Ova Saopeng is an actor, teaching artist, associate artistic director and producer with Los Angeles based TeAda Productions. Born in Savannakhet, Laos, and raised in Hawaii he received a B.A. in Theater from the University of Southern California. With his partner Leilani Chan, the terrific two continue to collaborate and recently toured Masters of the Currents in Hawaii and now sharing this work with the continent. Ova is also co-creator of Refugee Nation, the only nationally touring play about the Lao-American experience.