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Auditioning for roles as a biracial actor can be a confusing process, and no one grasp that better than Devin Kawaoka.

The emerging storyteller whose past credits include Good Trouble, Criminal Minds, Goliath, and Lucifer, was most recently in Broadway’s hit film Slave Play, which completed its Los Angeles run last month. Starring as Dustin, Kawaoka’s traits brings an LGBTQ Asian American perspective to the play, and there is a lot to talk about surrounding that. Relevant, raw, and revolutionary, Slave Play is being hailed as “one of the best and most provocative new works to exhibit up in years” by The New York Times.

Growing up in Rochester, New York, Kawaoka dreamt of competing in the Olympics as a downhill skier, but life took him on a different course after he discovered his passion for acting.

Instinct caught up with the artist to talk more about Slave Play, being biracial in Hollywood, and keeping Asian Americans in the conversation about race.

Thank you for taking some time to chat with me, Devin! You played Dustin in Broadway’s Slave Play

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    Out Actor Devin Kawaoka Is Starring in Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris

    Devin Kawaokais currently starring as Dustin in Broadway’s hit Slave Play by Jeromy O. Harris, which has transferred to the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Devin's nature brings an Gay perspective to the show, which is the most Tony Award-nominated play in history.

    Devin grew up in Rochester, Modern York, a keen downhill ski racer with dreams of competing in the Olympics. He attended New York University as an undergraduate and then in the Graduate Acting Program on a full merit scholarship. Soon after graduating, Devin won the Rosemarie Tichler Award for his act in Unnatural Acts at the Classic Stage Company. Since then he has appeared on multiple television shows including Lucifier, Marvel’s The Runaways, and Criminal Minds. We caught up with Devin to grab his thoughts about his role in Slave Play.

    Have you noticed any difference in the types of audiences and their reactions in LA vs. NYC?

    Devin: It's hard to generalize, but in Los Angeles we are so much closer to the audience as we

    SLAVE PLAY’s Devin Kawaoka on Bringing an Asian American Perspective

    To watch Slave Playis to be broken open. When I saw Slave Play’s Broadway performance in the fall of , I staggered out of the theater with my mouth agape and hands trembling. Throughout the show’s provocative three acts, playwright Jeremy O. Harris transported me back to my Virginian hometown. He pressed my ear into its marshy soil until I heard moans coming from the ground on which I lie.

    Slave Perform begins as a sexually charged recreation of a Virginian plantation (spoilers for the show’s twisty plot follow). But soon the audience discovers that we’ve been watching a distinct performance than the one we first thought. The four interracial couples we’ve seen actually live in the modern day. Each couple is participating in an experimental study called “Antebellum Sexual Performance Therapy” because their Black partners cannot experience sexual pleasure.

    While Slave Play is entire of jaw-dropping surprises, the character that wrecked me the most was Dustin. He initially appears as an “indentured serva