Works

The Legend of the Morning Glory , a lovestory from the Kabuki 2008

Kuan-Yin, Our Lady of Compassion , songstory with jazz ensemble 2002

Uncle Gunjiro’s Girlfriend: duet for storyteller & contra bass, 1998, revised 2007

Mermaid, a work for symphony with composer Mark Izu and Conductor Kent Nagano, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley, CA, 1997.

Random Acts of Kindness: one woman show, La Peña, Berkeley, CA, 1994.

The Queen’s Garden: one woman play with jazz ensemble, Climate Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1992.

Obake! Tales of Spirits Past and Present: One woman play,1991.

Tales of the Pacific Rim, 1990.

Ballad of the Bones: An Afro-Asian new musical with Mark Izu & John O’Neal, Festival 2000, San Francisco

San Jose Taiko Collaboration: Story Performance with Taiko Drums, San Jose Repertory Theatre, San Jose, CA. with composer Mark Izu

Long Beach Video Annex: Video Collaboration with Performance Artist Dan Kwong, Long Beach, CA.

Tokyo Form and Spirit Exhibition: “Invocation” a performance piece, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA. with Mark Izu

PUBLICATIONS, RECORDINGS AND FILM

The Queen’s Garden, 1999

Black Hair:Some Japanese Ghosts, 1998

Tales of the Pacific Rim: Dreams and Illusions, Rounder Records 1990

Living on Tokyo Time, Steven Okazaki, 1987

No Way Out, Music Video, Jefferson Starship, Music Video of the Year, 1984

Layin’It on the Line, Music Video, Jefferson Starship, 1985

Random Acts, Mermaid Meat,Extreme Exposure: Solo theater from the 20th Century, Theatre Communications Group, New York, 2000.

The Queen’s Garden, Contemporary Plays by Women of Color. New York and London: Routledge, 1995.

Featured Storyteller in Oral Tradition through Time, a Curriculum Laser Disk. Houghton Mifflin/ McDougalLittell and Rymel Multimedia, 1996.