Rick Shiomi
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Playwright Rick Shiomi in New York in 2011.
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| Born | Rickey Allan Shiomi May 25, 1947 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Pen name | R. A. Shiomi |
| Occupation | Playwright, Artistic Director, Theater Director |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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University of Toronto, Simon Fraser University |
| Period | 1982 - Present |
| Genre | Theater |
| Subject | Asian American Experience |
| Notable works | Yellow Fever |
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Rick Shiomi (born May 25, 1947) is a Canadian playwright, stage director and taiko artist. He is a co-founder and was the Artistic Director of the Minneapolis, Minnesota based Asian American theater company, Mu Performing Arts, for twenty years. Shiomi stepped down from the post in 2013 to pursue his freelance career.
Mr. Shiomi's parents were among the many Canadians of Japanese descent who were forced into internment camps during World War II. They had previously lived in Vancouver, British Columbia. They moved to Toronto after their release where their son, Rickey Allan Shiomi, was born in 1947. Shiomi was raised in Toronto and graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in history in 1970.
After graduation he continued his education in British Columbia, receiving a teaching diploma from Simon Fraser University. He then went on to travel the world, teaching in Japan and Hong Kong for one year before returning home to Canada where he became a prominent member of the Japanese Canadian community. One of the projects he was involved with was organizing the Powell Street Festival. He also edited a film titled The First 100 Years which was based upon a slide show, and designed to teach children about Japanese Canadian history. An active member of the Japanese Canadian Citizen's Association, Shiomi was an editor of Inalienable Rice: A Chinese & Japanese Canadian Anthology.
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