Zac Drake in Bwagamoyo!

I'm thrilled that Zachary Drake has agreed to read the male parts for the staged reading of Bwagamoyo in Oakland on September 12th.

Having a co-performer - especially a professional actor! - ramps up both the nerves and the excitement. Nerves because I need to step up my own game to the standards he'll bring to the work. Excitement at all I can learn from working with someone of Zac's experience and caliber. Double excitement at seeing how he'll inhabit my script and bring it to life.


Zachary Drake, born in Minneapolis, now hails from Alameda, CA. In the Bay Area he has performed with San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s school tour, Napa Valley Shakespeare Festival, Mountain Play Association, and the Asian American Theater Company. He has worked with Northwest Asian American Theater in Seattle, and in the Twin Cities area with Mixed Blood, Minnesota Festival Theater, and Great American History Theatre. In January ’04, he played the lead in Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures, co-produced by Theater Mu and Park Square Theater. He also performs a solo show, Dust Storm, about the experiences of a Japanese-American high school student from Berkeley sent to an internment camp in Utah during WWII. Recently, he narrated the “Gold Rush” episode of the History Channel’s Emmy award-winning 10 Days that Unexpectedly Changed America. He holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Psychology from Yale, where he appeared in numerous shows including title roles in Oedipus the King and M. Butterfly. He is also a graduate of American Conservatory Theatre’s Summer Training Congress. When not acting, Mr. Drake is an independent computer game producer, a happy husband, and a proud father.