His plays have been produced at The Complex in Los Angeles and The Road Theatre Company[1] at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood, California.
By producing professional dramatic films intended for entertainment and educational use, Cedar Grove Productions has brought forth Asian American stories, history and issues which were previously either glossed over in textbooks or ignored by the mainstream media.
Cedar Grove Productions "remains dedicated to developing and producing projects that boldly defy mainstream Hollywood by giving Asian Americans the spotlight on stage, and the close-up on screen.
The play received its world premiere in April 2009 and was produced by the Robey Theatre Company in association with the LATC in downtown Los Angeles.
Inspired by his own father "Zip" Toyama's World War II experience in a U.S. internment camp for Japanese Americans, Day of Independence received a Regional Emmy Nomination in 2006 from the NATAS Northern California Chapter, in the category of Historical/Cultural - Program/Special.