Sanae Kawaguchi
Versatile Nisei performer and literary artist who made her mark in mainstream circles in New York during the postwar era.
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Conchi León
Mexican playwright, actress and literary theatre critic
Wakako Yamauchi
Distinguished playwright, short-story writer, poet and painter.
Susan Kikuchi
Susan Kikuchi was a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company (MGDC) and served as Director of the Graham Ensemble and School, and Artistic Program Manager of MGDC. She has re-staged many Graham works for the MGDC, Joffrey Ballet, Boston Conservatory and other companies.
Hilda Simms
Civil rights activist Hilda Simms became a national celebrity for her leading role in the first all-Black performance of the Broadway show Anna Lucasta. Frustrated by her struggling career and the lack of roles for Black actors, Simms worked as the creative director for the New York State Human Rights Commission to address racial discrimination in the entertainment industry.
Aimée Wagner y Mesa
German-Mexican actress, researcher and academic
Flor Aguilera
Mexican poet and storyteller.
Coral Aguirre
Argentine storyteller who became a Mexican citizen, playwright, theater director, musician, and professor of literature and acting at the Autonomous University of Nuevo León (UANL)
Sylvia Fine
Award-winning American lyricist, composer and producer
Cecilia Agoitia
Mexican playwright