Leslie Ishii
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Leslie Ishii is the Artistic Director at Perseverance Theatre, Alaskan Regional Theatre. She has directed at Perseverance Theatre, Pangea World Theatre, East West Players; Artists At Play; and more; Oregon Shakespeare Festival: API 2×2 New Works Residency Founder/Co-Producer, Dramaturgy, FAIR Program Recipient, and facilitator of OSF’s E/D/I/A Initiative with artEquity; Native Voices: Dramaturgy; and Northwest Asian American Theatre where she began her theatre journey.
(Actor) Penumbra; Theatre; Theater Mu; Northwest Asian American Theatre; El Teatro Campesino; American Conservatory Theater; South Coast Repertory Theatre; Broadway, Regional theatre and Film/Tv credits upon request.
(National Service) Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists: Board President, Co-Chair Steering Committee: 5th and 6th National Asian American Theatre ConFest; National New Play Network, Board Member and Membership Committee; National BITOC Coalition/Commons Project for the sustainability BIPOC artists and theatres, Founder; artEquity, core faculty; National Theatre Conference; and Non-Profit Theatre Coalition, Lead, Coalition Building/Website Subcommittee. Anchorage Arts Group, Steering Committee; NEA Grant Selection Panelist; Fitzmaurice Voicework, conference organizer, Barcelona, Spain and Vancouver, Canada.
(Affiliations & Awards) Founder/Director, National Cultural Navigation Theatre Project; New England Foundation for the Arts Capacity Grant; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation National Theatre Grant Recipient; James P. Shannon Leadership Institute; Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Integrity Award; Los Angeles County Teachers Making A Difference Award; SDC E/D/I Standout Moments, 2016, 2017; Member SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA.
meet the team
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Communications Coordinator
Ty Defoe (Ghiziig)
Core Facilitator
Tiffany “Ti” Wilhelm
Core Facilitator + Board Member
Shannon Brunette
Board Emeritus
Seena Hodges
Core Facilitator
Savannah Ritz Villarreal
Program Coordinator
Patric Madden
Development Manager
Nissy Aya
Core Facilitator
Nijeul X
Board Member
Michael Robertson
Deputy Director
Melissa Kievman
Board Member
Mauricio Tafur Salgado
Core Facilitator
Leslie Ishii
Core Facilitator
Kendra Hale
Administrative Coordinator
Kendra Ann Flournoy
Interim Operations Manager
John Rooney
Core Facilitator
Chiedu Egbuniwe
Board Member
Carmen Morgan
Founder + Executive Director
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Alexis Green
Program Producer