Multi-Disciplinary Artist
LAURA FUKUMOTO
Education
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Theatre Production and Design (2009-2014)
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Certificate in Creative Writing (2021-2022)
Publications
SILENCE AN OCEAN WIDE foreword to EMPIRE OF THE SON by Tetsuro Shigematsu. Talonbooks, 2017.
MOONBOOT AND BUNWINKIE SEIZE THE DAY included in EMERGE 21: The Writer’s Studio Anthology. SFU Publications, 2021.
Artistic Creation and Performance
Yonsei Mending Circle
Co-Creator, Production Designer, Actor. Performance History: Boca Del Lupo’s ENVISION Festival, March 2019; Powell Street Festival’s Telethon, August 2020; Langham Theatre Kaslo, BC, September 2022.
Where the Quiet Queers Are
Playwright and Director, Vancouver Fringe Festival 2019.
Spoken Word Performance: Selected Credits
The Flame hosted by Tetsuro Shigematsu. Storyteller. Cottage bistro, November 2017.
Question 27/Question 28 directed by Tamlyn Tomita. Various roles. Nikkei National Museum, 2018.
Writing Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Protest Letters directed by Susanne Tabata. Writer, actor, contributor, credited as self. Digital Museums Canada, 2018-2021.
Cultivate: Verses Festival of Words, curated by Shane Sable. Spoken word poet. The Wise Hall, April 2019
Re-Pronunciation at Powell Street Festival. Spoken word poet. The Firehall Theatre, August 2019.
Literary reading with Karen Tei Yamashita. Poet. Massey Books, November 2019
Poetry is Bad for You, hosted by Samantha Nock, featuring Billy-Ray Belcourt. The Toast Collective, January 2020.
The Flame hosted by Deb Williams. Storyteller. The Cottage Bistro, March 2020.
Disrupt! International Women’s Day. Spoken word poet. New Westminster River Market, March 8, 2020.
SOFT POEMS 4 HARD TIMES: Yonsei Writing as part of Our Stories Embodied at Vines Art Festival. Poet. New Brighton Park, Vancouver, August 2021.
Diasporic Dynasty. Spoken word poet. The Havana Vancouver, July 2022
Queerotica: Queer Arts Festival, curated by Berend McKenzie. Spoken word poet. The Sum Gallery, July 2022
Vancouver Outsiders Arts Festival presented by the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. Spoken word poet and MC. The Roundhouse Community Centre, October 16, 2022
Story Collider: Mushrooms! Storyteller. The Fox, October 19, 2022
Costume Design: Selected Credits
Small Parts. Dir. Marisa Smith. Solo Collective Theatre. Performance Works, November 2014.
The North Plan. Dir. Chelsea Haberlin. Up in the Air Theatre. A secret location, November 2015.
The Iron Sixth. Dir. Christopher O’Brien. Trembling Void Productions, feature film. January 2016.
Never the Last. Dir. Laura Mclean. Delinquent Theatre. Revolver Festival at the Cultch Historic Theatre, May 2016.
1 Hour Photo. Dir. Richard Wolf. Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre. The Cultch Historic Theatre, October 2017.
The Ones We Leave Behind. Dir. John Cooper. Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre. The Cultch Historic Theatre, October 2018.
The Full Light of Day: VR Shorts. Written and directed by Kevin Kerr. Electric Company Theatre. Premier at the Vancouver Playhouse, January 2019.
Straight White Men. Dir. Chelsea Haberlin. ITSAZOO Theatre. Gateway Theatre, February 2020.
In the Woods. Dance costume for Dance West Network residency artist Jennifer Aoki. The Wong Experimental Theatre, April 2022.