Kurt Kanazawa
Accomplished actor & Juilliard-grad opera singer
FISHERMAN, SOOTHSAYER, LORD OF THE SOUTH 1, and SAILOR 1 in East West Players’ Pacific Overtures, directed by Tim Dang
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PURPLE HEARTS WARRIORS
BBC News’s new 6-part audio drama by Iris Yamashita (Letters from Iwo Jima)
As the Hawaiian Pidgin-speaking 442nd/100th Battalion soldier, Sonny.
L’OPERA!
Solo show
Los Angeles dates TBA 2025
World Premiered Off-Broadway @ Pan Asian Repertory
Co-directed by Jeff Liu & Kalina Ko
COMING SOON
Kurt Kanazawa (he/him) is an accomplished actor & opera singer. A Juilliard School (GD), Manhattan School of Music (MM), & Columbia University (BA) graduate, of Japanese (yonsei) & Filipino (Ilocano) descent, born on the ancestral homelands of the Tongva & Chumash nations.
Off-Broadway: Pan Asian Repertory (solo show, "L'OPERA!"). Regional: East West Players, Detroit Public Theatre, Los Angeles LGBT Center, Rogue Artists, Boston Court , LATW, BBC World Service, Artists At Play, Ojai Playwrights Conference (additionally, a reading committee member). TV/Film: "Grey's Anatomy," "Bosch: Legacy," "The Lincoln Lawyer," “No No Girl,” "A Life in Pieces: the Diary and Letters of Stanley Hayami” (Tribeca, JANM). Opera: New World Symphony, The Industry-LA, NCPA-Beijing, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires). His uncle, Simeon Den (Dingo Secretario), was in the original Broadway cast of Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim.
IG: @kurtkanazawa
ABOUT
HAPPY FALL: A QUEER STUNT SPECTACULAR
As FELIX in Lisa Sanaye Dring’s world premiere play.
“…such raw vulnerability, grace, charm, and pathos…” - Edward Hong, The Nerds of Color
Rafu Shimpo Feature pt. 1
Rafu Shimpo Feature pt. 2
”Kurt Kanazawa’s body control was as evocative as any modern dance piece I have ever seen.” - Todd Gaebe, Hollywood Revealed
RECENT PRESS
EIGHT NIGHTS
As Steven in Jennifer Maisel’s play “Eight Nights” at Detroit Public Theatre (September 29 - November 5. 2023).
RECENT PRESS
6x AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award Winner
“Kurt Sanchez Kanazawa gives a standout performance as Twitchy, whose liveliness and joyful personality are eventually challenged by horrifying experiences fighting for the U.S. overseas. ”
Operatic Tenor
Operatic Tenor
Hailed by The New York Times for his “smoky-toned” voice and by Opera News for “villainy swathed in velvet,” he has studied with acclaimed singers like Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Spiro Malas, Sherrill Milnes, Thomas Hampson, and Marilyn Horne, amongst others. His diagnosis of Vocal Dystonia was also featured in The Juilliard Journal.
CONTACT
THEATRE (NYC + CHI)
Stewart Talent
Theatre: Jim McCaffrey
724-255-8652
TV/Film: Todd Turina
312-943-3131
MANAGEMENT
Black Box Management
point : Lowell Shapiro
424-258-4204
TV / FILM (LA + NYC)
Joseph Le Talent Agency
point : Joseph Le
818-973-2705
COMMERCIAL (LA)
Imperium 7 Talent Agency
point : Steven Neibert
818-940-3588
VOICE ACTING & AUDIOBOOKS
Imperium 7 Talent Agency
point : Steven Neibert
818-940-3588
PRINT (MID-WEST)
Stewart Talent
point: Maher Naser
312-572-6103