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Michael Hisamoto

Michael Hisamoto* (he/him/his) is an actor, playwright, director, and producer who has worked with theaters including the Huntington Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Lyric Stage Company, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage, Wheelock Family Theatre, and many more.


Michael Hisamoto* (he/him/his) is an actor, playwright, director, and producer who has worked with theaters including the Huntington Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Lyric Stage Company, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage, Wheelock Family Theatre, and many more. A strong proponent of new work, Michael has developed, workshopped, directed, and performed in readings of new plays for companies like The Huntington Theatre Company, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, HowlRound, ArtsEmerson, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Gloucester Stage, Company One, Plays in Place, Rhombus Writer’s Group, MIT’s Music and Theatre Arts, Harvard University’s Black Playwrights Festival, Boston University’s School of Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The Pao Center For The Arts, Fresh Ink Theatre Company, New Repertory Theatre, Central Square Theatre, The Seven Devils New Play Foundry, Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company, Ojai Playwright’s Conference, and more. Michael believes in the next generation of artists and happily offers career consultation free of charge to historically excluded artists. Michael is a graduate of The Orange County High School of the Arts, BFA: Boston University. MFA Candidate ‘22: Brown/Trinity Rep. Proud member of AEA. michaelhisamoto.co