Izumi Kasagi
Izumi Kasagi
Born in 1976 in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, Kasagi is an actor, a playwright and the leader of the theater company Snuunuu. While studying at Japan Women’s University, she joined U-enchi Saisei Jigyōdan led by Akio Miyazawa and performed as an actor. Since then, she has appeared in stage and video productions of companies such as PenguinPullPalePiles, “Gekidan (Theater Company), Yukiko Motoya,” Theater Company Haegiwa, works by Toshiki Okada, and Mikuni Yanaihara Project. She also directs for Snuunuu. In 2018, The play Ie no Kagi (The Key of the House) that Kasagi wrote for the theater unit Last Songs led by Kenichi Suzuki was nominated as a finalist for the 6th Sendai Short Drama Award, and in 2021, Snuunuu’s performance of The Sea of Moscow was nominated as a finalist for the 66th Kishida Drama Award.
Snuunuu
