Reviews
Americana Kamikaze by Temporary Distortion
“Chilling glare of Yuki Kawahisa’s Yuki. Her disintegration in person and on screen is as simple and brutal as a knife to the throat.” The New York Times
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“The chameleonic Yuki Kawahisa” Time Out New York
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“Yuki Kawahisa is resplendent” The Village Voice
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"The Actors Yuki Kawahisa and Ryosuke Yamada are excellent in their roles…" The L Magazine
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"The cast, Brain Greer, Yuki Kawahisa, Lorraine Mattox, and Ryosuke Yamada, are great both live and on film." NewYorkTheater.com
Time's Journey Through a Room By Toshiki Okada, Translated by Aya Ogawa
Directed by Dan Rothenberg, Produced by The Play Company
"Honoka (Yuki Kawahisa, in a beautiful central performance)" New York Times
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"Honoka, as played by the vibrant Yuki Kawahisa, at first is the focus of our attention, and she is certainly a charming presence, with her long black braid, wide smile and childlike grace. "
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In the spirit of the loquacious Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days, the animated Yuki Kawahisa beautifully portrays Honoka with sunny depth.
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FEAST by Andrew Ondrejcak
"Ms Kawahisa especially dynamite in a strong cast" The New York Times
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"These four - Jenn Dees, Cara Francis, Yuki Kawahisa and Jason Robert Winfield - do a superb, frequently hilarious job" Time Out New York
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"Her Concubines - Jenn Dees, Cara Francis, Yuki Kawahisa, and Jason Robert Winfield - are sharp and flexible, excavating musicality and complexity of language with suprising, terrifying and hysterical results." NewYorkTheater.com
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“Other striking actors include guests to the King. An Asian concubine (Yuki Kawahisa) is a sad, bulimic figure who deals with woes about food and her body. Her monologues are heartfelt, and she breaks the quick pace of the show to question how bacteria stay in her body during a long meal.” theaterpizzazz.com
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NY Times Review: In ‘Ludic Proxy,’ a Blur of Actual and Virtual Reality Yuki Kawahisa as a sister in Japan in "Ludic Proxy," at Walkerspace in TriBeCa. Photo by Carol Rosegg
Ludic Proxy by Aya Ogawa
"Here the show leans, gratefully, on two marvelous actors. Kawahisa's stunned inaction and Tsukada's icy mystery never admit a single false note, all despite stopping every few sentences to let us weigh in." Time Out New York (full review)
The Kimono Loosened
(written and performed by Yuki Kawahisa, directed by Maureen Robinson)
“... remarkable... skillful.” “I was impressed with Kawahisa’s determination to create stillness and silence within her performance. Less confident performers lack the patience that she has to generate the atmosphere of mystery and menace that pervades the play, but she is saving the best for last. The intensity and detail of the characterizations deepen significantly as the play progresses.” “...mesmerizing, vividly sensual” NewYorkTheater.com
“Yuki Kawahisa shifts seamlessly between the characters... Kawahisa has such a powerful presence that she can change the entire mood of the piece by just slightly shifting the expression on her face.” The Georgia Straight, Vancouver, Canada
“...she proved adept at capturing poignant or dramatic moments with a slight incline of her head or a fleeting facial expression.” Times Colonist, Victoria, Canada
“Kawahisa’s open, honest and simple performance makes it very moving.” The Toronto Star, Toronto, Canada
“…remarkable. Every last movement and mannerism is meticulously developed.” Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Canada
“Yuki Kawahisa has an intriguing stage presence” SEE Magazine, Edmonton, Canada
“...her simple yet diverse characterization are exquisitely understated.” Terminal City Weekly, Vancouver, Canada
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