Takeshi
Kata

Geffen Playhouse: The Night Alive, Death of the Author, The Seafarer, Boston Marriage, Ruth Draper Monologues, Slowgirl and Reasons to Be Pretty. NYC credits include Man from Nebraska (Second Stage Theater); The Profane (Playwrights Horizons); Forever (New York Theatre Workshop); Gloria, Outside People (Vineyard Theatre); Derren Brown: Secret, Through a Glass Darkly (Atlantic Theater Company); Adding Machine (Minetta Lane Theatre); Orson’s Shadow (Barrow Street Theatre). Regionally Kata has worked at Alley Theatre, American Players Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Hartford Stage, Kirk Douglas Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Yale Rep, among others. Kata won an Obie and has been nominated for Drama Desk, Ovation, Connecticut Critics Circle and Barrymore Awards. Kata is an Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts.