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Atsuko Okatsuka

Atsuko Okatsuka

Comedian, Actress and Screenwriter

Atsuko Okatsuka is a standup comedian, actor, and writer.

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Atsuko Okatsuka is a standup comedian, actor, and writer.  She just had her debut late night appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden. She’s written for Adult Swim’s The Eric Andre Show & Soft Focus with Jena Friedman and is in Season 3 of HBO’s Room 104, The Show Nextdoor with Randall Park on ROKU+, and HULU’s latest project with ATTN: Mom & Pop.  She is currently a cast member of Stephen Colbert produced animated series “Fairview” coming out on Comedy Central & “Washingtonia ” coming out on Paramount+ in early 2022.  Listen to her debut album “But I Control Me” produced by Comedy Dynamics available on Spotify, Google Play, iTunes, and more!

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Everything was great! Atsuko was great, our students were happy! We were very happy with the event and Atsuko.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Everything went great! We really enjoyed having Atsuko with us here at UMD and all of our members really enjoyed her as well. Thank you for your tremendous help in bringing her to our campus.

University of Minnesota Duluth

Everything went well. Atsuko was very easy to work with and the students enjoyed her performance! Thank you again for your recommendation and I hope to work with you again in the future.

Central Michigan University

Our Asian awareness event with Atsuko was great and the all the students has a blast and she’s very funny! Thank you for all your help!

Ferris State University

I hope that this message finds you well. We had a phenomenal time with Atsuko this past Thursday. We wanted to just let you know how amazing she was. All those that were in attendance thoroughly enjoyed her and had nothing but amazing things to say about her. Thank you for working with us to make sure this happened!

Baylor University - Asian Student Association (ASA)

Topics

Topics

American Experience: Breaking the Narrative
Atusko will share her personal experience as an Asian American in the entertainment industry and help facilitate a deeper understanding of what evolving from the traditional stereotype of a young Asian American is like

What was it like to come to the U.S. What is your story?

What were the difficulties of being undocumented as a child?

What is life like as a Japanese American

How has Atsuko’s cultural background influenced her success?

What drove her to create Dis/orient/ed Comedy?

Videos

Videos

Atsuko Okatsuka on Comedy Central Presents: Stand Up Asia! Promo
Atsuko Okatsuka

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The American Psychological Association was thrilled to have Dr. Antonia Novello as our speaker for the 2024 APA Convention. Dr. Novello was fantastic, and her presentation was a tremendous success. Thank you, Peter, for all your hard work in making this event such a resounding success.

American Psychological Association

For our annual Native American Heritage Month celebration, PDA Group arranged for John Echohawk to join us for a virtual moderated discussion. The program was thoughtful, engaging, and highly impactful for our audience of lawyers and professional staff. We are grateful for their partnership and look forward to working with them again.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

We have partnered with PDA Group on multiple successful events, including our charity luncheon with Lisa Edelstein and our Women’s Philanthropy Kickoff Event featuring Allegra Goodman. Their professionalism, expertise, and commitment to excellence make them an outstanding partner. Thank you for your exceptional work and continued support.

UJA-Federation

We have received so much fantastic feedback following our virtual event. It was an absolute success, and Sylvia Fowles was excellent. Thank you again to Sylvia and the entire team for your partnership!”

U.S. Bank

Kurt Warner was spectacular—he completely wowed the audience and solidified major leadership points. He was an amazing partner, and we will be talking about this experience for years to come. We will definitely leverage the PDA team for all of our speaking needs!”

Sysco Corporation

The events over the past two years went very well — everyone had a great time with Dr. Mark Esper in 2025, and Sam Hinkie led a very engaging Q&A with our Principal, Jean Reynolds, in 2024. Thank you for working with us these last two years; your support has been instrumental to the success of our programs!

Investcorp Strategic Capital Group

It was an absolute privilege to have Dr. Sanjay Gupta as our keynote speaker for the 2026 GME Leadership Conference. He delivered an outstanding address that resonated deeply and left a lasting impression on everyone in the room. The entire planning process was seamless and collaborative. It was a pleasure working together, brainstorming suggestions, and ultimately selecting the perfect fit for our event. We couldn’t have asked for a better experience.

HCA Healthcare

We had a fantastic day with Inge! She was very engaging with all those that attended. Her personal stories about the holocaust were very special and we were moved that she was willing to share them with everyone. Thank you again, PDA for all your hard work and dedication to make this program such a success!

Salt Lake Community College

It was a great pleasure to work with PDA Group! The communication was always prompt, friendly and helpful. We loved the speakers and events we booked through Mr. Peter Walker (PDA Group).

Western Michigan University

On behalf of myself and my organization Entertainment Unlimited the Campus Programming Board of Ferris State University, we thank you PDA and Dan for a successful event!! Dan was magnificent! Students really enjoyed the presentation. I know I did. Can’t wait to bring in more programs with PDA Group.

Ferris State University

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