Token Theatre
Token Theatre aims to change the narrative and shatter the false constructs about Asian Americans. We create new stories, reimagine classic works, and empower artists to reshape the American identity.
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ZAC EFRON, Part II

 

ZAC EFRON, PART II

Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 7:30pm CST
and
Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 7:30pm CST

Director: Alan Muraoka*
Cast:
DAVID - Moses Villarama*
MRS. RHEE - Cheryl Hamada*
WAI - Wai Yim*
Stage Manager: Miranda Anderson*
*denotes members of Actors’ Equity Assoication

 

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Alan Muraoka (Director) Television: Sesame Street: The Power of We (HBO Max & PBS; Best Director Nomination 2021 NAACP Image Award), Sesame Street (Season 51 & 52, Monster Foodies, Elmo’s World) , Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. New York theatre credits include: The Nice List (World Premiere Virtual Musical), Avenue Q (Off Broadway-Resident Director), The Report (NY Fringe), Kung Fu (Signature Theatre-Assistant Director),l Jennifer Barnhart: It’s About Time! (Laurie Beechman Theatre),  Elizabeth Ward Land: Still Within The Sound of My Voice (Green Room 42, Bistro Award- Best Tribute Show 2020) Ann Harada: American Songbook (Lincoln Center), Awesomer & Awesomer!!! (Triad Theatre), The King and I (Harbor Lights Theatre Company), Telly Leung: Playlist and What Makes a Man? (54 Below), Grand Hotel (NYU/Cap 21), Falsettoland (NAATCO), John Tartaglia AD-LIBerty (Joe's Pub). Regionally: Gold Mountain (Eccles Theatre & Perry’s Egyptian Theatre), Olney Theatre: South Pacific, Once On This Island. At the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City:The King and I, Xanadu, Disney’s High School Musical and Disney’s High School Musical 2. Other regional credits include Disney's High School Musical (MUNY, Casa Manana), Urinetown (Trinity University), and Associate Director for Up In The Air (Kennedy Center). As an actor, Mr. Muraoka has appeared in 7 Broadway shows, and has been a cast member of Sesame Street for the past 23 years, where he plays Alan, the proprietor of Hooper’s Store. Mr. Muraoka is a graduate of UCLA, where he received the Carol Burnett Musical Comedy Award for performance. Upcoming: Gold Mountain(Utah Shakespeare Festival- October 2021). Website: www.alanmuraoka.tv Instagram: @alanathoopers

Alan Muraoka (Director) Television: Sesame Street: The Power of We (HBO Max & PBS; Best Director Nomination 2021 NAACP Image Award), Sesame Street (Season 51 & 52, Monster Foodies, Elmo’s World), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. New York theatre credits include: The Nice List (World Premiere Virtual Musical), Avenue Q (Off Broadway-Resident Director), The Report (NY Fringe), Kung Fu (Signature Theatre-Assistant Director), Jennifer Barnhart: It’s About Time! (Laurie Beechman Theatre),  Elizabeth Ward Land: Still Within The Sound of My Voice (Green Room 42, Bistro Award- Best Tribute Show 2020) Ann Harada: American Songbook (Lincoln Center), Awesomer & Awesomer!!! (Triad Theatre), The King and I (Harbor Lights Theatre Company), Telly Leung: Playlist and What Makes a Man? (54 Below), Grand Hotel (NYU/Cap 21), Falsettoland (NAATCO), John Tartaglia AD-LIBerty (Joe's Pub). Regionally: Gold Mountain (Eccles Theatre & Perry’s Egyptian Theatre), Olney Theatre: South Pacific, Once On This Island. At the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City: The King and I, Xanadu, Disney’s High School Musical, and Disney’s High School Musical 2. Other regional credits include Disney's High School Musical (MUNY, Casa Manana), Urinetown (Trinity University), and Associate Director for Up In The Air (Kennedy Center). As an actor, Mr. Muraoka has appeared in 7 Broadway shows and has been a cast member of Sesame Street for the past 23 years, where he plays Alan, the proprietor of Hooper’s Store. Mr. Muraoka is a graduate of UCLA, where he received the Carol Burnett Musical Comedy Award for performance. Upcoming: Gold Mountain (Utah Shakespeare Festival- October 2021).
Website: www.alanmuraoka.tv Instagram: @alanathoopers

Moses Villarama (DAVID) is a proud company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Selected credits include Off-Broadway: Cambodian Rock Band (Signature Theatre); Fast Company (Ensemble Studio Theatre); The Sonic Life of a Giant Tortoise (The Play Company); Chairs and a Long Table (Ma-Yi Theater). Regional: Cambodian Rock Band, Vietgone, Henry V, The Odyssey, The Winter’s Tale, Snow in Midsummer (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Warrior Class (Alliance Theatre); Suspense! Radio Hour (Hudson Valley Shakespeare); King Lear, Amadeus, A Christmas Carol (Denver Center); Swamp Is On (Pig Iron). Training: MFA, National Theatre Conservatory. BA, University of San Francisco. All my love to Amy. @themightymos

Cheryl Hamada (MRS. RHEE) is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA. Stage work includes roles at Goodman (A Christmas Carol), TimeLine (Chimerica), Lookingglass (Race), Silk Road Rising, (Yohen, Golden Child), Organic (E/R: Emergency Room), Pegasus (Blood Wedding), A-Squared (American Hwangap), and Rasaka (Washer/Dryer) theaters. She also appeared in Innocent Thoughts, Harmless Intentions at Next Theatre for which she received a Joseph Jefferson Citation. TV/film work includes: About Schmidt, The Dilemma. Nothing Like the Holidays, Chain Reaction, Losing Isaiah, Above the Law, Chicago Med, Boss, Chicago Code, Chicago Story, Early Edition, Unsolved Mysteries. She also hosted the TV series Your Chicago Kitchen (WTTW) and 4 seasons of Extreme Homes on HGTV but is probably most recognized for her on-camera work with the WTTW and national PBS pledge drives.

Wai Yim (WAI, Co-Writer) is a proud member of Actors' Equity and SAG-AFTRA. He is the new Managing Director for Token Theatre. He first joined Token Theatre as The Director of Development. Originally from Hong Kong, Wai immigrated to Omaha, NE, and started his acting career there. He now resides in Chicago and splits his time between both cities. He's the Artistic Director for aetherplough, a performance art company in Omaha. He toured nationally with The White Snake directed by Mary Zimmerman. In Chicago, he has worked with: The Goodman Theatre (The White Snake, The King of Hell’s Palace, King of the Yees, Postnation), TimeLine Theatre (Chimerica), Lookingglass Theatre Company (Speak Truth To Power), Victory Gardens Theater (The Dorothy J. and Andrew Haskel Custodial Closet), and Silk Road Rising (Speaking of Then). Regional credits: Regional credits: The White Snake (McCarter Theatre, The Old Globe, Wuzhen Theatre Festival in China); The Oldest Boy (Unicorn Theatre); Nomad Motel (Horizon Theatre Company); James & the Giant Peach, Narnia, The Diary of Anne Frank (The Rose Theater); The Merry Wives of Windsor, Antony and Cleopatra, Taming of The Shrew (Nebraska Shakespeare).
TV credits: Chicago PD (NBC), neXt (Fox), Patriot (Amazon) and The Chi (Showtime).

Social Media: @whyyim
Website: www.whyyim.com
Wai also has a YouTube channel: On The Cusp Tarot

David Rhee (Playwright) is the Founding Artistic Director of Token Theatre. David began his career as an actor after graduating from New York’s Circle in the Square Musical Theatre program. Since then he appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning Thoroughly Modern Millie, worked at numerous theatres across America including Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Silk Road Rising, et el., and starred on televison’s Law and Order. David returned to school to earn his MFA at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University in Dramatic Writing on full scholarship where he worked with Oskar Eustis at the Public Theater, Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, Lucas Hnath, Eduardo Machado, and Kristoffer Diaz. David has also been a guest lecturer at Northwestern University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Miranda Anderson (Stage Manager) (she/her) is a freelance AEA Stage Manager in Chicago. She spent several years working mostly working with The Hypocrites in Chicago and touring shows around the country but has more recently worked with theatres like TimeLine Theatre Company and First Folio Theatre.