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OTHER THEATER PROJECTS:
“THE ART OF RICE”
Collaborative performance with artists from China, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Taiwan, Dominican Republic and the U.S. Pengosekan, Bali, Indonesia. Writer, performer 4/02 to present

"THE MEKONG PROJECT"
International residency in Southeast Asia with artists from China, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam. Performer, Facilitator 2003/2004

“SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS”
Collaborative performance with Mr. Peng Jingquan, traditional Chinese opera performer. Los Angeles, CA. Writer, performer 5/01

“WOMEN WARRIOR TALES”
Collaborative project touring Java, Indonesia with International WOW Company. Jakarta, Jogjyakarta, Indramayu, Solo. Storytelling Consultant, Performer 6/00

AWARDS:
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1990
Brody Arts Fund Fellowship, Performance Art - 1990
Art Matters Inc. Fellowship, Performance Art - 1990
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1991
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - 1992
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1992
Franklin Furnace New York, Emerging Artist Fellowship - 1994
Japanese American Internment Commemoration Competition Grantee - 1994
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1994
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship - 1995
Art Matters Inc. Fellowship, Performance Art - 1995
L.A. Contemporary Exhibitions Project Grant - 1995
Alpert Award in the Arts, Nominee - 1995
Djerassi Residency Fellowship - 1995
Rockefeller Foundation Award - 1995/96
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 1997
Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) International Residency Fellowship - 1999
The Durfee Foundation - Project Completion Grant, Indonesia - 2000
Asian Cultural Council - Traveling Fellowship, Thailand - 2001
Alpert Award in the Arts, Nominee - 2001
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Grantee - 2003
California Community Foundation Mid-Career Artist - 2004

Japanese American Historical Society - 2004

PUBLICATIONS:
“FROM INNER WORLDS TO OUTER SPACE:
The Multimedia Performances of Dan Kwong” (July 2004)
Edited by Prof. Robert Vorlicky, Published by University of Michigan Press
“JOURNAL OF AMERICAN DRAMA AND THEATRE”
Spring 2002 Vol. 14 , No. 2
“YELLOW LIGHT - The Flowering of Asian American Arts”
Edited by Amy Ling, UW Madison 1999
“GETTING YOUR SOLO ACT TOGETHER” Michael Kearns, Author, 1997
“LIVING IN AMERICA - A Pop Culture Reader” Edited by Scott Covell 1997
“ON A BED OF RICE: An Anthology of Asian American Erotica”
Edited by Geraldine Kudaka 1995
“HIGH PERFORMANCE MAGAZINE” Winter issue 1993

AFFILIATIONS:
Screen Actors Guild; California Arts Council Touring Roster - 1993 to present.
Founder, Curator, Project Director - “Treasure in the House”, annual Asian Pacific American Performance and Visual Art Series, Highways Performance Space - 1991 to present.
Resident Artist - 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica.

TEACHING:
Numerous workshops & residencies teaching autobiographical writing and performance:
London, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Canada, U.S.

EDUCATION:
BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Born Los Angeles, CA. Chinese-Japanese heritage.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY / MAJOR SOLO WORKS:

“THE NIGHT THE MOON LANDED ON 39TH STREET”
6/17 - 7/3/99 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA. (Premiere)
7/16/00 Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles Public Library
10/6/00 Tulsa Center for the Performing Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma
11/13/00 Japan America Theater, Los Angeles (excerpts)
1/12-14/01 Bangkok Playhouse Theatre, Thailand
3/9/02 24th Street Theater, Los Angeles
5/19/02 Beasley Coliseum, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

“THE DODO VACCINE”
4/16/94 SUNY Buffalo, NY (excerpts)
4/29/94 Spitalfields Market Art Project, London, England (Premiere)
8/3/94 Luna Park Cabaret, West Hollywood (excerpts)
11/19/94 San Juan Capistrano Arts Center, CA. (excerpts)
2/16/95 Wellesley College, Massachusetts. (excerpts)
2/24/95 Reed College, Portland, Oregon (excerpts)
3/4/95 Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (excerpts)
3/15/95 New School for Social Research, NY (excerpts)
3/30/95 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (excerpts)
4/3/95 Hope College Holland, Michigan (excerpts)
4/15/95 Univ. of California Santa Cruz (excerpts)
4/29/95 Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington (excerpts)
5/22/95 Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois (excerpts)
9/9/95 Eastern New Mexico College, Portales, New Mexico (excerpts)
9/11/95 Skagit Valley College, Washington (excerpts)
9/27/95 Beloit College, Wisconsin (excerpts)
10/20/95 Ex-Teresa Arte Alternativo, Mexico City (excerpts)
10/27/95 Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY (excerpts)
1/17/96 Seattle University, Washington (excerpts)
2/22 - 3/3/96 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica
3/27 - 4/7/96 Northwest Asian American Theater, Seattle, WA.
5/24/96 Actors Theater of Louisville, Kentucky(excerpts)
9/18/96 Olivet College, MI. (excerpts)
9/19, 20/97 Duke Institute of the Arts, Durham, North Carolina (excerpts)
10/24/97 Pomona College, CA. (excerpts)
12/3/97 Santa Ana College, CA. (excerpts)
4/17/98 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (excerpts)

“MONKHOOD IN 3 EASY LESSONS”
6/5/93 Japan America Theater, L.A. (Premiere)
10/2/93 School of The Art Institute of Chicago
10/8/93 N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL. (excerpts)
10/16/93 Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison (excerpts)
11/20/93 Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania (excerpts)
2/3-13/94 Highways Performance Space
2/25/94 Franklin Furnace, NY (excerpts)
5/29/94 Multicultural Center Theater, Univ. of California Santa Barbara (excerpts)
8/3/94 Luna Park Cabaret, West Hollywood (excerpts)
11/19/94 San Juan Capistrano Arts Center, CA. (excerpts)
2/11/95 New WORLD Theater, Amherst, Massachusetts
2/16/95 Wellesley College, Massachusetts. (excerpts)
2/24/95 Reed College, Portland, Oregon (excerpts)
3/4/95 Walker's Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (excerpts)
3/15/95 New School for Social Research, NY (excerpts)
3/30/95 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan (excerpts)
4/3/95 Hope College Holland, Michigan (excerpts)
4/15/95 Univ. of California Santa Cruz (excerpts)
4/29/95 Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington (excerpts)
5/22/95 Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois (excerpts)
9/9/95 Eastern New Mexico College, Portales, New Mexico (excerpts)
9/11/95 Skagit Valley College, Washington (excerpts)
9/27/95 Beloit College, Wisconsin (excerpts)
10/20/95 Ex-Teresa Arte Alternativo, Mexico City (excerpts)
10/27/95 Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY (excerpts)
1/17/96 Seattle University, Washington (excerpts)
5/24/96 Actors Theater of Louisville, Kentucky(excerpts)
7/26, 27/96 The Stage, San Jose, CA.
9/18/96 Olivet College, MI. (excerpts)
10/6/96 Wellesley College, Massachusetts (excerpts)
9/19, 20/97 Duke Institute of the Arts, Durham, North Carolina (excerpts)
10/24/97 Pomona College, CA. (excerpts)
12/3/97 Santa Ana College, CA. (excerpts)
2/28/98 Univ. of Redlands, CA. (excerpts)
3/13/98 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (excerpts)
4/17/98 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (excerpts)
4/25/98 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (excerpts)
9/1/98 Pitzer College, Pomona, CA. (excerpts)
9/22/98 Univ. of Indiana, Pennsylvania, Indiana (excerpts)
10/9/98 Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (excerpts)
11/2/98 Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts (excerpts)
11/21/98 Univ. of Virginia (excerpts)
12/11/98 Univ. of Missouri-Columbia (excerpts)
3/18/99 Wake Forest College, North Carolina (excerpts)
3/27/99 Univ. of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (excerpts)
4/5/98 Univ. of Southern Illinois, Carbondale (excerpts)
4/17/99 Univ. of California Santa Cruz Arts & Lecture Series (excerpts)
5/4/99 Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison (excerpts)
10/1/99 Tulsa Center for the Performing Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma (excerpts)
10/25/99 Cypress College, CA. (excerpts)
1/19/00 Univ. of Michigan, AnnArbor (excerpts)
2/17/00 Univ. of Texas, Austin (excerpts)
2/25/00 Univ. of Illinois at Bloomington (excerpts)
2/28/00 Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio (excerpts)
3/15/00 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas (excerpts)
3/25/00 Univ. of Wyoming (excerpts)
3/29/00 Univ. of Nebraska (excerpts)
4/11/00 Everett Community College, Washington (excerpts)
4/18/00 Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania (excerpts)
6/11/00 Americans For The Arts Annual Conference, Los Angeles (excerpts)
8/29/00 Wellesley College, Massachusetts (excerpts)
9/14/00 Univ. of Wisconsin La Crosse (excerpts)
10/13/00 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (excerpts)
10/26/00 Multicultural Center Theater, Univ. of California Santa Barbara (excerpts)
1/19/01 Hong Kong Star Alliance City Festival (excerpts)
3/26/02 Univ. of Illinois Champaign-Urbana (excerpts)

“CORRESPONDENCE OF A DANGEROUS ENEMY ALIEN”
7/8/95 Japan America Theater, L.A. (site-specific commission)

“TALES FROM THE FRACTURED TAO WITH MASTER NICE GUY”
1/11-27/91 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica (Premiere)
4/21/91 Theater/Theatre, Hollywood, CA. (excerpts)
7/11-14/91 L.A. Contemporary Exhibitions
3/20/92 Cleveland Public Theater, Ohio (excerpts)
4/24/92 Columbia University, NY (excerpts)

“SECRETS OF THE SAMURAI CENTERFIELDER”
9/28-10/15/89 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica (Premiere)
11/20/89 Pitzer College, Pomona, CA.
3/29/90 Jan Popper Theater, UCLA
4/27/90 Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, CA.
4/10/90 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. (excerpts)
5/17-19/90 Sushi Performance Space, San Diego, CA.
6/8/90 Dance Theater Workshop, NY (excerpts)
8/2-5/90 East West Players Theater, L.A.
11/13/90 Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA.
11/17/90 Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
3/1/91 Diverseworks, Houston, Texas (excerpts)
3/8/91 Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana(excerpts)
3/15/91 Seven Stages Theater, Atlanta, Georgia (excerpts)
9/25-29/91 Climate Theater - Solo Mio Festival, San Francisco, CA.
1/22-26/92 Northwest Asian American Theater, Seattle, WA.
5/1-3/92 Dance Place, Washington, D.C.SHORT WORKS AND COLLABORATIONS:

“INSTRUMENTS OF DECISION” collaboration with William Roper, tuba (co-writer, performer)
6/28-30/90 John Anson Ford Theater, L.A. “13th Hour Festival” (commission)

“THE WARRIORS' COUNCIL” collaboration w/ Linda Frye Burnham, Francisco Letelier, Michelle
T. Clinton, Keith Antar Mason, G. Collette Jackson (co-writer, performer)
11/20-29/92 Highways Performance Space

“SAMURAI CENTERFIELDER MEETS THE MAD KABUKI WOMAN” collaboration w/ D. Uyehara
10/6/96 Wellesley College, Massachusetts (co-writer, performer)
4/7/97 Taper Too, John Anson Ford Theater, L.A.
5/9/97 New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA.
6/20-29/97 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica

“AL THE BARBER” (writer, performer)
10/24/97 Pomona College, CA.
3/13/98 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
4/18/98 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
9/1/98 Pitzer College, Pomona, CA.
7/10-18/99 David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
10/1/99 Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
10/9/98 Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4/5/98 Univ. of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
10/1/99 Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
10/26/00 Multicultural Center Theater, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
1/19/01 Hong Kong Star Alliance City Festival
4/12/02 Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

“THE SWORD AND THE CHRYSANTHEMUM” (writer, performer)
10/24/97 Pomona College, CA.
3/13/98 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
4/18/98 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
9/1/98 Pitzer College, Pomona, CA.
7/10-18/99 David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
10/1/99 Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
10/9/98 Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4/5/98 Univ. of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
10/1/99 Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
10/26/00 Multicultural Center Theater, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
1/19/01 Hong Kong Star Alliance City Festival

“ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL” (writer, solo performer)
10/24/97 Pomona College, California
4/11/98 Japan America Theater, Los Angeles
4/18/98 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
9/1/98 Pitzer College, Pomona, CA.
10/9/98 Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7/10-18/99 David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
4/5/99 Univ. of Southern Illinois, Carbondale
9/25/99 L.A. Edge Festival, Los Angeles
10/1/99 Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
4/13-15/00 Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
4/18/00 Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
10/26/00 Multicultural Center Theater, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
1/19/01 Hong Kong Star Alliance City Festival

“WOMEN WARRIOR TALES” collaboration with International WOW Company (performer)
7/3/00 Taman Budaya Art Center Theatre - Solo, Indonesia

“STATION WAGONS OF LIFE” (writer, solo performer)
9/28/00 David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
8/20/00 The Knitting Factory, Hollywood, CA.
3/14/01 Oakland University, Michigan
4/8/01 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
5/9/01 Univ. of Maryland
5/18/01 California Arts Council Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA.
5/19/01 Santa Monica College, California
7/20/01 New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, Louisiana
9/21/01 Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
2/21/02 California State University at Monterey
3/1/02 University of San Francisco, CA.
3/25/02 School of The Art Institute of Chicago
4/12/02 Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington
8/22/02 Gallaudet College, Wasington D.C.
9/2/02 Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
9/5/02 Buffalo State College, NY
10/27/02 Palmdale Playhouse Theater, CA.
10/14/02 Chico State University, CA.

“SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS” (writer, performer) collaboration with Peng Jingquan, traditional Chinese opera
5/9/01 Japan America Theater, Los Angeles

9/2/05 TC/G Nordica, Kunming, China

2/2/06 Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA.

2/24/06 Duke University, Durham, NC.

2/28/06 Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

4/2/06 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.

3/2/07 Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, OK.

“SEPTEMBER MORNING” (writer, performer)
11/24/01 Chiang Mai University Art Museum Theatre - Chiang Mai, Thailand

“THE ART OF RICE” international collaborative performance with 10 musicians & performers from
China, India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Indonesia, Dominican Republic and U.S.
5/11/02 Pengosekan, Bali, Indonesia (writer, performer)