Masashi Nomura is a dramaturg and producer. Since 2007, he has been with theatre company Seinendan (founded by Oriza Hirata) at Komaba Agora Theater as its manager/administrator. As a dramaturg, he has worked with on several young artists' works. From 2008 to 2015, he has dramaturged for the productions of Sample theatre company, created by director and playwright Shu Matsui. He has also worked as a dramaturg on several productions with Mamagoto theatre company, helmed by Yukio Shiba. With Okazaki Art Theatre, he was a producer on Black coffee (not for drinking) (2013) and a dramaturg on The Story of Descending the Long Slopes of Valparaiso (2017). Both works were nominated for the Kunio Kishida Drama Award.
At the annual Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama (TPAM), Masashi curated and produced the following performances: Trojan Women (2015) by Tadashi Suzuki of SCOT; Hikki Cancun Tornado by Hideto Iwai of hi-bye theatre company; Girl X – Japan-Thailand Collaboration (2015) by Suguru Yamamoto of theatre collective Hanchu Yuei and Thanapol Virulhakul of Democrazy Theatre; Girl X (2014) by Suguru Yamamoto of Hanchu Yuei; Composition: New Philharmonic (2014) by Shuta Hasunuma; Time (2012) by Shuta Hasunuma and Ryota Yamada; and Sayonara (2011) and I Worker (2011) by Oriza Hirata of Seinendan theatre company and the Osaka University Hiroshi Ishiguro lab.
Masashi is also the chief program officer of the Okinawa Prefectural Foundation for Cultural Promotion (Okinawa Arts Council). He also works as a lecturer of performing arts management at Obirin University, and is a board member of the Open Network for Performing Arts Management (ON-PAM). He was previously a researcher at the Arts Council Tokyo Arts Academy, and a member of the Asahi Art Square management committee.
In 2016, Masachi was in Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in Frankfurt as part of the Overseas Training Program for young artists, organised by the Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan.
Last Updated: 2018