Sango Tajima

March 2022

Sango is a Japanese American performer and theatre maker based in the Bay Area. She is happy to return to the Playhouse after performing here in In Braunau as a part of the Sandbox Series. Recent acting credits include Metamorphoses (Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Guthrie Theater), House of Joy (California Shakespeare Theater), and Elevada (Shotgun Players). Sango has worked with Marin Theatre Company, Campo Santo, Magic Theatre, Cutting Ball Theater, Playwrights Foundation, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, and FaultLine Theater, and has performed on stages in Japan, China, Korea, and Israel. She is a two-time TBA Award finalist for her performances in Metamorphoses and Shakespeare in Love (Marin Theatre Company). Sango is a company member of Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company and former member of Ragged Wing Ensemble, both of whom have produced her work as a playwright. She recently received a TBA CA$H Grant to write and perform her one-woman show, skinship, in collaboration with director Susannah Martin. She earned a BFA from the University of Michigan. sangotajima.com

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