SUZ Takeda (Writer/Performing Artist) has been involved in the Bay Area theater scene since 1991.  SUZ has performed as a solo performer, an actress with Asian American Theater Company, and as her live cabaret act  “Ginger Hashimoto” –a Las Vegas lounge diva singer via Tokyo, Japan.  SUZ is a recipient of Asian American Arts Foundation –AT&T Theater Grant, The City of Oakland Cultural Arts for Individual Artists, and a CASH Grant from Theatre Bay Area in partnership with Dancer’s Group.  She was also a finalist in “15 More Minutes of Fem” in Hollywood, Calif.