park

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:42:31 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Jeany Park has been seen in Cowboy Versus Samurai, Happy Valley, 99 Histories, The Walleye Kid, Passage and Maui, Soul of the Sun, all at Mu. Jeany also worked at many local theatre companies including the Guthrie, Penumbra, Mixed Blood, Illusion, Theatre Mu, The Minnesota Opera, Cheap Theatre, and Pillsbury House Theatre, and regionally at theatre companies such as the Madison Repertory Theatre, Victory Gardens, and ShawChicago. She has her MFA in Acting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a founding member of MaMa mOsAiC, an all women of color theatre collective

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Laurine Price

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:41:41 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Laurine Price has been blessed with the opportunity to perform in Mu's productions of Pacific Overtures, Interior Designs, Falling Flowers, and Of Hope and Courage. She was most recently seen in the role of Princess Jasmine in The Children's Theatre Company's production of Disney's Aladdin. Laurine has also performed with a number of other theaters in the Twin Cities, including: Nautilus-Music Theater, Minneapolis Musical Theatre, Park Square, the Illusion, Actors' Theater of MN, Penumbra, Pig's Eye, and the Chameleon Theatre Circle. Laurine also does quite a bit of work with Print, Commericial, and Industrials... and is thrilled to announce that in her spare time - she will be seeing the pyramids of Egypt as 30th-birthday present to herself this year!

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Sherwin Resurreccion

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:41:06 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Sherwin F. Resurreccion has been seen in seven mainstage performance with Mu Performing Arts. Nurture and support from staff and other artists are key contributing factors to his growth as an artist. And like many who’s had the great future to work with Theater Mu, he has found a home with the company. Sherwin would like to thank Mu Performing Arts for their grace and spirit

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Kiseung Rhee

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:40:31 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Kiseung Rhee has had an illustrious career in bringing to life aquatic creatures to the stage for Theater Mu in the past seven years (crab, shark, Dragon King, etc.), as well as non-aquatic roles (Uncle/Ajishe, Jung Li, Mercutio, Tiger, etc.). In addition to acting, Mr. Rhee cannot be defined as just as actor, but also as a playwright and director (not at the same time, mind you). His recent projects include the 2005 Next Wave Festival, the Nesian (commissioned by Theatro del Pueblo), and his own pet projects (like cleaning his room and doing taxes).

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Eric "Pogi" Sumangil

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 14:39:30 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Eric “Pogi” Sumangil began his onstage career as a baby, being held (along with a script) as his father rehearsed for one of many plays with the local Filipino community. After playing Papa Bear in The Trial of Goldilocks (dir. Charles Hubbell) at the ripe old age of twelve, he graduated to playing spear-carriers while unsuccessfully wooing women in high school. After earning degrees in Asian Studies and Communication from St. John’s University, he joined the ranks of the Twin Cities theater community. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2005

Mu Mainstage: A Song for a Nisei Fisherman, Romeo & Juliet, Temple of Dreams, Falling Flowers, Filipino Hearts

Mu Outreach: FOB, Yankee Dawg You Die!, Hmong Tiger Tales, Korean Tiger Tales, Cowboy Versus Samurai

Regional credits include: Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Mixed Blood Theatre Co./Z. Mistry), Cowbird (Eye of the Storm), Anything Goes with Sandy Duncan (Ordway), Under the Stars and Stripes: Stories of World War II (History Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird (History Theatre), The Tempest (Cromulent Shakespeare Co), The Cradle Will Rock (Frank Theatre), Crave (Chaos Theories), Bill of (W)Rights (Mixed Blood), HAiR (Hennepin Theatre Trust), The Monkey King (Children’s Theatre Co), The Awesome 80s Prom (Hennepin Theatre Trust), West Side Story (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres), The Pajama Game (Mixed Blood Theatre Co.), Cowboy Versus Samurai (Mo’olelo Performing Arts Co.)

Tours: Eastern Parade (Mixed Blood Theatre Co.), Manzi (Teatro del Pueblo), Miss Saigon (Prather Family of Theaters)

Television: “Investigating History: The Secrets of Genghis Khan” (History Channel)

Film: “Flight” (Frogtown Media), “Shawn Ship Shape” (Kevin Kamin, dir.), “Deliver “(Jesse Skogh, dir).

Momoko Tanno

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:07:01 -0600

Affiliation:
MAAG (Mu Associated Artists Group)

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Credits include Theater Mu: Pacific Overture (Tamate/Shogun’s Mother), The Walleye Kid (Omani/Teacher), American Repertory Theatre: Carmen (Frasquita, Cigarette Girl), Theatre de la Jeune Lune: FIGARO (Susanna), Carmen (Frasquita, Cigarette Girl), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Camelot (ensemble), Park Square Theatre: Pacific Overtures (Tamate/Shogun’s Mother), Mixed Blood Theater: Eastern Parade (ensemble), Lake Pepin Players: Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown), Dorian Opera Theatre: Carousel (Julie understudy), The Little Sweep (Sophie), Institute of Vocal Artistry: Hansel and Gretel (Dew Fairy/Sandman), Heritage Theatre: Brigadoon (Maggie Anderson). Credits abroad include: Heinrich Schütz Chor-Tokyo: Via Crucis (Stage director/Dancer/Soloist), St. John’s Passion (Soloist), Germany Tour (Soloist), Gospel Concert Tour (Tokyo, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Nara). Ms. Tanno has a M.M. in Vocal Performance from the University of Minnesota. Roles at U of M include: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orfeo), Dido and Aeneas (Witch). She holds a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Nihon University. Other Credits: Oregon Bach Festival, North Star Opera, Dale Warland Singers. Ms. Tanno is a voice instructor at her private studio, Breck School, and Roseville Area High School. Member of NATS.

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Jennifer Weir

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 16:10:22 -0600

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<a href="bios/mu_daiko/jweir">Mu Daiko</a>, Taiko Instructor, Core Artistic Group, Mu Associated Artists Group

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Active in both theater and taiko, Jennifer Weir is grateful to Mu for the many opportunities to perform, direct and create. Although she began her theater career as an actor, her recent experience is in directing. On Mu's main stage, she directed Happy Valley by Aurorae Khoo, wrote and directed the one-act Demons of Noto Hanto and served as assistant director for Song of a Nisei Fisherman and Falling Flowers. She has participated in Mu's directing festivals with projects, Dipped in Love, Happy Valley, Architecture of Loss, Wonderland and Tokyo Bound. Recently, she collaborated with Kaori Kenmotsu to create Charcoal Line Project, an exploration of the connecting spirit between taiko and modern dance. She is also a senior member of Mu Daiko and performs, teaches and composes taiko as often as she can. Jennifer is a member of Mu's Core Artistic Group, and MAAG and Mu Daiko. She has received the American Composers Forum subito Grant, Artist Exploration Arts International Grant, Playwrights' Center Many Voices Grant, and the Asian American Renaissance Artist Career Development Jerome Re-Grant.

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