Current Projects


One Minute Play Festival – Connecting the World, One Minute at a Time

2026

Amelody (Starting April 2026) – Every Sunday at 11 AM

Shakespeare in Tokyo 原語で学ぶシェークスピア

1 Min Play Festival

  • Ventura,  California – May 30 & 31
  • Los Angeles, California – August 28, 29 & 30
  • Tokyo, Japan – November

February – Basic On-Camera Class in Tokyo

オン カメラ クラス(ビギニング)の先行お知らせ
6月末(日程未定)にHollywoodで俳優や声優てしても活躍してるRicardo Hurtadoが来日してオンカメラクラスを開催する事になりました! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7221817/
そこに向けて先ずはオンカメラの基本的な内容のレッスンを行います。 これはなかなかない機会なのでぜひご参加頂ければと思います!
【日程】
◾︎Part 2 「コメディ」 「ドラマ」 ・2/22(日)zoom pm1:00~2:00 ・3/1(日) 対面
pm4:30~7:00
【対面レッスン場所】  東京都江戸川区小岩
【定員】 各回10名
【料金】 ¥7000
※Part 1・2 それぞれ2日間の料金です
「ドラマ」「コメディ」両方を受講希望の場合は2回分の料金になります(¥14000)
※お支払いは対面レッスンの時にお願いいたします
※Part 2のみ参加可能な方は 「コメディで」はなく「ドラマ」のテキストで受講して頂きます。

April thru June – On- Camera Class with Ricardo Hurtardo Jr.   

  • On-Zoom   Saturday Morning 10 AM to 11:30 AM  / Session 1 – April 4 to April 25 & Session 2 – May 2nd – May 23
  • In Person Tokyo – June 2026 – Ricardo will be in Tokyo!  リカードが東京にやってくる!

2025

Class: Sunday Acting Class (5 pm to 7:30 pm) – Bilingual.  Tokyo FaceBook

Class: Summer Intensive Acting Classes in English – August 16 to 22nd in Tokyo

Class:  On Camera Workshop in Koiwa

Class: Sundays in October 

Production:  1 Min Play Festival

June

Namba Arts Center, Ventura County, CA

August

White Fire Theater, Los Angeles, CA

November

Tokyo, Japan

Past Productions:

2024

November

Production:  One Minute Play festival (Taito, Tokyo)

August

Production:  Makoto Matsui  in  Los Angeles & Las Vegas

Class: 8/ 11 & 12 – Acting Workshop in LA

2023

November –

Production: Kagura: Divine Tales from Japan (MC), LA

May

Acting Class: Waikiki –  Acting Introduction Workshop – Saturday, May 17th

10 AM to 12 Noon
“So you want to be an actor” – how to get started 
  • Basic business – Agent / Manager / Casting Director
  • Headshots + Resume
  • Slate & Audition technique
  • Self taping method
  • Commercial vs Theatrical –
  • About SAG / AFTRA (Union)
  • +Please contact directly if your child wish to attend this workshop.
12:30 to 2:30 PM
Working with the script 
  • Modern Style – Comedic and Dramatic “What’s the difference?”
  • What’s allowed to improv
  • Classical Texts
  • Choices to stand out.
  • Breakdown to beats
  • Special Guest: Dwight Hicks – to demonstrate how to breakdown complex texts
Location will be notified once attendance is confirmed. 
$30 per Class or $50 for both classes – All proceeds will go towards the 1 Minute Play Festival – Los Angeles.

On-Goin Projects:

The Decameron Project – Hollywood – FB Site

Critical Race Theory and Shakespeare

LA + Tokyo Kids – Zoom Meet up –

on-Going: Fri.at 7 PM – LA / Sat. at 10 AM – Japan.  New dates will be added in September.

DINAIR – Instructors Workshops

100 Kimono Project is currently on hold – (till Kaz returns to LA) FB site!

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Squicken and Erin (my step daughter). This is the very first of my 100 kimono project 2015