LYENA YONEKURA

PROFILE

After graduating from the Department of Drama at New York University, she worked as an actor primarily in New York and became the first Japanese woman admitted as a full member of The Actors Studio. Her credits include the stage productions “Of Mice and Men” and “The Tempest,” work as a television reporter, and an appearance in the Hollywood film “A Beautiful Mind,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, among other honors. As a director, she has staged productions including “Alchemist,” “Golden Tickets,” “The Angel of Alchemy” and “MOMO.”