KEN NARASAKI (Playwright) is an actor and writer. His plays include the recent adaptation of NO-NO BOY, award-winning plays INNOCENT WHEN YOU DREAM (winner 2006 Kuma Kahua Pacific Rim Award), and THE MIKADO PROJECT (co-written with Doris Baizley – winner, 2008 Kuma Kahua Pacific Rim Award), and GHOSTS AND BAGGAGE. As an actor, he starred in ZWEI PROFIS for German television, and appeared in Lane Nishikawa’s ONLY THE BRAVE; he’s also appeared in nearly 60 plays, including PO BOY TANGO, A WINTER PEOPLE, THEORY OF EVERYTHING, in Chicago, Los Angeles, Singapore, New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento, and elsewhere.
Ron Nakahara (Director, No-No Boy) has been an actor/director in New York City since 1979 and was designated
a Senior Artist with Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in 1987 and is an Artistic Associate. Ron has directed one-woman
shows at Don’t Tell Mama and The Duplex, and has worked extensively with and directed the Asian-American
performance group SLANT at La MaMa ETC, and NYSF Public Theatre. His other directing credits in New York
include NAATCO, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. His regional credits include The Studio Theatre (Washington, DC),
Hartford Stage Co., Fulton Opera House (Lancaster, PA) where his production of Miss Ever’s Boys won him a best
director award, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, New York State Theatre Institute, Hangar Theatre (Ithaca,) Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis, Virginia Stage Company (Norfolk,) and Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. In addition, Ron has also
directed for New York University and Virginia Commonwealth University. He has served on several NEA panels
and was one of the first recipients of an NEA/TCG Directing Fellowship. He is a member of SDC, SAG-AFTRA, and
AEA.
