Dr. Julie Iezzi has more than ten years experience living and studying traditional theatre (kabuki, noh, kyogen) and music in Japan, and has performed in both the US and Japan as an actor and musician. She plays shamisen and sings several genres of Japanese narrative music (nagauta, tokiwazu and gidayu) and has translated several kabuki and kyogen plays. She is interested in integrating the musical, vocal, and movement concepts of traditional Japanese theatre forms into original theatrical productions, as well as directing English language productions of kabuki, noh and kyogen. Her research interests range from Meiji Japan performing arts to narrative theatre traditions throughout Asia. EDUCATION Ph.D., University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Dept. of Theatre and Dance. Specialization: Japanese Theatre (emphasis on kabuki). 2000 MA, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Dept. of Musicology. Specialization: Japanese Music (emphasis on kabuki music). 1996 Research Student, Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, Dept. of Traditional Japanese Music. Special Project: Nagauta/Kabuki Music Performance. 1992-1994 MA, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, D ept. of Theatre and Dance. Specialization: Asian Theatre. 1991 BA, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH Dual major: Japanese Studies and Education. 1985 RECENT PUBLICATIONS Translations "The Dropped Robe" (Suo otoshi), with introduction, in Kabuki Plays on Stage, Vol. 4. Restoration and Reform: 1868-1900. Ed. by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. Forthcoming, fall 2002. "Five Great Powers That Secure Love" (Godairiki koi no fžjime), with introduction, in Kabuki Plays on Stage, Vol. 2. Villai ny and Vengeance: 1770-1800. Ed. by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 2002. "Summer Festival: Mirror of Osaka" (Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami), with introduction, in Kabuki Plays on Stage, Vol. 1. Brilliance and Bravado: 1697-1770. Ed. by James R. Brandon and Samuel L. Leiter. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 2002. "Tricked by a Rhythm" (Yobikoe), with Katherine Mezur and Susan Veyveris, in Noh and Kyogen: An Interpretive Guide. Center for Japanese Studies, University of Hawai'i, Spring l989. Translations for Production "Tied to a Pole", "The Snail", and "The Washing River" for "KYOGEN: Laughter for All Time" English language kyogen production, December 2002 at John F. Kennedy Theatre. "Nozaki Village", by Chikamatsu Hanji, for English-language kabuki production, April 2004 at John F. Kennedy Theatre. Articles