Current Workshops & Projects


Waikiki –  Acting Introduction Workshop – Saturday, May 17th, 2023

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.

The Decameron Project – Hollywood – FB Site

1 Min Play Festival – August 2023

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