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Sei Shiomi

Junior Lecturer

  • Department: Comparative Literature and English
  • Office: 
    G-108
  • Office Hours: 
    By appointment

Sei began his acting training atÌýa performing arts school in Boston. After graduating from New York University (Tisch School of the Arts) with a BFA degree in acting and alsoÌýstudying acting at the Stella Adler Studio, he worked in Off-Broadway productions for two years as an actor and director (notably Pan Asian Repertory Theater company). During that time, he became increasingly interested in directing and in different training methods for actors.ÌýIn 1996, Sei decided to leave New York in search of diverse approaches to acting that existed in the world. This research took him on a cross-continental trip across Europe, during which he met and worked with theater professionals from Russia, Bulgaria, Norway, Italy, England and Japan (including Yoshi Oida from Peter Brook's company).ÌýSei arrived in Paris in 1997 and followed an apprenticeship with Amy WerbaÌýfrom the Actors StudioÌýat the Bilingual Acting Workshop before accepting his position as an acting instructor.ÌýHe also created the Four Corners Theater Ensemble and co-produced and performed in Arthur Miller'sÌýThe Creation of the World and Other Business.ÌýHe currently teachesÌýat Bilingual Acting Workshop (the methods ofÌýLee Strasberg, Stella Adler and Uta Hagen). Sei also teaches atÌýhis ownÌýactingÌýstudioÌý(KEYS Acting Studio) for professional French actors in ParisÌýand coaches actors privately.Ìý



Education/Degrees

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting, New York University (Tisch School of the Arts), New York, USA

Publications

Sei's directing credits include (English):Ìý

  • DesdemonaÌýby Paula Vogel
  • The Glory of LivingÌýby Rebecca Gilman (co-directed with Amy Werba)
  • The Cherry OrchardÌýby Anton Chekhov
  • The Baltimore WaltzÌýby Paula Vogel
  • Beyond TherapyÌýby Christopher Durang
  • The Blue RoomÌýby David Hare
  • The Big FunkÌýby John-Patrick Shanley
  • SplitÌýby Michael Weller
  • RefugeÌýby Jessica Goldberg
  • Old SaybrookÌýby Woody Allen
  • Blue SurgeÌýby Rebecca Gilman
  • DoubtÌýby John-Patrick Shanley
  • StuckÌýby Jessica Goldberg
  • IndependenceÌýby Lee Blessing

They also include (French):Ìý

  • Le Chat du RabbinÌýby Johann Sfar (an adaption of his comic book)
  • SuspendusÌýby Franck-Olivier Lafererre
  • Ecrits d'AmourÌýby Claude Bourgyex
  • Kristin LavransdatterÌýby Sigrid Undset (winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928) for the Avignon theatre festival
  • La Ligne - la vie de faussaireÌýby Sarah Kaminsky
  • Lâleh - une fleur en partageÌýby Aude-Laurence Clermont-Biver (in Luxembourg and in Paris)
  • ¶Ùé»å´Ç³Ü²¹²Ô±ð³ú-³¾´Ç¾±Ìýby Nataly Florez & Sei ShiomiÌý(one-woman show in Paris)Ìý