Masanari Kawahara

Masanari Kawahara is an experienced teaching artist currently serving at Upstream Arts since September 2012 and at Pillsbury House + Theatre since July 2010. Additionally, Masanari has been an independent artist since 2010, and has contributed as a teaching artist and staff artist at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre since November 1998. Previous experience includes a role as a teaching artist at Illusion Theater from April 2012 to 2014. Masanari holds a BFA in Theatre with a focus on Acting from the University of Minnesota and has studied at the University of Minnesota Duluth.