Directing
The Problem Trolley
Music and Lyrics by RJ Christian, Book by Cameron Reese
Sound Bites X, Theatre Now New York, May 2023
Kenjiro directed this short musical from the Hearty Meal Theater Company as part of a 10-minute musical festival. A parody of the notorious Trolley Problem thought experiment.
Music Direction by Asher Denburg
Featuring Anika Deshpande, Omar Almakki, and David Bell
21 Chump Street
Book, Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda
National Theater Institute Spring ‘21
Kenjiro directed this musical based on a story from This American Life as part of a lab at the National Theater Institute. Generally, labs were educational presentations of excerpts from shows and were not open to public. However, 21 Chump Street was unique in that it was the only lab to perform an entire musical from start to finish using the same performers and director. For other labs I participated in, click here.
Featuring Celeste Borletti, Kalala Kiwanuka-Woernle, Nathanial Lim, Spencer Locke, and Laura Elena Padilla
The Old Man and the Old Moon
Book, Music and Lyrics by PigPen Theatre Co.
University Theater, University of Chicago, March 2020
Kenjiro directed this immersive production of PigPen’s folk musical about an Old Man whose job it is to fill the moon with light. This production had the dubious distinction of being the last student show to perform at UChicago prior to the COVID-19 shutdown.
Assistant Directed by Lynneah McCarrell and Reese Klemm
Music Direction by Rosie Albrecht
Choreography by Caleb Smith
Stage Management by CJ Applebaum
Scenic Design by Ethan Schondorf
Lighting Design by Mary Mouton
Sound Design by June Villers
Costume Design by Rea Brown
Props Design by Hanley Donofrio and Sara Everson
Puppet Design by Rebecca Husk
Production Management by Nicola Lustig
Featuring Miriam Attia, Maddie Barnes, Zander Galluppi, Sabrina Sternberg, Sophie Hachten, Hannah Halpern, Cole Meldorf, Lauren Melton, Omar Shohoud, Emil Sohlberg, and Dara Weinstein
Yellow Face
By David Henry Hwang
TAPS Independent Production, University of Chicago Spring 2019
Stage Management by Maxx Johnson
Lighting Design by Emilia Pitchon
Sound Design by Chong An Ong
Props Design by Camille Johnson
Costume Design by Rebecca Husk
Dramaturgy by Sarah Choe and Ellen Hao
Production Management by Kendall Phillips
Assistant Production Management by Chidera Ndife
Featuring Zander Galluippi, Hope Gundlah, Quinn McKissock Emil Sohlberg, Jonathan White, Christine Yan, and Brandon Zang
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
By Ntozake Shange
Directed by Sydnee Johnson
Iris Theater Collective, University of Chicago, Winter 2018
Kenjiro provided sound design and additional consulting direction for this student lab production of Ntozake Shange’s choreopoem.
Directed by Sydnee Johnson
Stage Managed by Josh Hart
Lighting Design by musa bouderdaben
Sound Design by Kenjiro Lee
Consulting Direction by Daniela de Diego Arozamena, Maya Jain, and Kenjiro Lee
Featuring Daniela de Diego Arozamena, Adaora Ekwonu, Maya Jain, Sydnee Johnson, Tatiana Khemet, Mary Kilonzo, and Chidera Ndife
