Leslie Ishii
Leslie Ishii
Leslie Ishii, Artistic Director, Perseverance Theatre (PT), has directed at PT, Pangea World Theatre, East West Players; Artists At Play; UC, Irvine; USC; CSLA; Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF): API 2x2 Lab New Works Residency, Founder/Co-Producer, Dramaturgy, FAIR Assistant Director Program Recipient and co- facilitation of OSF’s E/D/I/A Initiative with artEquity; Native Voices Theatre in Dramaturgy and other...
Leslie Ishii, Artistic Director, Perseverance Theatre (PT), has directed at PT, Pangea World Theatre, East West Players; Artists At Play; UC, Irvine; USC; CSLA; Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF): API 2x2 Lab New Works Residency, Founder/Co-Producer, Dramaturgy, FAIR Assistant Director Program Recipient and co- facilitation of OSF’s E/D/I/A Initiative with artEquity; Native Voices Theatre in Dramaturgy and other productions, and where she began, Northwest Asian American Theatre.
(Actor, recent) PT and Penumbra/Theatre Mu Co-Production; El Teatro Campesino; Southcoast Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre; Broadway, and more regional theatre and Film/Tv credits upon request.
(National) Professional Non-Profit Theatre Coalition (PNTC): Website/Coalition Subcommittee Co-Chair, advocating for Federal Relief support; Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists: Board President and CAATA hosts the National BIPOC Theatre Networks Coalition/Commons for the sustainability of artists and theatres of color (Founder); National New Play Network: Board Member, Strategic Planning Co-Chair; artEquity, original core faculty working throughout the US to support anti-racism/anti-bias/JEDIA training and transformation with arts and culture organizations. New England Foundation for the Arts: Theatre Capacity Building Grant Recipient for the Sunrise Prayer Project; a project in development to tell the story of the WWII US Concentration Camps, the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans, and that this system is/was built on the Indian Reservation System.
(Affiliations & Awards) United States Artist Fellow, 2022-23; SDCF Zelda Fichandler Directors Award Finalist, 2021; Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Integrity Award; NEA Grant Panelist; National Theatre Conference: PT is a member; Stage Directors and Choreographers’ Union E/D/I Standout Moments, 2016, 2017; Founder/Director, National BIPOC Theatre Coalition/Commons, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation National Theatre Grant Recipient; James P. Shannon Leadership Institute; Los Angeles County Teachers Making A Difference Award; Union membership: SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA
(Actor, recent) PT and Penumbra/Theatre Mu Co-Production; El Teatro Campesino; Southcoast Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre; Broadway, and more regional theatre and Film/Tv credits upon request.
(National) Professional Non-Profit Theatre Coalition (PNTC): Website/Coalition Subcommittee Co-Chair, advocating for Federal Relief support; Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists: Board President and CAATA hosts the National BIPOC Theatre Networks Coalition/Commons for the sustainability of artists and theatres of color (Founder); National New Play Network: Board Member, Strategic Planning Co-Chair; artEquity, original core faculty working throughout the US to support anti-racism/anti-bias/JEDIA training and transformation with arts and culture organizations. New England Foundation for the Arts: Theatre Capacity Building Grant Recipient for the Sunrise Prayer Project; a project in development to tell the story of the WWII US Concentration Camps, the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans, and that this system is/was built on the Indian Reservation System.
(Affiliations & Awards) United States Artist Fellow, 2022-23; SDCF Zelda Fichandler Directors Award Finalist, 2021; Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Integrity Award; NEA Grant Panelist; National Theatre Conference: PT is a member; Stage Directors and Choreographers’ Union E/D/I Standout Moments, 2016, 2017; Founder/Director, National BIPOC Theatre Coalition/Commons, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation National Theatre Grant Recipient; James P. Shannon Leadership Institute; Los Angeles County Teachers Making A Difference Award; Union membership: SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA