Aya Esther Hayashi, she/her, does too much, but the alternative is boredom. Directing credits include Next to Normal, Godspell, First Date (Okaeri Productions); Almost, Maine, The Drowsy Chaperone (AfterWork Theater). Select acting credits: Woman 1 in Songs for a New World, Company in Godspell (Okaeri Productions); Liza Minnelli in Forbidden Broadway (MSTDA). Apart from this side hustle, she loves to laugh with her colleagues and cultivates relationships as Development Director at The People’s Theatre. You can call her “Doctor,” if you want to. PhD, Musicology, The Graduate Center CUNY.

IG: @ayaesther / Website: ayaestherhayashi.com