
Raugi Yu is a professional actor of 30 years. Currently a Councillor for Canadian Actor’s Equity Association (CAEA) and an E-Board member for the Union of BC Performers. Raugi is a teaching artist, instructor, private coach, and for the past 25 years has mentored many BIPOC actors. Raugi is also a director and producer of live theatre and recorded media. A graduate of The Dome Theatre in Montreal and The BFA Acting program at UBC, he has acted in various theatres across Canada and the U.S., moving seamlessly between stage and film. You may recognize him from his series regular roles in Mr. Young and iPod, and other guest star/recurring/principal roles in Avatar, Kung-Fu, Big Sky, A Winning Team, The Romeo Section.
Director for feature film Attic Trunk on Apple and episodes of Some Assembly Required.
For Stage:
Elf: The Musical (Chemainus Theatre) Cambodian Rock Band (Arts Club)
Hurricane Mona (The Cultch)
Bad Parent by Ins Choi, world premiere (vAct, PTE, Soulpepper)
The Shoplifters, The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time (Arts Club) Measure For Measure, Comedy Of Errors (Bard On The Beach)
The East Van Panto: Jack and the Beanstalk, Wizard Of Oz, Alice In Wonderland.
Raugi is a proud faculty member and co-chair of the Acting Faculty at CCPA.
His favourite teaching and learning tools are love first, then genuine curiosity, and he is always curious about the “Who am I?”