DIRECTOR CHOREOGRAPHER
Joe A. Callaway Award Outstanding Choreography
Joseph Jefferson Award Best Choreography
HEAD OVER HEELS, director-choreographer (UPCOMING January 2023) Molloy University/CAP21, Madison Theatre, NY
MY AAPI BROADWAY STORY: BREAKING BARRIERS, concept-direction
Guest stars: Baayok Lee, Ann Harada, JoAnn Hunter, Telly Leung, Jose Llana
Lincoln Center Public Library for the Performing Arts
Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York City
Music Director, Keiji Ishiguri
Archival Recording - Performing Arts Research Collections, TOFT (NCOV 4331)
HEAD OVER HEELS, director-choreographer
Montclair State University, Alexander Kasser Theater, NJ
Music Director, Kristen Hoyt
diane%20sobolewski.jpg)
CABARET, choreographer
2022 Connecticut Critics Award Nomination, Outstanding Choreography
Goodspeed Musicals, CT
Director, James Vasquez
Music Director, Adam Souza
FOSSE, Dance Reconstruction
Tony Award Best Musical 1999
Broadhust Theatre, Broadway
Director, Richard Maltby Jr, Co-Directed-Co-Choreographed, Ann Reinking
Conceived, Recreated: Chet Walker
Music Director, Patrick Brady
A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGING, choreographer
Goodspeed Musicals, CT
Director, Rob Ruggiero
Music Director: Adam Souza
Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City
Music Arrangements & Music Director: Alexander Rovang
Written by Lawrence Feeney, Craig Pospisil, David Hilder, Ashlie Atkinson, Tony Pennino, Robin Rothstein, Joanna Parson, Ryan Duncan, Katharine Clark Gray, Tanya Perez, Renee Flemings, Jonathan Marc Sherman, P. Seth Bauer, Jonathan Tipton Meyers, Maria Deasy, Liz Duffy Adams, Jessica Fleitman, Migdalia Cruz, Candido Tirado, Carmen Rivera Tirado, Ana Maria Jomolca, Adriana Santos, Marco Antonio Rodriguez, Analisa Velez, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, Jorge Perez, Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, Andrew Rincón, Angelo Parra, and Raquel Almazan
ONCE, choreographer
Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake City
Director: Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Music Director: Tom Griffin
CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET, director
29 Hr AEA Industry Reading, Theatre 71, New York City
Music Supervisor & Dance Arranger, Sam Davis
Book by Lainie Sakakura
Music & Lyrics by Paul Fujimoto
Produced by 5th Avenue Theatre & Abingdon Theatre Co.
SYNCOPATION, choreographer
Peguin Rep Theatre, NY
Director, Joe Brancato
ALVIN ING 'GOT A LOT OF LIVING TO DO' writer-director
Guest stars: Jose Llana, Darren Lee, Virginia Wing, Hazel Anne Raymundo
The Duplex, New York City
Music Director, Thomas Conroy
ALVIN ING 'JOURNEY OF A COCKEYED OPTIMIST' writer-director
Don't Tell Mama, New York City
Music Director, Sarah Brett England
ALVIN ING, 'TIME'S A WASTING' director
Guest stars: Telly Leung and Yuka Takara
Don't Tell Mama, New York City
Music Director, Cathy Venable
GANBARE! FROM BROADWAY, director
Japan Day, Summer Stage, Central Park, New York City
Choreographer, Alex Sanchez
Music Director, Sarah Brett England
THE ATRAIN (RE) PLAYS, director
'Hal and Joann'
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, New York City
Executive Producer, Lawrence Feeney
THE ATRAIN PLAYS VOL XVI, director-choreographer
Neighborhood Playhouse, New York City
Written by Erica Silberman
THE LITTLE DANCER, choreographer
Theatre 71, New York City (two seasons)
Director: Richard Vida
Music Director: W. Brent Sawyer
Written by Steven Fisher
EVERYTHING'S COMING UP ETHEL: THE ETHEL MERMAN SONGBOOK, assoc director-choreographer
Starring: Lindsay Mendez, Julia Murney, Emily Skinner, Clarke Thorell, Natasha Yvette Williams
Theresa L. Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City
Director: Ted Sperling
Music Director: Jeffrey Klitz
Produced by 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists
HOT MIKADO, choreographer
Starring: Adam Jacobs
Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best Choreography
Marriott Theatre, Chicago
Director: David H. Bell
Music Director: Chris Fenwick
‘Sensational choreography by Lainie Sakakura and a cast that can turn sushi into soulfood" - Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times 5/2/03
DEADBEAT 'Last Dance With Edith Jane' choreographer
Season 2, Episode 4, Hulu Original Series Television Comedy
Starring: Tyler Labine, Lynn Cohen, Cat Deeley
Director: Todd Biermann
JIMMY BUFFETT, Choreographer
Havana Daydreamin’ Tour 1997 and Concert Music Video
Music Director & Keyboards, Michael Utley
RED EYE OF LOVE, co-Choreographer
Starring: Josh Grisetti, Alli Mauzey, Kevin Pariseau
2015 Joe A. Callaway Award for Best Choreography
Dicapo Opera Theatre, Off Broadway
Director, Ted Sperling
Co-choreographer, Alex Sanchez
Music, Sam Davis
Music Director, Greg Jarrett