# Howard Dai > Taiwanese Actor & Theatre Artist based in Canada ## Posts - [Reflections on 2025 Siminovitch](https://howarddai.com/siminovitch/): It was 2011. I was 14 years old. It was my second year in Canada and I had just discovered theatre. One of the first things I did was join The Cultch IGNITE youth panel, and through it I got to take a three-day PodPlay workshop hosted by then-Artistic-Producer of Neworld Theatre, none other than Adrienne Wong. We learned a bit about the project and form, and got a chance to make our own lil PodPlay around the block at Victoria Drive and Venables. I loved it. It blew my mind. Nearly five years later. In grade 12, as part […] - [Hello world!](https://howarddai.com/hello-world/): Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! - [Summing expense from filename](https://howarddai.com/summing-expense-from-filename/): As a freelance artist, tax season has really become quite a headache. I’ve gotten into the practice of scanning every receipt onto Google Drive as soon as I get them, and naming the file with something like “May 15 24.10.pdf” or “$33.66 London Drugs.pdf”. But when it comes time to actually add those numbers together, I am overcome with dread just looking at hundreds of files in each folder. This is a handy little Python script I wrote (instead of actually filing the tax returns, I know I know…) that once you feed the folder path and the file naming […] ## Pages - [The New Canadian Curling Club](https://howarddai.com/the-new-canadian-curling-club/): Written by Mark CrawfordFeb 25 – Mar 23, 2025 @ Neptune Theatre Scotiabank Stage (Halifax, NS) CAST Robert MacLean, Howard Dai, Zaynna Khalife, Linette Doherty, Ardavan Taraporewala CREATIVE TEAM Santiago Guzmán DirectorLucas Arab Scenic DesignDiego Cavedon Dias Costume DesignRyan Rafuse Lighting DesignJordan Palmer Sound DesignJenn Hewitt Stage ManagerRachel DawnWoods Assistant Stage Manager All photos by Stoo Metz Photography - [2024](https://howarddai.com/2024-2/): Nov 20 – Jan 05 2025: Assistant Director, East Van Panto: Robin Hood @ York Theatre (Vancouver). 2024 season:Company Actor, Stratford Festival.Romeo and Juliet, May 6 – Oct 26Salesman in China, August 3 – Oct 26 Interview:“Actor Howard Dai finds his sense of meaning and connection to Canada through being on-stage” – Sept 20, Pancouver, Beyond Chinese series. Feb 9:Workshop Actor, Leila Roils the Seas by Lily Chang, Advanced Theatre Festival. - [Landing page](https://howarddai.com/landing/) - [Dream Machine](https://howarddai.com/dream-machine/): A large-scale, immersive, interactive game show on dream-making and lottery. In development. Supported by rice & beans theatre.Follow Dream Machine on instagram. June 2025 June 6 – 8, 2025: Excerpt as part of Rumble Theatre’s Tremors Festival (PL 1422, Vancouver)Interview in Stir Magazine. Collaborated with and Featuring: Alexa Fraser, Cindy Kao, Hannah Meyers, Pascal Reiners, Jessica Wong, Stephanie Wong, Conor Wylie, & Christian Ching and Jessica Adamson. All photos taken by Kimberly Ho December 2024 Workshop Participants: Christian Ching (LX / TD), Howard Dai (Lead Artist), Alexa Fraser (Performer), Cindy Kao (Performer / Sound Designer), Juolin Lee (Performer), Andie Lloyd […] - [2023](https://howarddai.com/2023-2/): 2023:Co-creator / Performer, A Year of Blessings Audio Play Series, as a member of Five BlessingsEpisode 1: 繽紛新年 Bun Fun New YearEpisode 2: 蝦仔 Little ShrimpEpisode 3: Band of Dragons: Sink, Oar, SwimEpisode #4 #5 : Legend of the WhooshhhEpisode #6 : Operation Double HappinessHear our interview on CBC’s North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher Nov 22 – Jan 7:Assistant Director, East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast, Theatre Replacement (Vancouver, BC) October 26-28:Co-Creator, STARBABY with Library Performance Co., The Array: An Exquisitely Sensitive Machine (Vancouver, BC) July 27-28:Workshop Reading Actor, Mothboy by Peihwen J. Tai , The Parallel Project (Vancouver, […] - [Photos](https://howarddai.com/photos/): Portraits Photos by Krstine Cofsky 2025. Photos by Chelsey Stuyt 2024. Photos by Veronica Bonderud 2021. Show photos - [2022](https://howarddai.com/2022-2/): Listen To:FCAT After School Podcast bySFU’s Faculty of Communication, Art and TechnologySeason 2 Episode 2Interviewed by Zoë BraithwaiteListen here November:Consultant, New Societies Online, National Performing Arts Centre (Taiwan)2022秋天藝術節：溯流劇團《理想之城》(國家兩廳院). Sept 24 – Oct 1:Performer, The Five Vengeances, Affair of Honor, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. Sept 24 – Oct 1:Performer, The Five Vengeancesan Affair of Honor ProductionShadbolt Centre for the Arts Summer:Collaborator/Web Programmer, shelter, fu-GEN theatre. (Online) July – August:Co-creator / Performer, New Societies on tour!July 28 – 30 // In the Soil Festival // St. Catherines, ONAugust 3 – 7 // Kick & Push Festival // Kingston, ONAugust 11 – […] - [Link in bio](https://howarddai.com/link-in-bio/) - [Passenger Seat](https://howarddai.com/passenger-seat/): Passenger Seat is a show about love. Falling, flailing, in and out and around love. Using pop-rock music, Arthi Chandra, Howard Dai, Isabella Halladay, Hannah Meyers, Montserrat Videla, and Thule van den Dam are a band. Come to party! Wear something nice. Co-created & Performed by: Arthi Chandra, Howard Dai, Isabella Halladay, Hannah Meyers, Montserrat Videla, Thule van dan DamProject Lead/Director/Producer: Arthi ChandraSM/LX Designer: Gillian HanemayerTechnical Director: Howard DaiProduced by The Library Performance Collective Development made possible by support from Canada Council for the Arts and rice & beans theatre. September 9 – 19, 2021Performance WorksVancouver Fringe Festival(Workshop Presentation) May […] - [菠蘿麵包 Pineapple Bun](https://howarddai.com/pineapple-bun/): 菠蘿麵包Pineapple Bun is a new play by Howard Dai. Revolving around a bakery in Taipei, the protagonist must confront their diasporic guilt as they visit their hometown. It is a study in nostalgia. A poem to the moon. A lottery. A legend. A tribute. A futile gesture. A testament of blind faith. A celebration of everyday hope. A public presentation of excerpts as part of the DBLSPK series on Jan 29, 2022. In-person and online streaming options available. Free. Co-produced by rice & beans theatre and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. More info here. Shortlisted in Major Matt Mason Collective’s 2023 […] - [2021](https://howarddai.com/2021-2/): Listen to my chat with Ryan Nuñez on the Broad-WHAT podcast! Dec – Jan:Performer, New Societies Online (Rumble Theatre) Oct – Dec:Interactive & Immersive Creation Residency with fu-GEN theatre & sunset visitor 斜陽過客 studio September 9 – 19:Performer/Co-Creator, Passenger Seat at Vancouver Fringe Festival (the Library Performance Collective) August – November:Producer, Made in Canada Concert Tour (rice & beans theatre) August:Guest Co-Instructor in Devised Theatre (VanArts) July:Assistant Director, The Mother Tongue Project workshop (Jasmine Chen/rice & beans DBLSPK) July:Co-Creator, Tributaries, as part of HIVE 2021: Flight Paths June:Actor, A Journal of the Plague Year – online play reading (TomoeArts). May: […] - [The PresentMaking Project](https://howarddai.com/presentmaking-project/): Co-created with Logan Rhys Hallwas An intimate, immersive, live installation The word present here having a double meaning; of a gift that is curated for a specific audience, and of the presence in the immediate now from the perspective of performance. We started with a core question: How do we make something that is solely for one person, while showing unity and connection to all the other stories? We conducted 34 remote interviews with our friends and community members, and built a show specific to each person using their interview footage in our PresentBox, a 4’ by 4’ square enclosed […] - [2020](https://howarddai.com/2020-2/): December: Playwrights Theatre Centre’s Block A mentorship programLed by David Geary November: Impulse Theatre Peek Fest Digital Residencyfor The Rex ProjectMentored by Adrienne Wong August: New Societies Digital @ Kick & Push Festival June: New Societies Digital @ eVolver Festival May: The Rex Project work-in-progress presentationSupported by National Theatre School’s Art Apart grantTheatre by email: This unique virtual project lets you ‘teach’ an AI how to feel.– CBC Arts on The Rex Project, May 14, 2020. Premiere of NUMTOTOne Page Music Score Project with Vancouver New MusicPerformed by David Leith - [Press/Interviews](https://howarddai.com/media-interviews/): Actor and theatre artist Howard Dai shares reflections on mentor and Siminovitch Prize finalist Adrienne Wong (Pancouver, 2025) Howard Dai’s Dream Machine gives audiences a chance to imagine and express aspirations (Pancouver, 2025) 中文翻譯 Tremors Festival artists crack open the mystery of dreams, both conscious and unconscious (Stir, 2025) Actor Howard Dai finds his sense of meaning and connection to Canada through being on-stage (Pancouver, 2024) A Year of Blessings: Mid-Autumn Festival (CBC North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher, 2023) Community and Adaptability in the Performing Arts with Howard Dai (FCAT After School Podcast, 2022) Interview with Ryan Nuñez (Broad-WHAT? […] - [The Rex Project](https://howarddai.com/the-rex-project/): “Theatre by email: This unique virtual project lets you ‘teach’ an AI how to feel” – CBC Arts. May 14, 2020. In a futuristic world, where the integration of human memories and computer cores has created artificially intelligent androids, companies are mass-recruiting employees to fast-track production. You, the listener, are hired to be an integral part of the quality-control in the emotional development sector. The Rex Project (workshop presentation) is an immersive, virtual, bite-size theatrical experiment that takes place in real time (over 11 days), and is presented entirely through audio-recordings and online platforms.  Welcome to the Royal Academy of Intelligent […] - [CV](https://howarddai.com/cv/): Actor Resume Artist CV (Send me a message and I’ll send you my most updated CV!)(and yes, there is only one “d” in my email address!) Portfolio of some acting work before 2019. - [2019](https://howarddai.com/2019-2/): Dec. 19, 2019Actor in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, as part of City Stage New West‘s playreading series “Sips ‘n’ Scripts”, at Anvil Centre. Dec 12 – 14, 2019Musical Director for “To: For:” as part of Ascension at Studio D (Goldcorp Centre for the Arts). Link to tickets. Dec 2 – 4, 2019Technical Director for Music + Sound Festival at Studio D (Goldcorp Centre for the Arts). Nov 20 – 23, 2019Performer in Protean at Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre (Goldcorp Centre for the Arts). Oct 31 & Nov 1, 2019Directorial debut with Love / Stories at Studio T […] - [Projects](https://howarddai.com/projects/) - [Other](https://howarddai.com/other/): Performer at Still Life Continuum by Redshift Music Society. Rumble Theatre 2018/2019 Student Associate Interabang Improv Presenter at PechaKucha New WestVolume 26 (with Logan Rhys Hallwas)Volume 20 (with Arthi Chandra)Volume 12 (with Tiger Xu)Volume 6 (with Tiger Xu) “Young Vancouverites ignite the arts and culture scene” – Ubyssey  Presenter at 2016 UBC Arts Undergrad Society Conference and 2016 UBC Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference with my research paper “Social Media Theatre: A New Form of Theatrical Presentation” (supported by Dr. Diane Burgess).  “Fill in the Blanks: Meet Howard Dai“– Julie MacLellan, Royal City Record. June 2014.  Contributor to Charlebois Post (2011) - [Arts Admin](https://howarddai.com/arts-admin/): Associate Artistic Producerrice & beans theatreJanuary 2021 – August 2021 Summer Music CoordinatorArts Council of New WestminsterMay 2019 – August 2019 Summer Promotions CoordinatorArts Council of New WestminsterMay 2018 – August 2018 Board DirectorCity Stage New West2017 – 2019  New West Cultural Crawl CoordinatorArts Council of New WestminsterMay 2017 – August 2017  Board DirectorThe Only Animal2016 – 2019 Youth RepresentativeCity of New Westminster’s Arts Commission CommitteeNovember 2016 – January 2018 Youth Program CoordinatorMassey TheatreJuly 2016 – August 2016 InternGreater Vancouver Professional Theatre AllianceMarch 2015 – April 2015 Co-Founder & Producer Two Gents of New WestOctober 2013 – Present  Founding Committee […] - [Actor / Performer](https://howarddai.com/actor/): 2019 ProteanChoreo: Rob Kitsos New SocietiesFacilitatorDir: Brian Postalian Fridge’dCreated in collaboration with 2019 SFU 3rd Year Theatre Cohort BombogenesisKristoffDir: Steven Hill 2018 They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!GiovanniDir: Pedro Chamale & Derek Chan TopophiliaEnsembleDir: Steven Hill & Rob Kitsos 2017 The Bald SopranoMr. SmithDir: Emelia Symington Fedy Romeo + JulietTybaltDir: Cole Lewis - [Sound/Music](https://howarddai.com/sound-music/): Composer Brink of Freedom Little Spain Cola For more of my composition, check out my soundcloud page: Sound Designer “Thy Neighbour’s Wife” by Tara Beagan directed by Darylina PowderfaceNovember 22 & 23, 2018Co-designed with Cindy KaoPresented by SFU School for the Contemporary Arts “Look Back in Anger” by John Osborne directed by Arthi ChandraNovember 15 & 16, 2018Presented by SFU School for the Contemporary Arts Dreams to Remember (2016) “Cosmic Justice” written & directed by Nelson Ellis & Howard DaiSeptember 6 – 17, 2016Staged during the 2016 Vancouver Fringe FestivalSupported through The Only Animal’s Generation Hot mentorship program Conductor Band […] - [Blog](https://howarddai.com/blog/): This is the page where users will find your site’s blog - [About me](https://howarddai.com/about-me/): Howard Dai is a Taiwanese actor, writer, director, and theatre artist whose work has been seen across Canada. Howard makes works that engage the audience as active participants through technology, curiosity, and play. As an interdisciplinary artist, his practice ranges from acting for stage, clowning, directing, dance, stage combat, performance art; to music composition, sound design, technical direction, and interactive programming. His artmaking has been form-driven; whether that is in a blackbox, an audio-play, a performance installation, or an interactive experience. He believes in process and collaboration; in curating a room of trusted collaborators who can all contribute artistically into […] - [](https://howarddai.com/): Photos by Kristine Cofsky 2025. ABOUT ME | CONTACT ME | Photos Photos by Chelsey Stuyt. Photos by Veronica Bonderud. 2025 December:Selected by 2025 Siminovitch Prize finalist Adrienne Wong to receive an Emerging Artist Grant.Actor and theatre artist Howard Dai shares reflections on mentor and Siminovitch Prize finalist Adrienne Wong (Pancouver, Dec 12 2025) Thank you Adrienne. Jun 26 – Jun 27:Dream Machine work-in-progress showing @ PL 1422 (Vancouver). Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos:As seen on Stories That MADE Us Episode 1 (around 8:05) Interview on Pancouver: Howard Dai’s Dream Machine gives audiences a chance to imagine and express aspirations.戴中豪的《Dream Machine》讓觀眾想像及說出自己的夢想. […] - [Contact](https://howarddai.com/contact/): Represented by lucas talent Agent: Emilio Salituroemilio.salituro[at]lucastalent.com Send me an email! howardai [at] hotmail.com(^yes….there’s only one “d” in that email address!) Follow me on Instagram! @howardai [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)