Shizuko Hoshi is a Japanese-American actress, theatre director, dancer
and choreographer, living in Southern California. Born in Japan, she
is a graduate of Tokyo Women's College and University of Southern
California. She was married to actor Mako, the founding Artistic
Director of East West Players in Los Angeles and worked closely with
the Asian-American theatre company from to .While at East West
Players, she received many awards for performance, directing and
choreography, including a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for
Featured Performance in Wakako Yamauchi's And the Soul Shall Dance, as
well as Drama-Logue Awards for Best Director for Hokusai Sketchbooks,
Asa ga Kimashita, A Chorus Line and Mishima. Her film credits include
Memoirs of a Geisha, Come See the Paradise and M. Butterfly.She
appeared in the indie film, Charlotte Sometimes and narrated the
Academy Award-winning Live Action Short Film, Visas and Virtue. She
has also appeared on television, in such shows as Chicago Hope and
M*A*S*H*. In , Hoshi co-directed the English language premiere of the
Japanese comedy The Fall Guy off-Broadway in New York City.Appeared in
Philip Kan Gotanda's play "The Wash" at Mark Taper Forum, Los
Angeles, California
and choreographer, living in Southern California. Born in Japan, she
is a graduate of Tokyo Women's College and University of Southern
California. She was married to actor Mako, the founding Artistic
Director of East West Players in Los Angeles and worked closely with
the Asian-American theatre company from to .While at East West
Players, she received many awards for performance, directing and
choreography, including a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for
Featured Performance in Wakako Yamauchi's And the Soul Shall Dance, as
well as Drama-Logue Awards for Best Director for Hokusai Sketchbooks,
Asa ga Kimashita, A Chorus Line and Mishima. Her film credits include
Memoirs of a Geisha, Come See the Paradise and M. Butterfly.She
appeared in the indie film, Charlotte Sometimes and narrated the
Academy Award-winning Live Action Short Film, Visas and Virtue. She
has also appeared on television, in such shows as Chicago Hope and
M*A*S*H*. In , Hoshi co-directed the English language premiere of the
Japanese comedy The Fall Guy off-Broadway in New York City.Appeared in
Philip Kan Gotanda's play "The Wash" at Mark Taper Forum, Los
Angeles, California
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