Futaba Shioda

(GALATEA, He/Him) is excited to return to WP Theater with Galatea, the first play he performed in after coming out as transgender back in 2018. Other favorite acting credits include the 25th Anniversary Tour of RENT and new works with the Kennedy Center, Barrington Stage Company, SoHo Rep, Ogunquit Playhouse, and New Dramatists as well as his screen debut in the series Sideways Smile. Offstage, he works to support transgender and gender expansive youth at the Gender & Family Project and to uplift new theatrical voices at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. A 2020 recipient of the Paul Robeson Award, Futaba dreams for us all to be free of capitalist cycles of oppression. www.futabashioda.com