Kaz Matamura

Theatre Producer, Director & Media Trainer

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One wonderful thing about being an old fart is. …. you would get to know other talented old farts. We, theatre-makers, are not stopping. Every Sunday, at 5 PM, we get together via Zoon and workshop new plays. I am so grateful for actors and playwrights. Look at their smiles. […]

Continue to Create

April 1, 2020 in Benefit / Event / Class / On-Camera / Theatre by Kaz

Sunday, March 15, 2020 Still coughing … Damn. It is weird to wake up Sunday morning and don’t have any place to go. No rehearsal, No theatre gathering and no Squi activities. We canceled our monthly “Beer, Pizza & Improv” tonight. Since our house was taken away by Wells Fargo […]

Corona Times – Quarantine Day 3

March 15, 2020 in Family Life / Uncategorized by Kaz

Dear Dedicated Students of mine (aka Geniuses in Makings) HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thank you again for inspiring me throughout 2018. It’s not just a lip service when I say I learn so much more from interacting with you guys than when I am lecturing or coaching. Everyday, I am learning […]

Happy 2019

January 1, 2019 in Random Thoughts / Uncategorized by Kaz

What a crazy weekend! I was called in to do a live translation / MC for Detroit Institute of Art – Japan Cultural Day, with an old friend Yoko Ito of Mellin Productions. The event was on Sat. Nov. 4 & Sun. Nov. 5, but the preparation for this event […]

Detroit Institute of Arts – for Japan Cultural Day

December 11, 2017 in Benefit / Event / Corporate / Theatre by Kaz

I forgot how easy NOT to produce or direct a production!!! An old friend, Howard Teichman, invited me to choreograph and consult some “Japanese culture” to the production of FUGU. After all, I am known to be “Japanese Emily Post”. They are getting great reviews. This is a very […]

New Play “FUGU” – at the Pico Playhouse

February 11, 2017 in Uncategorized by Kaz

I will be teaching in Japan again! March 18, 19 & 20. We will be covering the Adler Techniques and Chekhov Techniques. http://www.travel-a-s.com/adler2/index.html 最優秀者：米国ステラアドラーアカデミーロスアンジェルス校への短期留学へ無料招待（夏季4週間コース）最優秀者：米国ロスアンジェルスまでの往復航空券提供希望者には英語学校及びスティ先の無料サポートサービス/滞在延長も可能

Happy New Year – Dates in Japan

January 7, 2017 in Uncategorized by Kaz