How To Be Japanese - Miyo the Storyteller

UPCOMING SOLO SHOW

MARCH 4, 2023 @ 8PM
The Fanatic Salon Theater

Normal: Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. All of us at some times or in some ways feel like outsiders. That whatever it is that is normal does not include us. But when we enter a new culture, we actually are the outsider. An excellent vantage point to question the status quo.

Cast: Miyo Yamauchi

Genre: Storytelling

This show is: Humorous

About Miyo Yamauchi

Born and raised in Japan, Miyo Yamauchi brings a unique perspective and sense of humor to storytelling. Her insatiable curiosity about life, people and the world leads her on many adventures and results in stories that delight her audience. She regularly performs at the Fanatic Salon Theater, Strong Words, other spoken word events, and the StoryMasters club. During the day, she works as a computer programmer, writing narratives for computers to perform.

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"...enjoyable and very entertaining storyteller"

Ernest Kearney

An award-winning L.A. Playwright

"MIYO-MAZING"

Anthony Phills

Author and Award Winning Designer

"Miyo skillfully weaves together several stories... smoothly flowing, hilarious"

Ashton Cynthia Clarke

An Award Winning Storyteller

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Conscious of every word, every gesture, every movement, she captivated the audience as she wove one story seamlessly into the next. Miyo, the storyteller, was skilled, animated, and at home on stage. Her stories were crafted so well that we could easily see ourselves in every scene or situation that she related to us. Her Stories were enlightening, relatable, compelling, humorous, surprising, and dramatic!

Bonnie F.

I loved Miyo Yamauchi’s Piece. It was most unusual & honest. She had me laughing & at times feeling very pensive about humanity, history & her personal family story.

Anonymous

I saw your show the other night and I was knocked out. You have such an easy. confident manner that makes everyone in the audience immediately comfortable. And you’re funny, too. I mean really funny. I laughed out loud many,many times. I wish you nothing but the best and look forward to seeing your next concert.

Peter Elbling

How does one person command the stage for an hour and make it feel like 10 minutes? She makes it funny and inspiring and makes it feel like she’s just telling us stories over a cup of coffee! Miyo Yamauchi charmed us with her bubbly personality and her quirky outlook on the differences between the eastern and western worlds, and enlightened us to the many reasons why just liking sushi won’t make us Japanese!

Lisa L.

Miyo is a fresh new voice! My face hurt by the end of the show because a smile never left my face. She discusses sensitive topics with ease and brings humor to everything. I never will think of Hello Kitty in the same way! Miyo bridges the gap between cultures beautifully and puts herself in the middle of what could be uncomfortable – but for us becomes a teaching moment with her deft storytelling style. The hour flew by! Congratulations on a lovely, entertaining show!

Sean Ewert

Her stories will beguile you, they’ll raise your Blood Pressure. They’ll squish, twist and trounce you. Her innocent presence (HA!) will engage you. Fool you.

Aprille I.

Miyo’s one-woman performance is refreshingly witty and different! Miyo has fun on stage while moving the audience through one clever, insightful, or unbelievable story after another. An entire hour filled with laughter (and learning) leaves me wanting to return to Miyo’s show again and again!

Anonymous

I especially treasured her voices for her different characters. If I have to pick one, I would choose the story about her grandmother as my favorite. The single prop—a push-able, black cube which served alternately as a pin on a map, a boiling cauldron, and even an actual place for sitting!

Ashton Cynthia Clarke

MIYO-MAZING!!! From beginning to end. I wish the show was longer 90 mins. It went too quick.

Anthony Phills

Miyo Yamauchi is a delightful storyteller who gives an audience so much. How To be Japanese is funny, poignant, and thought-provoking. It not only taught me about Japanese culture, but helped me get a new perspective on American culture through that lens.

Cara Lopez Lee

Refreshing and wonderfully entertaining! Miyo’s stories were relatable. She navigated sensitive topics in a way that allowed the audience to hear and process Miyo’s message. Her videos were a perfect complement to her stories.

Evelyn B.

She made sensitive topic turn into very relatable and funny for most of people. The show was not only fun to listen as story but sound, background images also caught audience attention very well through the show.

Ayumi M.

Wow! Fun. Relatable. Touching. Brilliant. Insightful. Miyo’s brings her special brand of humor to some very complicated and sensitive human matters.

Ty Fance

Miyo Yamauchi is not only remarkable, she turned a newly learned language and spun it into a informative, poignant show filled with humor that is global. She is a genuine delight to watch. You’ll want to meet her!

Lauri Fraser

Miyo’s one-woman performance is refreshingly witty and different! Miyo has fun on stage while moving the audience through one clever, insightful, or unbelievable story after another. An entire hour filled with laughter (and learning) leaves me wanting to return to Miyo’s show again and again!

Yuko Miyahara

About Miyo Yamauchi

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"...enjoyable and very entertaining storyteller"

Ernest Kearney

"MIYO-MAZING"

Anthony Phills

"Miyo skillfully weaves together several stories... smoothly flowing, hilarious"

Ashton Cynthia Clarke

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