KEIKO SHIMOSATO CARREIRO*, AEA, SAG/AFTRA , is a Collective Member, actor, designer, co-writer, and director with the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. Most recently, Carreiro appeared in SF Playhouses’ West Coast Premiere of My Home on the Moon, by Minna Lee, A.C.T. 's West Coast premier of Chris Chens’ Headlands, and as “Ma” in San Jose Stages’ production of Vichet Chum’s Bald Sisters. She has performed at American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory, The Magic Theater, The Aurora Theater, Word for Word, Oakland Theater Project and Center Rep. In 2020 Keiko Co-founded Kunoichi Productions (Female Ninja productions) innovative, multidisciplinary theater combining Eastern and Western Theater Traditions. Carreiro is passionate about Theater as a vehicle for opening discussions towards social change and to that end loves teaching. She is a visiting professor at Hollins University, Roanoke Virginia, in their Summer Graduate Playwrighting Program. Recent films include, The Truer History of the Chan Family by Eugenie Chan and Kinstukuroi by Kerwin Berk. Keiko is thrilled to be a part of the “Bald Sisters” Metaverse, bringing it to life in Salt Lake City and grateful to Salt Lake Acting Company for making this adventure possible.
