Daniel Akiyama is the author of the full-length plays A CAGE OF FIREFLIES (Sundance Institute Theatre Lab selection; O’Neill finalist) and GAMES FOR BOYS (Sundance and O’Neill finalist). His short plays include UDDER PARADISE, THE BITTER FURY AND MAGNIFICENT VENGEANCE OF DON CLOWN, and an adaptation of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. A graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Daniel studied playwriting with Dennis Carroll, Y York, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, and Daniel A. Kelin II. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, New Play Exchange, and Tree Moss Playwrights and is honored to serve on the board of directors of Keakalehua and on the community advisory board for the Edward Sakamoto Collection at UH Manoa. Daniel was a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts under the Biden...
Daniel Akiyama is the author of the full-length plays A CAGE OF FIREFLIES (Sundance Institute Theatre Lab selection; O’Neill finalist) and GAMES FOR BOYS (Sundance and O’Neill finalist). His short plays include UDDER PARADISE, THE BITTER FURY AND MAGNIFICENT VENGEANCE OF DON CLOWN, and an adaptation of THE YELLOW WALLPAPER. A graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Daniel studied playwriting with Dennis Carroll, Y York, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, and Daniel A. Kelin II. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, New Play Exchange, and Tree Moss Playwrights and is honored to serve on the board of directors of Keakalehua and on the community advisory board for the Edward Sakamoto Collection at UH Manoa. Daniel was a grants panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts under the Biden Administration and was a nominee for the 2023 and 2024 United States Artists Fellowship.