Lava Alapai
is a director, playwright, and photographer born in Okinawa, Japan, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She has been creating theatre in Portland for over a decade, and some of her recent directing credits include School Girls, or; the African Mean Girls play for Portland Center Stage, The Chinese Lady, The Revolutionists, and An Octoroon(co-direction) for Artists Repertory Theatre, Is God Is for Washington Ensemble Theatre, Columbinus, Charlotte's Web and Locomotion (Drammy award - Direction) for Oregon Children's Theatre. Writing credits include The Rudy project for Artists Repertory Theatre’s Mercury Festival, T.I.N.A for 48hour Film Festival, redline for 24hr Theatre Festival, and Mutt for ManyHats Collaboration with support from a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. She is a proud member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society (SDC) and Dramatists Guild.