Brenda Wong Aoki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Brenda Wong Aoki

American playwright

Date of Birth: 29-Jul-1953

Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Profession: writer, playwright

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Brenda Wong Aoki is an American playwright, actor and storyteller.
She creates monodramas rooted in traditional storytelling, dance movement, and music.
Aoki's work combines Eastern and Western narratives and theatrical traditions such as noh, kyogen, commedia dell'arte, modern dance, Japanese drumming, and American jazz.
Most of her performances express themes of history, mixed race, home, gender, and mythology.
Aoki is a founding faculty member of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts at Stanford University.
Aoki and her husband Mark Izu, an Emmy-winning jazz music composer, are the founders of First Voice, a San Francisco-based nonprofit arts organization.