Seiji Nozoe

Seiji Nozoe

Playwright and director Seiji Nozoe was born in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, in 1975. He was raised in the U.S. to the age of eight. In 1999, he started the theater company Haegiwa. Since then he has written and directed all the company’s productions, also participating as an actor in them. He is also active as a writer of scripts for radio and movies and as an actor. His plays are praised for their portrayals of the delicate inner self in stories interjected with surreal humor and strange but convincing reality. As a director he has won acclaim for his artful use of the theater space in creating dramatic spaces that are abstract and yet succeed in stimulating the viewer’s imagination. In recent years Nozoe has expanded his scope of activities to included directing foreign plays, touring works to homes for the elderly, producing works in different regions of the country and creating video works. His representative works include Tori to Odoru , Ju, Myo. Piyo , Harubaru – Hasumukai no share (nominated as a final candidate for the 55th Kishida Drama Award), Garapakosupakosu – Shinka shitennoka shitenainoka and others. With each play he attempts new approaches and continues to re-invent his style.

His company’s Home Page URL is:
https://haegiwa.net/