Actor/ Singer / Mover / Maker
Eiko Moon-Yamamoto (she, they) is a San Francisco/ Los Angeles based, Japanese-Korean-American, multi-hyphenate performing and visual artist. Born in Tokyo, they have roots in Seoul and Hawaii. They’ve lived for a time in the UK, Germany and all over California. Be it Shakespeare, Sondheim, Stoppard, or new works, they're passionate about storytelling as way to empower positive change.
Regional credits include CYMBELINE at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, FOLLIES, CLUE and TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (u/s) at San Francisco Playhouse, M’Lynn Eatenton in STEEL MAGNOLIAS at SierraRep, SLEEPING BEAUTY at The Presidio Theatre and DISENCHANTED! at San Jose Playhouse.
They’re committed to championing historically excluded voices in the American theatre canon and have developed new works with Playwrights Foundation, PlayOn Shakespeare, Crowded Fire, Z Space, AlterTheater, The Ground Floor at BerkeleyRep Theatre, FaultLine Theater, Dragon Productions, and Company One.
Selected local credits include work with Magic Theatre, Marin Shakespeare Festival, African American Shakespeare, Silicon Valley Shakespeare, PlayGroundSF, Mountain Play, Hillbarn Theatre, Palo Alto Players, Pear Theatre, Kunoichi Productions, Montalvo Arts, Town Hall Theatre, South Bay Musical Theatre, Spreckels Theatre, Douglas Morrisson Theatre, and PianoFight.
Eiko is a graduate of UCLA and California College of Arts. They are a member of SAG-AFTRA, the Ring of Keys coalition, and AEA eligible. Aloha Nui Loa!
credit: Will Dao
The Truer history of the chan family
When SF playwright Eugenie Chan set out to find out more about her family’s involvement in San Francisco's Hip Yee Society, a once notorious gambling and prostitution tong, her discoveries surprised and inspired her to tell the story of a family chasing the American Dream in 1920s Chinatown – The Truer History of the Chan Family, our first feature film!
Saturday, November 23 · 2 - 3pm PST
Victorian England is transported to Japan, set against the backdrop of its transition from the Edo to Meiji period, a time of significant societal change. Drawing on the Japanese theaters of Noh, Kyogen, Kabuki, and Butoh, this multifaceted reimagination of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol reminds us that this is the season for love, family, community, and wonder.
December 9
Brian Lohmann's adaptations of A Pickwick Christmas
Directed by Andrea Gordon
December 9, 2024 7:00 p.m.
Magic Theatre
TBA Sondheim summer musical 2025
TBA Sondheim summer musical 2025
Summer grass
all the warriors are
but the remains of dreams
Afong Moy
The Chinese Lady
The Pear Theatre
(L) Joseph Alvarado as Atung
photo: Sinjin Jones
M’Lynn Eatenton
Steel Magnolias
Sierra Repertory Theatre
(L to R) Olivia Jones, Laurie Strawn, Emily Gatesman, Isabella Chang, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto
courtesy photo
Aviragus/ Posthumus’ mother/ Musician
Cymbeline
San francisco Shakespeare Festival
photo: Neal Ormond
Pacifica, the fairy
SLEEPING BEAUTY:Panto
Presidio Theatre
(L to R) Ryan Patrick Welsh, Ruby Day, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto
photo: Terry Lorant
Jack’s mother
Into the woods
Mountain Play
(L to R) Kevin Singer, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Chachi Delgado, Luke Hichman, Grace Margaret Craig
Emily Whitman
FOLLIES
San Francisco Playhouse
(L ro R) Cindy Goldfield, Maureen McVerry, Eiko Moon-Yamamoto, Rene Collins
photo: Jessica Palopoli
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