Yuko KuwabaraYuko Kuwabara is a Playwright, Director, and Head of the KAKUTA Theatre Company. Born in Tokyo, Yuko Kuwabara founded the KAKUTA theatre company in 1996. A Sweet Hill (2006) was her very first work to be shortlisted for an award?the 2007 Kishia Drama Prize?and the revival of the play won the 64th Agency of Cultural Affairs National Arts Festival Award and the New Artist Award (for script and directing) in 2009. Her Outen was shortlisted for the 15th Tsuruya Nanboku Drama Award and the 56th Kunio Kishida Drama Prize in 2012, and Traces?on and on won the 18th Tsuruya Nanboku Drama Award in 2015. The Wasteland (Honokuni Toyohashi Arts Theatre PLAT independent won the 5th Hayakawa Higeki Kigeki Award in January 2018. She won the 70th Yomiuri Prize for Literature in the Drama and Scenario division in 2019. Besides plays, Kuwabara writes TV dramas and screenplays, such as Junior High
Student's Diary (NHK Educatio nal TV) and the film Rambling Heart. One Night was made into a film (dir. Kazuya Shiraishi) in 2019. Read More Read Less