Arizona Opera Cast Members & Creatives

Asuka Morinaga Derfler is from Hiroshima (Japan), graduated from the Toho Gakuen drama department and was a member of the Haiyuza Theater Company in Tokyo. Japan credits include: Seagull (Nina) at Haiyuza Theater, Chidori (Chidori) at Kinokuniya Southern Theater and others. She was trained at Herbert Berkoff Studio as a scholarship student from the Japanese Government. She has performed in plays, readings, at HERE, The Flea Theater, Japan Society, Arts Academy of Sedona and others. She is proud to be a teaching artist at Ping Chong + Company and has also been working to develop a theater education program between NYC and Japan.