****************** Welcome to Dr. Yuko Kurahashi the newest member of the Cleveland Critics Circle. Her bio reads: Yuko Kurahashi is a tenured full professor of theatre at Kent State University. Kurahashi has a BA in English (Keio University, Tokyo), MA in English (Waseda University, Tokyo) and Theatre (Indiana University), and Ph.D. in Theatre (Indiana University). Kurahashi is the author of *Asian American Culture on Stage: The History of the East West Players* <https://www.amazon.com/Asian-American-Culture-Stage-Americans/dp/113896395X> (Garland, now Taylor & Francis, 1999), *Multicultural Theatre* <https://www.amazon.com/Multicultural-Theatre-KURAHASHI-YUKO/dp/0757537278> (Kendall/Hunt, 2004 & 2006), and *The Interdisciplinary Theatre of Ping Chong* <https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-interdisciplinary-theatre-of-ping-chong/> (McFarland,2020). Kurahashi spent two years in New York City when she was 5-7 when her father was a Fulbright scholar. It was during that time when she became attracted to theatre; she still remembers attending, with her family. To this day, Kurahashi is a passionate theatergoer and she writes reviews and articles for scholarly journals and other venues; she is an official contributing writer for PlayShakespeare.com <http://playshakespeare.com/>. ******************