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June Fukumura is a multidisciplinary, nisei (second-generation) Japanese-Canadian theatre artist living on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, colonially known as Vancouver. She is the Co-Artistic Director of Popcorn Galaxies, an experimental theatre company dedicated to re-enchanting the everyday through unconventional, site-responsive and site-specific new works. Since 2013, Popcorn Galaxies has created over twelve productions and has been presented in Vancouver, Richmond, Edmonton, Whitehorse, and Dartmouth. Her personal artistic practice includes: acting for theatre/film/tv/voice over, clowning/bouffon, puppeteering, directing, dramaturgy, devising, and writing. She has worked with a number of theatre companies across Canada including The Stratford Festival, Theatre Calgary, Arts Club Theatre, Theatre Replacement, Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, Playwrights Theatre Centre, The Chop Theatre, Little Onion Puppet Co., The Biting School, and Hong Kong Exile. As a dyslexic artist, she also works as a speaker, advocate, and educator. She is passionate about creating diverse, inclusive, and safer spaces for all neurodiverse and neurodivergent artists. June holds a BFA in Theatre Performance and a Certificate in Sustainable Community Development from Simon Fraser University.
In development.
Gloria Fukomachi |
Gloria Fukomachi - Grant Writing 101 Playwright/Performer: June Fukumura Director: Karen Hines Dramaturg: Tetsuro Shigematsu Producer: Paige Louter Sound Designer: Sapphire Haze (Cindy Kao & Aysha Dulong) Lighting Designer: Alexandra Caprara Projection Designer: Andie Lloyd |
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