Thai Theatre Network
There are Thai theatre artists and arts administrators in multiple states across the US. The Thai Theatre Network helps connect and facilitate communications between Thai theatre artists, arts administrators, producers, theatre goers, and many other stakeholders in the US. We believe that the more we talk, the clearer we see the picture, thus the further we can go.
Should you wish to be listed on this list, please kindly fill in the application form.
members
Area(s) in A production
COMPOSER / MUSICIAN / SOUND DESIGNER
Bhurin Sead
Musician
Chayanon Kamthornkittikul
Musician
Poppy Dee Kendall
Musician
Pornchanok Kanchanabanca
Composer, Sound Designer
Tidtaya Sinutoke
Composer, Musician
DESIGNER
Carrie Lee Bland-Kendall
Dee-jai Cowles
Lighting Designer
Pancharee Sangkaeo
Set Designer
Riw Rakkulchon
Set Designer
Wijittra Duangkanya
Costume Designer
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / PLAYWRIGHT / WRITER
Ann Chunharakchote
Playwright, Writer
Carrie Lee Bland-Kendall
Director, Producer, Playwright, Writer
Kavin Panmeechao
Director, Playwright, Writer
Lava Khonsuwon
Director / Producer
Maya Lomwong
Producer, Script Writer
Nana Dakin
Director
Poppy Dee Kendall
Playwright, Writer
Prince Gomolvilas
Playwright, TV Writer
Raksak Kongseng
Producer, Writer
Siwaraya Rochanahusdin
Playwright, Writer
Somar (Suki) Lanh
Writer, Copywiter
Tidtaya Sinutoke
Playwright, Writer
MULTIMEDIA
Bhurin Sead
Quincy Surasmith
Tiriree Kananuruk
PERFORMER (ACTOR / DANCER / SINGER) / COMEDIAN
Ann Chunharakchote
Comedian
Art Cai
Actor, Comedian
Bhurin Sead
Actor
Carrie Lee Bland-Kendall
Actor, Singer
Kavin Panmeechao
Actor, Dancer, Singer
Kittiporn Rodvanich
Actor / Comedian
Napat Mingkwanyuen
Actor, Singer
Poppy Dee Kendall
Actor
Proud Sangouthai
Actor
Pun Bandhu
Actor
Quincy Surasmith
Actor
Raksak Kongseng
Actor
Sai Somboon
Dancer
Siwaraya Rochanahusdin
Actor
Sasithorn Panichnok
Actor
Sugame Kanchanakuntikul
Actor
Sulu LeoNimm
Actor
Sy Chounchaisit
Actor, Dancer, Singer
Tiri Kananuruk
Actor
Trungta Werner
Actor, Dancer
Vin Kridakorn
Actor
STAGE MANAGER
Niew Bharyaguntra
Raksak Kongseng
Area(s) outside a production
ARTS ADMINISTRATOR
Chayanon Kamthornkittikul
Pacharakamol Chantri
Raksak Kongseng
Sulu LeoNimm
EDUCATOR
Bhurin Sead
Carrie Lee Bland-Kendall
Kavin Panmeechao
Nana Dakin
Raksak Kongseng
Sai Somboon
TRANSLATOR
Dee-jai Cowles
Raksak Kongseng
Vin Kridakorn
OTHER
Anthony Apichart Meredith
Website Development
Jean Pongsai
Graphic Designer
Siwaraya Rochanahusdin
Thai Diaspora Cultural Consultant
Ann Chunharakchote
Ann Chunharakchote is a NY-based comedian from Thailand. She has appeared on Asian AF and Asian Comedy Festival in New York City.
She started comedy in San Francisco where she was a regular at Crazy Funny Asians weekly comedy showcase. As a producer of Joy Luck Comedy, Ann has sold out shows at The Stand in NY and The Lost Church in SF.
Ann graduated from Tufts University.
Link: www.annchun.com
Contact: ann@annchun.com
Anthony Apichart Meredith
Link: Linkin
Art Cai
Art Cai is an Asian-American comedian who hails from Nebraska and is now based in Brooklyn. He is the host of the JERRY SEINFELD PRESENTS... show (@jerryseinfeldpresents) and the award-winning TEACH ME GOOD podcast (@teachmegoodpodcast). He’s performed for Buzzfeed, Vox, all around NYC (including: New York Comedy Festival @ Caroline's, Asian Comedy Festival and Diverse AF Festival), and once in Thailand. IG/TW: @fartcai
Link: www.artcaistuff.com
Contact: artcai1391@gmail.com
Bhurin Sead
BHURIN SEAD (he/him) is a performer, theater maker and musician. Exploring interactivity through participation and technology, Bhurin is interested in performer audience relationships and the possibilities that their interactions reveal. He has performed with Blue Man Group as a Blue Man since 2008 and is currently a full time cast member and Blue Man captain at the Astor Place Theater. Bhurin holds an MFA in Performance and Interactive Media Arts from Brooklyn College and a BS in Human Biology from The University of Texas at Austin.
Link: bhurin.com
Contact: bhurin@gmail.com
Carrie Lee Bland-Kendall
Carrie Lee’s background started as an actor in Musical Theater. She has worked in many aspects of theater & film/tv. Currently writing “Asian American Army Brat” + freelancing: Vocalist, Voiceover Actor, Casting Director, & Acting Coach. CL enjoys art directing her spouse’s upcoming childrens book & producing her daughter’s YouTube show, Everyday is Earth Day w/ Poppy Dee.
Link: carrieleebland-kendall.com
Contact: carrieleebk@gmail.com
Chayanon Kamthornkittikul
Link: Audition video
Contact: Instagram
Dee-jai Cowles
Dee-Jai Cowles is a Thai-American, born and raised between Thailand and Vermont. The majority of his education and life was in Vermont but with time spent in Thailand as frequently as possible with many extended stays. He has a background in Light Design and Theatrical electrics work. Through his college career he has worked on productions all over New England. Now no longer working in professional theatre, he works as a Thai-English translator/interpreter, but he tries to stay involved with the arts.
He received his BA in Theatre from Saint Michael’s College, Colchester and is still learning everyday.
Dee-Jai loves to cook, eat, read, spend time outdoors, consume art of all kinds, and tend to his garden.
Link: Facebook
Jean Pongsai
Link: studiodbj.com
Kavin Panmeechao
Kavin Panmeechao is a New York/L.A.-based actor and writer. Selected acting credits include Madam Secretary (CBS), LCT’s The King and I (National Tour/UK/Tokyo), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (National Tour), Miss Saigon (Ogunquit Playhouse), and A Chorus Line (3-D Theatricals). His plays include The Return (Westport Country Playhouse/WSHU Boston), Public Heroics Commission (Hudson Stage), Blue – A Playlet (Cardinal Stage), One Tough Cookie, and Subreddit.
Contact: kavindpan@gmail.com
Kittiporn Rodvanich
Kittiporn Rodvanich is an LA based actress and artist from Bangkok. She loves challenges, fun projects, and, most importantly, working with amazing people. Apart from acting, she has worn many hats as a wedding designer, a prop master, a columnist, a screen writer, an assistant producer, an executive story editor, an interpreter, a translator, and a teacher.
She holds a BA in Dramatic Arts from Chulalongkorn University and an MFA in Acting from UC San Diego.
Apart from her love of story telling, Kittiporn loves dogs, manga, arts, and learning new skills.
Lava Khonsuwon
Lava Khonsuwon is an award winning Asian American filmmaker, with an invisible disability, based in New Mexico. She is driven to create films for her community that encourage overcoming challenges and identity journeys. Currently, Lava is creating a documentary about honoring traditional clothing, editing a documentary about her journey with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and writing a dramedy about an Asian American Daughter with CRPS living with her immigrant mother. When not creating films, Lava loves going on adventures with her partner and taking photos of her dogs.
Link: www.beinglava.com
Contact: beinglava@gmail.com
Maya Lomwong
Link: Facebook
Nana Dakin
Nana Dakin is a queer Thai-American director of new work, classics and devised performance based in NYC. Her work pursues social equity by examining the way culture is constructed and unsettling dormant biases. She is the first Thai theatre director to direct at the Royal Court Theatre in London. In NYC her work has been presented by Ars Nova, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Civilians, Clubbed Thumb, New York Theatre Workshop, The Playwrights Realm, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, and more. She is a core member of B-Floor Theatre, Thailand’s most highly awarded theatre company.
Link and contact: www.nanadakin.com
Napat Mingkwanyuen
Link: Facebook
Niew Bharyaguntra
Link: Instagram
Pacharakamol Chantri
Pacharakamol Chantri, a stage actor from Thailand fascinated by the art of theatre, has expanded herself in theatre career by focusing her talents on scholarly professional training in the US, in addition to acting training. Now she serves Thai Theatre Foundation as the secretary.
Pacharakamol has a BA in Dramatic Arts from Chulalongkorn University, a 2-year acting training at HB Studio, and an MA in Theatre from Hunter College.
A new mom, Pacharakamol loves theatre, cooking, yoga, swimming and handcrafts. She will be happiest when she takes her daughter out to feel the sun and sea breeze.
Pancharee Sangkaeo
Link: www.pancharee-design.com
Poppy Dee Kendall
Poppy Dee just turned 10 years old, and is second generation ThaiAm. She preforms regularly as an actor and multi-instrumentalist. Poppy Dee enjoys writing fan fiction, poetry, and scripts for her YouTube show, Everyday is Earth Day.
Link: poppydeekendall.com
Contact: carrieleebk@gmail.com
Pornchanok Kanchanabanca
PORNCHANOK [NOK] KANCHANABANCA is a Thai artist, sound designer and composer. Nok has worked with theatre companies across the United States including Lincoln Center, Huntington Theatre Company, OSF, Steppenwolf, McCarter Theater, Rattlestick, Geva Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Actors Theatre, among many others. She has also collaborated with performing groups and theatre companies in Thailand since 2008. Nok graduated from the Yale School of Drama and is a member of the TSDCA , USA Local 829.
Link: www.wishnok-music.com
Contact: wishnok@gmail.com
Prince Gomolvilas
Prince Gomolvilas is a Thai-American writer and winner of a PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama. His critically acclaimed play, The Brothers Paranormal, debuted Off-Broadway at the Beckett Theatre, in a production by Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. It has since been published by Dramatic Publishing and performed across the country. He is the co-creator of a new TV series currently in development at Amazon Studios, and he is a former Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Southern California.
Link: www.princegomolvilas.com
Contact: prince@princegomolvilas.com
Proud Sangouthai
Link: Jeremy Management Agency
Pun Bandhu
Link: www.punbandhu.net