Izumi Inaba biography

Izumi Inaba

At Writers Theatre: A Doll's House, Smart People

Chicago: King Of The Yees, Twilight Bowl (Goodman Theatre), Animal Farm, Constellations, The Crucible, Doll House, Part 2, We Are Proud ... (Steppenwolf Theatre Company), An Issue Of Blood, The House That Will Not Stand, A Wonder In My Soul, Cambodian Rock Band, If I Forget (Victory Gardens Theater), The Mousetrap, You Can’t Take It With You, Charm, Faceless (Northlight Theatre), Romeo And Juliet, Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Harvey (Court Theatre), Born Yesterday (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company), 10 out of 12, The New Sincerity (Theater Wit), Woyzeck, Adding Machine: A Musical, You On The Moors Now (The Hypocrites) and James And The Giant Peach (Drury Lane Theatre). Regional: The Who And The What, Animal Farm (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), King Of The Yees (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Animal Farm (Baltimore Center Stage) and Faceless (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis). She has also worked with a number of theatre companies in Chicago, where she is based, such as The House Theatre of Chicago (Company Member), Lifeline Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company, The Gift Theatre Company, Theo Ubique, Strawdog Theatre, Halcyon Theatre, The Second City, Haven Theatre Company and a dozens more. She is currently a resident designer at Albany Park Theater Project, where she has designed all their productions since 2013. In 2014, she was honored to receive The Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award of The Michael Merritt Awards. Izumi is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, and MFA in Stage Design, Northwestern University.

[Bio as of May 2019]