publications and performance history

New Publications

Maps of City & Body: Shedding Light on the Performances of Denise Uyehara
Kaya Press  www.kaya.com

Narrative/Performance: Cross-Cultural Encounters at APPEX
Denise Uyehara in dialogue with artists on international performance collaborations
Regents of the University of California www.wac.ucla.edu/cip

 
Bibliography of Authored Works, Articles and Reviews

Chasing Airplanes. The Asian Pacific American Journal.  New York: Asian American Writers' Workshop, 1996.  5.2: 132-140.http://www.aaww.org/

Headless Turtleneck Relatives (excerpt). Getting Your Solo Act Together. by Michael Kerns Heinemann: Portsmouth, NH, 1997.  75-79.

Hello (Sex) Kitty. O Solo Homo: New Queer Performance. eds. Holly Hughes and David Román. New York: Grove Press, 1998. 375-409. http://www.powells.com/biblio/91600-91800/0802135706.html

Hiro. Asian American Drama: 9 Plays from the Multiethnic Landscape. ed. Brian Nelson. New York: Applause, 1997. 385-474.

Lost & Found - mixed media installation, 5' x 3' x 2 1/2'.  Collaboration with Lee Ann Goya, Veronica Ko, Jeff Tsuyoshi Matsuda, and John Song.  Catalogue Kimchi Xtravaganza!  Los Angeles: Korean American Museum, 1997. 49, illus. 52.

Lost & Found: The Hidden Community of Seekers and Finders, in "Mobile Zones - City Space in Globalised Culture" MuuMedia Festival. Catalogue.  Helsinki, Finland: AV-arkki, 1998.  82.  Festival Directors Tiina Erkintalo, Pekka Kantonen, curator Heidi Tikka. Mobile Zones residency program conceived and developed by Irmeli Kokko, curated by Heidi Tikka. http://www.av-arkki.fi/mmf/the_set.htm

The Third Level:  Where Kathakali and Performance Art Meet, Dialogue between Kannan Ettumanoor and Denise Uyehara, 2000.  Ascendance.  Catalogue.  18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, 2002, and Asian Pacific Performance Exchange publication, 2004.

Edina Lekovic, interview, 2002.

Denise Uyehara Performance History (selected chronology)
Janurary 1989 - February 2004

Premieres and selected performances.  Writing, performance and direction by Denise Uyehara unless otherwise noted.

1989
Hobbies (excerpts).  June 2, 1989; University of California at Irvine, CA.

Lusty Thoughts. Summer 1989; Los Angeles Theater Center.   Asian American Theater Project, Artistic Directors Dom Magwilli and Sachiko.

1991
My Mother's Mother. July 1991; East West Players, Los Angeles.  In "Tiger on the Right, Dragon on the Left," workshop and evening directed by Jude Narita. 

Preventing Intruders and Tidal Wave. Summer 1991; Highways Performance Space.  For Treasure in the House, curated by Dan Kwong.

1992
Headless Turtleneck Relatives. Fall, 1992; Beyond Baroque, Los Angeles.  Work-in-progress as part of Urban Multicultural Performance workshop directed by Akilah Oliver.

1993   
29/12 Dreams.  September 1993; East West Players.  Collaborative musical created by Emily Kuroda, Jeanne Sakata, Judy Soo Hoo, Marilyn Tokuda, Denise Uyehara.  Muisc by Lisa Joe, Paul Wong, Robert Lee, Winnie Chung. Cast: Jennifer Fuji, Mary Ann Hu, Susan Ioka, Saachiko, Joanne Takahashi, Cindy Cheung, Denise Iketani.  Directed by Amy Hill, Musical Direction by Lisa Joe..  Artistic Director, Tim Dang.

Headless Turtleneck Relatives. October 19 and 20, 1993; Institute of Contemporary Art, London. Work-in-progress at the National Review of Live Art, curated by Nikki Milican and Lois Keidan.

Headless Turtleneck Relatives.  November 1993; Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, Premiere.  Programming by Jordan Peimer.  Tim Miller, Artistic Director.

1994
Headless Turtleneck Relatives.  April 21 & 22, 1994;  Cleveland Performance Art Festival.  Festival Director:  Thomas Mulready.

Hiro.  Premiere.  July-August 1994;  East West Players, Los Angeles.  Full length play, the tale of a woman with the power of flight and her earthbound family.  Directed by Roxanne Rogers.  Cast: Amy Hill, Freda Foh Shen, Jeanne Sakata, Darrell Kunitomi.  Artistic Director, Tim Dang. 

Hello (Sex) Kitty: Mad Asian Bitch on Wheels.  July 19&20, 1994; Institute of Contemporary Art, London. Curated by Lois Keidan and Katherine Ugwu.

The Other Weapon.  May 1994; Inglewood, UCLA, Hollywood Moguls and the Vision Complex in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.  Written and Directed by Robbie McCauley in collaboration with 10 performance artists (including Uyehara) and based on oral histories from former Black Panthers. 

Sacred Naked Nature Girls. 1993-1997.
Ensemble: Akilah Oliver, Bella Hui, Laura Meyers, Danielle Brazell and Denise Uyehara.  All performances directed by ensemble except where noted.

Embryo.  Premiere.  May 13 & 14, 1994; Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.

Untitled Flesh.  Premiere.  August 25 - September 4, 1994;  Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.Home...The Last Place I Ran to Just About Killed Me.  Workshop Production.  March 29 & 30, 1996; Los Angeles Contemporary Art Exhibitions (LACE), Hollywood.
Home.  Premiere.  August 15-24, 1996; Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.
The Party (directed by Elia Arce).  Premiere.  October 1997; Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica. 
Other performances:  February 25, 1995;  Echo Theater, Portland, OR..  April 16, 1994; Kake's Studio, Boulder, CO. April 14 - 16, 1995; Luna Sea Women's Project, San Francisco, CA.  November 21 and 22, 1995;  Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK.  March 8 - 10, 1996; Sushi Performance and Visual Art; San Diego, CA.  March 29-31, 1996;  L.A.C.E., Los Angeles, CA.  May 30, 31 and June 1, 1996; Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 

1995
Hello (Sex) Kitty, Highways Performance Space.

Headless Turtleneck Relatives.  April 27, 1995; Walker Arts Center.  Curator:  John Killacky.

Sister, Enemy, Friend.  May 15, 1995; Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.  Curated by Ayofemi Fulian.

She Said.  August 1995;  Fourth World Conference on Women, Hairou, Beijing.
 
New Humans.  October 1995; Luna Sea Women's Project, San Francisco.  Curated by Danielle Brazell.

Laundry/Cello/Rain.  August 5, 1995;  18th Street Arts Complex.  In collaboration with María  Elena Gaitán for "50 Years Hiroshima."  Curated by Clayton Campbell and Barbara Smith.

Senior Oral History Project/Tell It Like it Is.  September 1995; Angelus Plaza, Los Angeles.  Co-directed with Raquel Salinas in collaboration with senior citizens and high school students.

1996
Hiro.  May 30 - June, 1996;  Northwest Asian American Theater Company.  Directed by Valerie Curtis Newton.  Cast: Shirley Oliver, Mika Burns, Kathy Hsieh, Carlton Pleasant, Elizabeth Eddy. Artistic Director, Judith Nihei.

Kissing: Asian Public Affection.  November 1996; performed in Little Tokyo, Chinatown, Third Street Promenade with an installation at Highways Performance Space.  In collaboration with visual artist Teri Osato, Photography by Roger Wilson,  Audio editing/consulting by Taiji Miyagawa, web designer: Hiro Niwa, web editor: Richard Bolton, video by Ming S. Yuen Ma.  Translation by Bella Hui; Interview assistance by Royd Yukio Hatta, intallation construction by Jiyon Halstrom, and graphics by Leebs.

Hello (Sex) Kitty.  May 17-19, 1996; Asian American Theater Company, San Francisco.

1997
Samurai Centerfielder Meets the Mad Kabuki Woman.  June 1997;  Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.  A performance collaboration with Dan Kwong.

Rad Asians Sisters Workshop. 1997-2002; Los Angeles.  Presently entitled Rad Asians).

Lost & Found.  June 6, 1997- January 10, 1998; Korean American Museum, Los Angeles.  Installation collaboration with Jeff Tsuyoshi Matsuda, Leebs, John Song, and Veronica Ko, Artistic Director.  Curated by Yong Soon Min.

1998
Untitled (collaboration with Fiona Fell).  In Pop Tarts, curated by Marcus Kuiland-Nazario.  March 24, 1998; Highways/18th Street Arts Complex. 

Lost & Found (II) and Maps of City & Body. October 1998; MuuMedia Festival/Mobile Zones/AV-Arkii, at the Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland.  Lost & Found graphics by Leebs.  Live visuals by Elena Saloranta, with dancers from the community.

Maps of City & Body  November 1998; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.

1999   
Fresh Tracks guest curator.  March 19-25, 1999;  Japanese American Cultural & Community Center at  East West Players.

Maps of City & Body (II).  May 6, 1999; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bing Auditorium.  Visuals by Lee B, set design by Christopher Sícat. 

Maps of City & Body (III).  November 1999;  Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.  Directed by Chay Yew, visuals by Leebs. 

2000
Calling Dong He in Norway.  Spring 2000;  Terschelling Island, The Netherlands.

Voices. Summer 2000; Asian Pacific Performance Exchange Program at UCLA.  A workshop collaboration with Josephina Baez and Kannan Ettumanoor.

2001
Maps Of City & Body.  February 2001;  Third Conference for Asian Women and Theater.  Tokyo, Japan. 

Kaeru/Okinawan Diet!, April 30, 2001; Taper Too at the Actor's Gang, Los Angeles.

My Fantasy. July 7, 2001;  World Beyond Poetry Festival at Grand Performances, California Plaza, Los Angeles.

Draw the World. October 26 & 27, 2001; Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.  Directed in collaboration with Cecilia Wendt, Shahid Nadeem, James Lynch, Eiman Ibrahim, and Marcel Schaap.  Guest artist Elia Arce.  As part of "The Gathering: An Alternate Response to Recent Events," evening directed by Danielle Brazell.

T-shirts  September 2001; in collaboration with resident artists at 18th Street Arts Complex.

2002 - 2003
Cat in the Box. July 24, 2002;  Women in Theater Conference, University of California, Irvine.

Big Head, work-in-progress productions:  April 21, 2002; Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica.  October, 2002; New Genre Arts Festival, Living Arts of Tulsa.  September 26, 2002; Japanese American National Museum.  December 14, 2002; Dokkyo University Performance Studies Conference, Tokyo.

2003
February 21 - March 2, 2003; Big Head.  Premiere, Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica. 

April 2003;  Big Head.  Asian American Writer's Workshop, New York.