Narumol “Kop” Thammapruksa

2011

• M.A. English for Communication — Chiang Mai University

2012–13

• Campus Asia exchange, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University

1993

• B.Sc. Agricultural Extension — Chiang Mai University

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• Ph.D. candidate, Peacebuilding, Payap University. Status: {placeholder}

2025

• To Conceal is to Reveal — director & mask performer, Len Yai Program, Haan Studio, Chiang Mai
• Megara and Mekhala — director, Greek mask play, International Women’s Day, Chiang Mai
• Motion — producer (dir. Kage Mulvilai), Lan Him Theatre, Chiang Mai

2024

• Chao Luang Kham Daeng — director, Lanna Wisdom School, Chiang Mai Thai PBS feature
• TERA เถระ — director, TERASIA, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Bandung, Indonesia
• Exploring in a Silent World — facilitator & director, AMNUA, Nanjing University of the Arts

2022

• Oedipus Rex — director, Peace Culture Foundation, Chiang Mai

2020

• TERA เถระ — director, site-specific, Wat Pha Lat, Chiang Mai
• Speaker, 14th Asian Arts Management Conference (“Theatre and Peace”), Siem Reap

2018

• Retire-Men — performer (dir. Yoji Sakate); Tokyo, Manila, Chiang Mai, Bangkok

2016–17

• Ocean Blue Heart — mask performer (dir. Nikorn Sae-Tang); Bangkok & Tokyo

2015

• Asian Mask: Reconstruction and Reconfiguration — mask performer, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space

2013

• Maya Yak (The Demon Hero) — mask performer (dir. Nikorn Sae-Tang), Bangkok Art & Culture Centre; Burapha University
• Erotica — Butoh & Senryu — performer (dir. Katsura Kan), Himeji Cultural Center

2006–07

• Mobile — writer & performer, The Necessary Stage; Singapore Arts Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo
• Sound of the Ocean — playwright, Spring Wind Theatre, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• He-Me-She-It — playwright-director; Virgin Labfest, Manila & Taiwan

2005

• Hotel Grand Asia — actor-collaborator, Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo

2003–04

• Mekong Project — artistic director (Dance Theatre Workshop, NY / Rockefeller Foundation); Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang, Cambodia
• Akaoni (The Red Demon) — actor (dir. Noda Hideki), Bunkamura & Setagaya, Tokyo. Exact dates: {placeholder}
• Death of the Nations — actor, International WOW Company (dir. Josh Fox), TCG Conference, Milwaukee

2002

• Somewhere Beyond the Sea — director, CMU Art Museum · Curator, CMU Art Museum (2002–2005)

2000–01

• World Festival of Sacred Music — project manager; Wat Suan Dok, CMU & Payap (Prince Claus Fund)
• Women Warrior Tales — actor-director, across Indonesia (Art Network Asia)
• Womanifesto Workshop 2001 — installation-performance, Boon Bandan Farm, Sri Saket

1998–99

• Akaoni (The Red Demon) — actor (dir. Noda Hideki), Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo
• World Artists for Tibet — coordinator, Project 304 Gallery, Bangkok

1994–96

• Co-founder & artistic director, International WOW Company (with Josh Fox), Chiang Mai. Founding details: {placeholder}
• Chiang Mai Social Installation III — coordinator & dancer (“Mother Earth,” “Circle of Life”)
• Dancer, Payap University; Drama for Children & Drama for AIDS, Chiang Mai

2019

• Professional Exchange, Artist in Residence, Mintha Theatre, Mandalay, Myanmar

2015

• Creative Fusion Artist in Residence, Cleveland Foundation / Rainey Institute, Cleveland, USA

2008–09

• Asian Public Intellectual (API) Fellow, Nippon Foundation — Japan & Indonesia

1999

• Asia Pacific Performance Exchange (APPEX) Fellow, UCLA Center for Intercultural Performance
• American Dance Festival Fellow, Duke University