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Short Film Festival Screening
OFFICIAL SELECTION: LA SHORTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Directed by Joshua Sallach
David Shih as Mr. Sushi
W A T C H N O W : LA Fest YouTube Channel
LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest short film festivals in the world. The festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Celebrating 25 years, LA Shorts is the longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles.
Television / Streaming
Amazon Studios
"While Visions of Safta Danced in His Head"
dir. Wayne Yip
Jerrika Hinton as Millie Morris
David Shih as Detective Parker
W A T C H : HUNTERS Super Bowl Commercial
W A T C H O N: AMAZON PRIME VIDEO
From Executive Producer
Showtime
"It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City"
dir. Metin Hüseyin
David Shih as Manny Chung
Aldis Hodge as DeCourcy Ward
Jere Shea as Hank Signa
Showtime
dir. Colin Bucksey
dir. Matthew McLoota
Episode 412: "Extreme Sandbox"
dir. Colin Bucksey
David Shih as Zhang Lei
Maggie Siff as Wendy Rhodes
Samantha Mathis as Sara Hammon
Podcast Movie
C13Features presents
TREAT a podcast movie
by Nathan Ballingrud
Directed by Jaki Bradley
Cast: Kiernan Shipka, David Shih, Noah Robbins,
Marc Menchaca, Sara Echeagaray, Kyle Beltran,
Peggy J. Scott, Christa Scott- Reed, Ryan Buggle,
Renata Friedman, Bill Lobley, Marin Ireland
and Wayne Knight
L I S T E N N O W: Apple Podcasts
A perfect town comes with a terrifying price. Welcome to Treat, a C13Features podcast movie starring Kiernan Shipka as Allie West, an unpopular teenager who is dealing with issues beyond her years while struggling to fit in with her seemingly perfect small town. But, on one Halloween night, everything changes, and she discovers that her town's idyllic image comes at a deadly cost. As she learns about the mysterious Piper's powerful hold on the town, she, along with her younger brother, realize they are the only ones who can save their community before it's too late. Can Allie West help rescue her family, and their town, and even herself, from its evil past and own demise? Grab some popcorn, and enjoy this thrilling and frightening podcast movie adventure.
Radio Play
Astoria Performing Arts Center presents
STUFF a radio play
by Mrinalini Kamath
Directed by Dev Bondarin
Cast: Jen Anaya, Alan Ariano, Shabazz Green, Greg Horton,
Jim Nugent, Shetal Shah, and David Shih
L I S T E N N O W: STUFF on PodChaser
Inspired by the 2015 New York Times article "The Lonely Death of George Bell," STUFF tells the story of lives that intersect when a man dies alone in his cluttered apartment. Stuff is about living alone in modern times.
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Regional Theater
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Video Game
Directed by Patrick Redding
Written by Ben Gelinas and Gabrielle M. Goulet
Starring Sloane Morgan Siegel, Christopher Sean, America Young, Stephen Oyoung and David Shih as Brandon Tsai
Batman is dead. A new expansive, criminal underworld has swept the streets of Gotham City. It is now up to the Batman Family; Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin; to protect Gotham, bring hope to its citizens, discipline to its cops, and fear to its criminals. From solving mysteries that connect the darkest chapters in the city history to defeating notorious villains in epic confrontations, you must evolve into the new Dark Knight and save the streets from descent into chaos.
Gotham Knights is an open-world, action RPG set in the most dynamic and interactive Gotham City yet. In either solo-play or with one other hero, patrol Gotham’s five distinct boroughs and drop in on criminal activity wherever you find it.
Podcast Series
M O R E I N F O : Marvel Wastelanders website
Directed by Jade King Carroll
Written by Mark Waid and James Tae Kim
Starring Dylan Baker, Danny Burstein, Keith David, John Hawkes, Kristen Johnston, Elijah Jones, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Hamish Linklater, Nadine Malouf and David Shih as Amadeus Cho
After thirty years of imprisonment, Doctor Doom has freed himself and seeks revenge on the former allies who betrayed him on The Day The Villains Won. To achieve this, he teams up with Valeria Richards, the daughter of his most hated enemy, Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four — but whose side is she really on?
M O R E I N F O : Gotham Knights website
by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Ralph B. Peña
Cast: Tina Chilip, Hao Feng, David Lee Huynh, Haskell King,
Jesse Cao Long, Joe Osheroff, David Shih, Joyce MeiMei Zheng
In the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act, an unlikely family carries invented biographies and poems of longing on an arduous journey from rural Taishan to Angel Island Detention Center, in hopes of landing in San Francisco. Intimate and epic, The Far Country weighs the true cost of selling the past for the hope of a brighter future.
Apr 26 - May 18, 2024
Forum Theater
1120 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510
Info & Tickets: Yale Rep website
Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College
Live Radio Play
Season 2 Selections, Margaret Chase Smith
Part of The Tank Residency
Created by Jocelyn Kuritsky
Written by Jonathan A. Goldberg, Jenny Turner Hall
Directed by Meghan Finn
Series Director and Co-Executive Producer Donya K. Washington
Featuring Florencia Lozano, David Shih, Colleen Werthmann
A Simple Herstory is a groundbreaking—Telly Award winning and Webby honored—deviant, multi-platform audio fiction exploration of the 100+ women who have run for President of the United States. The initial season revolved around Victoria Woodhull, arguably the first woman to run in 1872, before women had the right to vote. Sections of Season 2 revolve around the life and times of Margaret Chase Smith. Smith ran for President of the United States in 1964. She was a member of the Republican Party. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress. While it is an audio drama, Season 2 borrows from 20th century film styles to create a complex portrait of the Senator from Maine, challenging preconceived notions, historical facts, and our perceptions of American culture. As with Season 1, it takes a lesser known story, presents it, and then works to deconstruct it.
July 5-7, 2024
Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College
in the Powerhouse Theater
124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie NY 12604
More info: A Simple Herstory website
Audiobook Releases
Tantor Audio
by Erik Christian Haugaard
narated by David Shih
Release date 10-07-25
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Taro will become a samurai and redeem the family legacy that has been stolen from him. A classic tale of adventure.
When the powerful Lord Takeda's soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the boy Taro's life and take him along with them.
Taro becomes a servant in the household of the noble Lord Akiyama, where he meets Togan, a cook, who teaches Taro and makes his new life bearable.
But when Togan is murdered, Taro's life takes a new direction: He will become a samurai, and redeem the family legacy that has been stolen from him.
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Off-Broadway Theater
The Public Theater presents
by Lisa Sanaye Dring
A co-production of Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse
Directed by Ralph B. Peña
Cast: Kris Bona, Red Concepcion, Akira Fukui, Michael Hisamoto, Ahmad Kamal, Earl T. Kim, Hank Lin, Haowen Luo 罗浩闻, David Shih, Scott Keiji Takeda, Paco Tolson, Viet Vo.
Entrenched in an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo, six men practice, eat, love, play, and ultimately fight. Akio arrives as an angry, ambitious 18-year-old with a lot to learn. Expecting validation, dominance, and fame. Desperate to move up the ranks, he slams headlong into his fellow wrestlers. With sponsorship money at stake, their bodies on the line, and their futures at risk, the wrestlers struggle to carve themselves—and one another—into the men they dream of being.
Feb 20 - Mar 30, 2025
Anspacher Theater
425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003
Info & Tickets: The Public website
The Cast of SUMO
Network Television
On-camera appearance...
Connecticut Critics Circle Awards
32nd Annual Connecticut Critics Awards
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
"The Far Country" at Yale Repertory Theatre
Presented June 24, 2024
R E A D: CT CRITICS PRESS RELEASE
Regional Acting Award Winner...
M O R E I N F O: Tantor website
Tantor Media
by Taku Ashibe
translater by Bryan Karetnyk
narated by David Shih
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M O R E I N F O: Tantor website
Use your powers of logic and deduction to solve this classic honkaku puzzler—the Japanese tradition of detective fiction—in this delicious twisty murder mystery!
In Osaka, dark secrets haunt a wealthy merchant family throughout the first half of the twentieth century . . .
In 1906, the young heir to the Omari family business climbs to the top of a Panorama and vanishes.
In 1914, a fight between two mysterious figures on a bridge tragically ends with one falling to their death.
In 1943, as war rages on, the once illustrious family has fallen. Both potential heirs have been drafted into war, and a string of strange and violent happenings has beset the house of Omari.
Combining the classic honkaku mystery and Golden Age crime writing with the trappings of historical fiction, it's easy to see why Murder in the House of Ōmari is an award-winning sensation in Japan! Set in Semba (modern-day Osaka), this gripping murder mystery twists and turns with dark secrets, red herrings, and the turbulent history of Japan in the early twentieth century.
Blowfish is a postmodern novel in four parts, alternating between the respective stories of a female sculptor and a male architect. Death is the motif connecting these parallel lives. The sculptor’s grandmother killed herself by eating poisonous blowfish in front of her husband and child, while the architect’s elder brother leapt to his death from the fifth floor of an apartment building. Now, both protagonists are contemplating their own suicides. The sculptor and architect cross paths once in Seoul, and meet again in Tokyo, while the sculptor is learning to prepare a fatal serving of blowfish.
M O R E I N F O: Blackstone website
Harper Audio
These Memories Do Not Belong to Us
by Yiming Ma
narated by Will Dao, Jeremy Ang Jones, David Shih, Cindy Kay, Brian Nishii, Jeanne Sakata, Catherine Ho, Francois Chau, Eunice Wong, Kenneth Lee, Reuben Uy, Sura Siu, James Chen, Jennifer Lim
Purchase at:
M O R E I N F O: Harper website
This timeless collection of reflective essays invites you to explore themes of grief, loss, tragedy, and disruption through the eyes of an artist's soul. Originally conceived in the shadow of the fallen twin towers of the World Trade Center, near where Fujimura's New York art studio stood, this anniversary edition includes new essays unpacking the author's further insights into his concepts of culture care and a theology of making. Refractions carries the weight of history and the urgency of the moment, illuminating beauty, healing, and hope.
In a world marred by violence and despair, Fujimura guides you toward a deep understanding of life's intricate tapestry, where beauty emerges from unexpected places, and healing finds its roots in the goodness of God and human resilience.
R E A D : BroadwayWorld Casting Annoucement
W A T C H : SUMO Teaser on YouTube
March 9 - July 23, 2023
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
236 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036
More Info: Life of Pi Broadway website
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel
by Lolita Chakrabarti
Directed by Max Webster
Puppet and Movement Direction by Finn Caldwell
Cast: Hiran Abeysekera, Adi Dixit, Brian Thomas Abraham, Usman Ali Ishaq, Rajesh Bose, Nikki Calonge, Mahnaz Damania, Fred Davis, Avery Glymph, Jon Hoche, Mahira Kakkar, Kirstin Louie, Rowan Ian Seamus Magee, Jonathan David Martin, Uma Paranjpe, Betsy Rosen, Celia Mei Rubin, Salma Shaw, David Shih, Sathya Sridharan, Daisuke Tsuji, Sonya Venugopal, Scarlet Wilderink, Andrew Wilson
PREPARE TO BELIEVE THE UNBELIEVABLE!
Winner of five Olivier Awards including Best New Play, LIFE OF PI is an epic tale of endurance and hope that "will make you believe in the power of theater" (The Times of London). After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi is left stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive? Get your tickets now to this "unmissable, extraordinary journey" (The Guardian).
W A T C H O N: APPLE TV
W A T C H O N: Paramount+
Off-Broadway Theater
A co-production with Classic Stage Company, National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), and Transport Group
by William Inge
Directed by Ralph B. Peña
Cast: Delphi Borich, Rajesh Bose, Cindy Cheung, Midori Francis, David Lee Huynh, Michael Hsu Rosen, David Shih, Moses Villarama
On a snowy night in Kansas, a diner can be an oasis, a prison, a place to hide, or a place to discover yourself. When a bus is forced to take shelter from stormy weather outside, a mismatched group of dreamers and cowboys, waitresses and outcasts find unexpected warmth in one another. In William Inge's 1955 classic, this great playwright of the Midwest gives voice to memorable characters who'll linger like the perfect cup of diner coffee.
May 8 - June 8, 2025
Lynn F. Angelson Theater
136 East 13th Street, New York, NY 10003
Info & Tickets: CSC website
The Cast of BUS STOP
R E A D : Playbill Casting Annoucement
Recent appearances...
New Play Reading
New York Stage and Film 40th Summer Season at Marist University
by Dave Harris
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Cast: Barzin Akhavan, Brittany Bradford, Annie Fang, Toney Goins,
Amara Granderson, Lizan Mitchell, Genesis Oliver, David Shih,
Julyana Soelistyo
MANAKIN is a wedding story. But not just any wedding—this one brings together four generations for the union of Son and Daughter. Oh, this wedding is also a Satanic invocation. A raw, lyrical, darkly hilarious piece about intergenerational trauma, love in all its forms, ancient traditions and sacred rituals.
MANAKIN was awarded the 2024 Relentless Award by the American Playwriting Foundation (APF), which was founded in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman's relentless support of truth in theater; MANAKIN was featured in APF's 2025 Relentless Reading Series.
Now Playing thru October 26, 2025
National Tour
Performances thru October 26, 2025
Life of Pi First National Tour
Dallas TX, Houston TX, Kansas City KS,
Ft. Worth TX, S. Louis MO, Ft. Lauderdale FL
Full Schedule & Tickets: Life of Pi website
Life of Pi FIRST NATIONAL TOUR
Based on the best-selling novel by Yann Martel
by Lolita Chakrabarti
Directed by Max Webster
Puppet and Movement Direction by Finn Caldwell
Cast: Jessica Angleskhan, Alan Ariano, Pragun Bhardwaj, Ben Durocher, Emmanuel Elpenord, Shiloh Goodin, Anna Leigh Gortner, Austin Wong Harper, Rishi Jaiswal, Toussaint Jeanlouis, Mi Kang, Sharayu Mahale, Taha Mandviwala, Sinclair Mitchell, Maya Rangulu, Betsy Rosen, David Shih, Anna Vomáčka, Sorab Wadia, and Savidu Geevaratne
PREPARE TO BELIEVE THE UNBELIEVABLE!
Winner of five Olivier Awards including Best New Play, LIFE OF PI is an epic tale of endurance and hope that "will make you believe in the power of theater" (The Times of London). After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi is left stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive? Get your tickets now to this "unmissable, extraordinary journey" (The Guardian).
Gingold Theatrical Group presents PROJECT SHAW
Oscar Wilde's
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
Directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Cast: Reynaldo Piniella, Rodd Cyrus, David Shih, Daniel Marcus, Veanne Cox, Delphi Borich, Kimberly Immanuel, Dana Scurlock
Script-In-Hand Performance
The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893) and An Ideal Husband (1895). First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James’s Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy depicting the tangled affairs of two young men about town who lead double lives to evade unwanted social obligations, both assuming the name Ernest while wooing the two young women of their affections.
Tantor Media
by Shusaku Endo
foreword by Caryl Phillips
translater by Van C. Gessel
narated by David Shih
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M O R E I N F O: Tantor website
Shusaku Endo (1923-1996), widely considered one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, is known for his historical novels, which masterfully probe the encounters between the cultures and religions of East and West from a Japanese Catholic perspective. A salient and curious theme in his work is the unique image of a maternal God, and a concomitant sense of loss and longing for maternal love.
Confronting the Shadows, the semiautobiographical novella discovered at the Endo Museum in Nagasaki in 2020, is the author's most personal work and constitutes the interpretive key to his entire oeuvre. Translated into English here for the first time, it tells the story of Suguro, an aspiring novelist who was separated from his mother after his parents' divorce. Desperate to understand the woman his mother was, he sets out to retrace her footsteps, only to find himself face to face with his own demons. Accompanying the novella are five stories; exploring complex truths in uncomplicated prose, each tale discloses the intricacies of the sacred feminine and the apprehensions and joys of familial love. Endo once again beams bright light on the hidden corners of the human heart in this intimate and remarkable new collection.
Seven Seas Entertainment
by Chohokiteki Kaeru
narated by David Shih
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THE WITCH'S RAMPAGE
When a monstrosity above her rank shows up, Siasha is seated with some undesired downtime. Making the best of a boring situation, she and Zig head to the morning market, only to bear witness to a scuffle between humans and demi-humans. But to the inhuman witch Siasha and mercenary Zig, these interspecies tensions are none of their concern—or so they think. They soon learn that these conflicts are far more deep-rooted than they could've ever imagined. And as one incident after another pulls them deeper into the fray, it's only a matter of time before Siasha is pushed over the edge...and shows everyone why witches are so feared.
M O R E I N F O: Seven Seas website
Seven Seas Entertainment
by Chohokiteki Kaeru
narated by David Shih
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It was no walk in the park, but Zig and Siasha have finally gotten accustomed to their new surroundings and are enjoying their tranquil lives funded by their bloody battles with monstrosities. One day, Siasha decides to join a short-term adventuring party, and Zig, temporarily relieved of his bodyguard duties, finds himself with a bit of free time. But he's not idle for long. Isana—a second-class adventurer and acquaintance of Zig's—asks for his help investigating the recent kidnappings of children from her tribe. As a mercenary, playing detective isn't exactly Zig's style, but his mantra has always been that if the money is good, he'll take the job. Calling on what he's learned from his dealings in the underbelly of society, Zig gets cracking on the case.
M O R E I N F O: Seven Seas website
W A T C H O N: NBC.com