Lava Alapai

Director

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Lava Alapai (She/Her) is a playwright and director, born in Okinawa, Japan, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her recent directing credits include School Girls, or; the African Mean Girls Play for Portland Center Stage, The Chinese Lady, The Revolutionists, and An Octoroon (co-direction) for Artists Repertory Theatre, King of the Yees for Profile Theatre, Is God Is for Washington Ensemble Theatre, Columbinus, Charlotte’s Web and Locomotion (Drammy award – Direction) for Oregon Children’s Theatre. Writing credits include Middletown Mall, getting its world premiere at Third Rail Repertory Theatre in May 2024 (Eugene O’Neill NPC semi-finalist), The Event for Artists Repertory Theatre’s Mercury Festival, T.I.N.A for 48-hour Film Festival, redline for 24-hr Theatre Festival, and Mutt for ManyHats Collaboration. She is finishing her MFA in Creative Writing – Theatre at the University of British Columbia. She is a proud member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society (SDC) and Dramatists Guild. https://lavaalapai.com