DAVID SHIH SAG-AFTRA•AEA
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Broadway Debut
television | film | theater | audiobook | voice-over
DAVID SHIH SAG-AFTRA•AEA
Short Film
W A T C H N O W : THE SHORTS NETWORK YouTube Channel
A master samurai finds serenity in a post-apocalyptic world.
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
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
Dramatic Podcast
C13Features presents
TREAT a podcast movie
Written 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
M O R E I N F O: Marvel Wastlanders website
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
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.
Other stage performances...
Regional Theater
More appearances...
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
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...
R E A D : BroadwayWorld Casting Annoucement
W A T C H : SUMO Teaser on YouTube
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).
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
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.
More Theater Appearances...
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).
NBC
Season 25 Episode 9: "Snowflakes"
David Shih as Peter Thomas
Reid Scott as Vincent Riley
David Ajala as Theo Walker
RECENT WORK
Performances June 9 - July 19, 2026
Off-Broadway Theater
The National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO)
and The Public Theater present
HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Stephen Brown-Fried
Cast: Tommy Bo, Rajesh Bose, Kimiye Corwin, Myka Cue, John Haggerty, Đavid Lee Huỳnh, Anna Ishida, Paul Juhn, Mia Katigbak, Teresa Avia Lim, Orville Mendoza, Jon Norman Schneider, David Shih, Julyana Soelistyo, Sue Jin Song, James Yaegashi
NAATCO returns to The Public with their production of Shakespeare's trilogy, HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS, adapted and directed by Stephen Brown-Fried. Condensed into two parts and performed in rep, experience this saga of a nation spinning wildly out of control. Part 1: Foreign Wars kicks off with the funeral of King Henry V, leaving his infant son on the throne and sending the country into decades of spiraling chaos both abroad and at home. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later, as nascent domestic feuds rapidly metastasize into the full-blown civil war known as the War of the Roses.
Performances June 09, 2026 - July 19, 2026
HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts
The Public Theater
Venue: Newman Theater
425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003
Full Schedule & Tickets: The Public Theater website
L I S T E N N O W: STUFF on Amazon Music
Lucille Lortel Awards
2026 Lucille Lortel Awards
Written 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
Produced by Classic Stage Company, National Asian American Theatre Company, and Transport Group
R E A D: LORTEL AWARDS PRESS RELEASE
Theater Award Nomination...
Recent Theater Appearances...
Symphony Concert
January 29, 30, & February 1, 2025
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark NJ
January 31, 2025
Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank NJ
New Jersey Symphony
featuring The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
Xian Zhang conductor
Directed by Brian B. Crowe
Cast: Earl Baker Jr., Clark Carmichael, Dino Curia, Jesmille Darbouze, Isaac Hickox-Young, Hassiem Muhammad, David Shih, Alison Weller, and Billie Wyatt
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture"
Sergei Prokofiev
"Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Suites Nos. 1, 2, and 3"
William Shakespeare is arguably the most influential author in Western musical history. Hundreds of compositions have their roots in Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories, including songs, tone poems, incidental music, symphonies, film scores, and most important, operas. None of his works have inspired more music than Romeo and Juliet. Consider, for example, the operas based on the play. In addition to Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi and Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, there are lesser-known operas on the topic by Daniel Steibelt, Nicola Vacai, Riccardo Zandonai, and Niccolò Zingarelli—not to mention Bernstein’s West Side Story. This weekend’s program explores two different musical approaches to the tale of the star-crossed lovers, contrasting full-blooded romanticism in the Tchaikovsky with a glorious 20th-century ballet score in the Prokofiev. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, acting scenes from the play, brings added dimensions to this timeless tragedy.
More info: NJ Symphony website
Audiobooks
Tantor Audio
by Yukio Mishima
translater by Michael Gallagher
narated by David Shih
Release date 05-26-26
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It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders—rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Shigekuni Honda, an aspiring lawyer and his childhood friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae, are the sons of two such families. As they come of age amidst the growing tensions between old and new, Kiyoaki is plagued by his simultaneous love for and loathing of the spirited young woman Ayakura Satoko. But Kiyoaki's true feelings only become apparent when her sudden engagement to a royal prince shows him the magnitude of his passion—and leads to a love affair both doomed and inevitable.
Recent Releases...
M O R E I N F O: Tantor website
Tantor Media
Tozan's Path of Being, Nonbeing, and Compassion
by Gerry Shishin Wick
foreword by Norman Fischer
narated by David Shih
Purchase at:
Listening Library / Penguin Random House
Descendants of the Zodiac, Book 2
by Katie Zhao
narated by David Shih, Elaine Wang,
Eric Yang
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M O R E I N F O: Tantor website
The great Japanese Zen master Hakuin exclaimed, "How priceless is the merit gained through the step-by-step practice of the Five Ranks of Master Tozan!" Hakuin here refers to a teaching created by the Chinese Buddhist master Dongshan, known in Japanese as Zen Master Tozan, which is honored and studied in both Soto and Rinzai schools of Zen and is a gem of the classical Zen tradition. The ranks serve as guides to a radical exploration of the experience of relative and absolute reality, the interpenetrating "Two Truths" of Mahayana Buddhism.
In The Five Ranks of Zen, American Zen teacher Shishin Wick offers an accessible entry point to each of the ranks, which Tozan created in two formulations: the first and better-known is the Five Ranks of the Relative and the Absolute; while the second set, called the Sequence of Merit, is an abbreviated form of the Ten Oxherding Pictures, a traditional formulation of the Zen spiritual journey. Wick presents multiple translations and offers commentary on the ranks' titles and on Tozan's renowned verses, as well as offering guidance on these teachings' application in contemporary life and Zen practice. He emphasizes that, to truly plumb the depths of Tozan's teachings, you must treat these teachings as Zen koans and make a thorough investigation using your entire body.
Return to the hidden world of the cursed Descendants of the Zodiac, where magic intertwines with dark academia at a boarding school dedicated to restoring their glory. In this thrilling sequel, the Descendants must navigate the aftermath of a chaotic heist and rescue a fallen comrade—all while battling dark forces determined to tear them apart.
A vampire on the run. A shapeshifter with a haunting past. A mortal trapped in enemy territory. And a werewolf with a score to settle.
After the heist of a lifetime to reclaim the source of their magic—the twelve Chinese zodiac statues—Evangeline Long and her crew of supernatural beings are on the run. Something—or someone—is working against the Descendants of zodiac from the shadows, and despite Evangeline’s efforts, her people remain cursed as creatures of darkness.
M O R E I N F O: Penguin Random House website
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When Makoto Fujimura painted as a child, he felt a mysterious electrical charge pass through him. Over decades of art making, writing, and reflecting in his studio, he has come to understand this charge as his Creator—a source he connects with most profoundly when making art. To be human is to be creative, Fujimura believes, and art making is a discipline of awareness, prayer, and praise by which we journey back to our original light.
In this book, Fujimura takes listeners along on his meandering journey as an artist. We witness him making his “process-driven slow art”—using pulverized minerals, gold, or pigments made from oyster shell—as he considers the plants and wildlife on the land where he lives. He draws on Japanese aesthetics, modernist art, Christian theology, sado (art of tea), literature, ecology, and personal narrative, with inspiration ranging from William Blake’s poetry to the art of Mark Rothko and Josef Albers, and from the wisdom of Scripture and Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyū to the traditional Japanese painting technique called Nihonga.
Bringing together the author’s written reflections and his paintings, drawings, and photographs, Art Is invites us to see the world in prismatic and diverse lights, helping us navigate the fractured, divisive times we live in.
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M O R E I N F O: Tantor website
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.
More Info: Life of Pi on IBDB.com
W A T C H : LIFE OF PI Teaser on YouTube