Curriculum vitae
Narumol Thammapruksa · Theatre artist · Chiang Mai, Thailand · KopNarumol@gmail.com · {CV PDF download}
Theatre work
- 2025
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To Conceal is to Reveal — DirectorMask performance, Len Yai Program, Haan Studio, Chiang Mai, October
Motion — ProducerDirected by Kage Mulvilai, Lan Him Theatre, Chiang Mai, August
Megara and Mekhala — DirectorGreek mask play for International Women’s Day, Chiang Mai, March
- 2024
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Chao Luang Kham Daeng — DirectorLanna Wisdom School 30th anniversary, Chiang Mai, November
Exploring in a Silent World — Facilitator & directorArt-therapy programme, AMNUA, Nanjing University of the Arts Art Museum, October
TERA Tera — DirectorTERASIA Program, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, January
- 2022
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Oedipus Rex — DirectorPeace Culture Foundation, Chiang Mai, January
- 2021
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Mask Making & Autobiographical Storytelling — Online workshop facilitatorYinalang Theatre Group, Taiwan, October
TERASIA Online Week — Online screeningTokyo, November
Curated Conferences — Script writer & performerFacilitated by Anmol Vellani, online
- 2020
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TERA Tera — DirectorWat Pha Lat, Chiang Mai, October
14th Asian Arts Management Conference — Speaker“Theatre and Peace”, Siem Reap, February
Cultural and Creative Hub Vietnam — SpeakerBritish Council conference, Dalat, March
- 2019
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Mask Theatre Workshop and Performance — Facilitator & directorCenter for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kaohsiung, July
Mekong Cultural Hub — Thailand representative to TaiwanOctober
- 2018
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Retire-Men — PerformerDirected by Yoji Sakate; Morishita Studio, Tokyo; Cultural Center of the Philippines, Manila; Thepsiri Gallery, Chiang Mai; Creative Industries, Bangkok
- 2016–17
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Ocean Blue Heart — Mask performerDirected by Nikorn Sae-Tang; Creative Industries, Bangkok (2016); The Store House, Tokyo (2017)
- 2015
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Asian Mask: Reconstruction and Reconfiguration — Mask performerDirected by Nikorn Sae-Tang, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, November
Creative Fusion — Artist in residenceCleveland Foundation, Rainey Institute, Cleveland, August–October
- 2014
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Smell: The Blind and the Dog — PerformerDirected by Atsuto Suzuki; Theatre 711, Shimokitazawa, October; Creative Industry, Bangkok, November
- 2013
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Maya Yak (The Demon Hero) — PerformerDirected by Nikorn Sae-Tang; Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, October; Burapha University, August & December
Erotica, Butoh dance & Senryu poem — PerformerDirected by Katsura Kan, Himeji Cultural Center, March
- 2011
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Butoh dance & Senryu poem — TranslatorSenryu by Chisato Seino, directed by Katsura Kan, School of Lanna Wisdom, Chiang Mai, November
- 2007
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Mobile — Actor & playwrightThe Necessary Stage, Theatre TRAM, Setagaya, Tokyo, March
He-Me-She-It — PlaywrightDirected by Jaime del Mundo, Virgin Labfest, Manila, August
Gap in Generations — Actor & producerCenter for Cultural Promotion, Chiang Mai University, December
Refined Colour — ProducerMonochrome Circus (Kyoto), Humanity Theatre, Chiang Mai University, December
- 2006
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Mobile — Actor & playwrightSingapore Arts Festival; The Actors Studio, Kuala Lumpur, June
Sound of the Ocean — PlaywrightSpring Wind Theatre, Kaohsiung, November
Hidden Attraction — Actor & directorSubstation Art Center, Singapore Fringe Festival, February
- 2005
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Hotel Grand Asia — Actor-collaboratorSetagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo, March
He-Me-She-It — Playwright & directorThe Little Festival, Taipei & Kaohsiung, August
Asian Theatre Collaboration Project, 5th workshop — Actor-collaboratorYCAM, Yamaguchi, February
- 2004
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Mekong Project — Artistic directorDance Theatre Workshop (New York) / Rockefeller Foundation, Cambodia, March
Kita-Kanay — Artistic directorThai–Cambodian–Indonesian music exchange, Art Network Asia, April
Shadow Puppetry Exchange — Artistic directorCambodia–Indonesia, Art Network Asia, June
- 2003
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Mekong Project — Artistic directorChiang Mai & Luang Prabang, November
Beauty Sutra — Performance installation“Beauty Suit” exhibition, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, September
Death of the Nations — ActorThe International WOW Company, dir. Josh Fox, TCG Conference, Milwaukee, May
- 2002
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea — DirectorChiang Mai University Art Museum, November
Code Switching — Actor-collaboratorAsia Meets Asia, Tokyo International Forum & Proto-Theatre, October
Chiang Mai University Art Museum — Curator2002–2005
- 2001
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Art against War — Project manager & installation-performance artistChiang Mai University Art Museum, November; includes “Truth?”, writer-director
Womanifesto Workshop 2001 — Installation-performanceBoon Bandan Farm, Si Saket, October
Media: Here and Now — Actor & directorWith Nimit Pipitkul & Puay Sevanakarn, Bangkok, December
- 2000
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World Festival of Sacred Music — Project managerChiang Mai University, Payap University & Wat Suan Dok, December
Women Warrior Tales — Actor & directorIndonesia, Art Network Asia grant, May
The Adventure of Iron Pussy IV — ActorShort film, dir. Michael Shaowanasai, Bangkok
- 1999
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Eat Me — Co-directorWith Chieng Chia Yu, APPEX, UCLA, Los Angeles, August
Family Portrait — Actor-collaboratorWith Dan Kwong, Minh Tran, Nami Yamamoto, Joan Pahaligan; APPEX, UCLA, August
The Beginning — Director; The Forbidden Land — InstallationNew York, June
The Stairway to the Stars — ActorWith Dance Rizome (Kyoto), Kad Theatre, Chiang Mai, November
- 1998
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World Artists for Tibet — CoordinatorProject 304 Gallery, Bangkok, September
Penpa Tsering Concert for Tibet — ProducerJapan Foundation Auditorium, Bangkok / Chiang Mai University, September
This Is Not the Ramakien & ?WOW! — Actor & producerThe International WOW Company, dir. Josh Fox, Kad Theatre, Chiang Mai, January
- 1997
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Chiang Mai 700 Years Celebration — Assistant director & acting coachChiang Mai, December
International Theatre Event — ProducerCompanies from Brazil, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand & the U.S.; Humanity Theatre, Chiang Mai, December
Faust — ActorDir. Damkerng Titapiyasak, Saeng Aroon Arts Theatre, Bangkok
Phoo Lae Hen Lom (The Woman Who Sees the Wind) — ActorSaeng Aroon Arts Theatre, Bangkok
- 1996
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?WOW! — Actor, producer & artistic directorThe International WOW Company, Humanity Theatre, Chiang Mai, July
A Business of the Fools — CoordinatorBerlin–Bali–Bangkok International Arts Event, Chiang Mai, June
Clytemnestra — DancerChoreography by Barbara Dickinson, Chiang Mai
- 1995
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Chiang Mai Social Installation (CMSI III) — Coordinator & artist“Mother Earth”, “Circle of Life”, “Buffalo Buffalo” and others, Chiang Mai, December
Rueng Thammada (The Ordinary Matter) — DirectorChiang Mai
The Zoo Story (Edward Albee) — DirectorBangkok & Chiang Mai
- 1994
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Duet — DancerChoreography by Amie Dowling, The Chapel, Payap University, Chiang Mai
Drama for Children — Coordinator & directorSchools and orphanages, Chiang Mai
Drama for AIDS — CoordinatorGovernment-funded play toured in rural areas, Chiang Mai
- {dates}
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Akaoni (The Red Demon) — ActorDir. Noda Hideki; Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo; Bangkok; Bunkamura, Tokyo — staging years pending confirmation
The International WOW Company — Co-founder & artistic directorChiang Mai, {years}
Grants & fellowships
- 2019
Artist in residenceProfessional exchange, Mintha Theatre, Mandalay, Myanmar
- 2015
Creative Fusion artist in residenceCleveland Foundation, Rainey Institute, Cleveland
- 2014
Salzburg Global Seminar, Session 532“Conflict Transformation through Culture: Peace-Building and the Arts”, Salzburg
- 2012–13
Campus Asia Project — Exchange studentOsaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University
- 2008–09
Asian Public Intellectuals (API) FellowTo Japan and Indonesia, funded by the Nippon Foundation
- 1999
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Asian Cultural Council granteeNew York, March–August
APPEX FellowUCLA Center for Intercultural Performance, July–August
American Dance Festival FellowDuke University, Durham, June–July
Teaching & community
- Now
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Lecturer, Faculty of Mass Communication, Chiang Mai University{start year}–present
Committee member & coordinator, Peace Culture FoundationChiang Mai, 2016–present
Aikido instructorRenshinkan dojo, Chiang Mai
- 2024
Round-table panellist, “Site-specific Practices and Remote Collaboration”TERASIA Program, Komunitas Utan Kayu Teater, Jakarta, January
- 2018
Lecturer, School of Peace Studies and Conflict Transformation“Reconciliation through Arts and Cultures”, Bangkok, February–March
- 2016–17
Facilitator, Ringogun Theater GroupMorishita Studio, Tokyo & Thepsiri Gallery, Chiang Mai
- 2015
Teaching residency, ClevelandRainey Institute; creative movement at Judson Manor; artist talk, Cleveland Institute of Art
- 2013
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Visiting artist & lecturer on theatre and peacebuildingUniversity of San Francisco; Lancaster Seminary; Brandeis University, November
- 2007
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Playwriting & directing workshop — FacilitatorSetagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
Autobiographical writing workshop — FacilitatorWomen on the Moon Festival, Bangkok
- 2005–06
Regional advisor, theatre in the Mekong countriesPETA Theatre Center, Manila (2005); Hanoi (2006)
- 2001
Autobiographical writing & performing workshops — Co-facilitatorWith Dan Kwong, Bangkok & Chiang Mai
- 1995–97
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Community dance & theatre workshopsEmpower Center; New Life Center; McKean leprosy rehabilitation centre; HIV/AIDS awareness programmes, Chiang Mai
Theatre workshop for Thai youth against AIDS — FacilitatorChiang Mai, 1997
Research & publications
- 2011
Building Culture of Peace Through AikidoM.A. independent study, Chiang Mai University — Faculty of Humanities “Best Independent Study 2012”; presented at AGRC 2012
- 2008
Artist and Their Roles in Creating a Living CityAPI fellowship research in Japan and Indonesia
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Publications{publications list — being confirmed}
Education
- 2011
M.A. English for CommunicationFaculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University
- 1993
B.Sc. Agricultural ExtensionFaculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University
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Peacebuilding, Payap University{Ph.D. status}