Alan Muraoka (Director) is proud to be a part of the New York collaborative team that has been brought to Seattle for this production. Mr. Muraoka received acclaim for his 1998 Off-Broadway revival of William Finn’s Falsettoland for the National Asian-American Theatre Company. For the past year, he has been director in residence for Second Generation Productions, working with new Asian-Amercan writers, and overseeing staged readings of their work. In 1999, he also directed and co-wrote A Tribute to Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall, a loving send-up of Julie Andrews’ and Carol Burnett’s famed 1962 concert. As an actor, Mr. Muraoka has appeared on Broadway in Mail, Shogun, the Musical, My Favorite Year, The King and I, and Miss Saigon, where he played the leading role of the engineer. And for the past two years, Mr. Muraoka has been on the Emmy-Award winning series Sesame Street, where he plays “Alan,” the new propietor of Hooper’s Store.