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The political self of beauty South Korean artist Eunkyung Jeong’s interdisciplinary work at...
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Entering “Yellow Inn”: A Conversation Between the Playwright and Translator, Part 2
To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. TRANSLATION AND ADAPTATION For the Illinois State...
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Entering “Yellow Inn”: A Conversation Between the Playwright and Translator, Part 1
Interview and translation by Kee-Yoon Nahm with contributions from Laura Gisondi. Lee Kang-baek is...
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Navigating Korea and America: Meet Hansol Jung, Playwright of “Wild Goose Dreams” and “Cardboard Piano”
Hansol Jung is a playwright and director from South Korea. Her plays include Wild Goose Dreams (La...
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Thinking Out Loud
Essayisting Figures On Stage The influence of the essay as a means of expression has long reached...
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Korean Theatre at The Edinburgh Fringe 2018: “About Lady White Fox with Nine Tales . . .”
Korean theatre company YVUA ARTS makes their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with About Lady White...
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“Deep Present” – Jisun Kim Stages Four Artificial Intelligences
A shallow learning-play In Deep Present (2018) Seoul-based director Jisun Kim stages four...
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Following The #MeToo Movement In Korean Theatre
In the past few months, the Korean theatre scene has been under intense public scrutiny as...
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Electra Takes Revenge into Her Own Hands
In Han Tae-sook’s Electra (LG Arts Center, April 26–May 5, 2018), the mourning daughter doesn’t...
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Bronze Statues And Memories: Returning Home In “The Musician And The Girl”
Busan. Once a small, quiet town and the Joseon Kingdom’s first open port, it changed completely in...
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Searching For Lost Artists In “A Song Of Dewdrops”
I went to the Seoul Donhwamun Traditional Theatre in early November, the night of the first full...
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“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment
Theatre adaptations of novels are on the rise this season. Of course, this is nothing new....
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SIFA’s “Trojan Women”: An Allegory For Modern Times
Euripides’ play Trojan Women has been adapted and performed numerous times around the world, from...
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Finding Common Language: Paul Tate DePoo III Brings His Set Design For “Titanic” To Seoul, South Korea
I love Titanic, the sweeping Broadway musical with a book by Peter Stone and a score by Maury...
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Leaving For Good: Two New Plays On Korean Immigrants And The Cold War | Part 2
This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here. From Caregiver to Citizen The Nurses, Who...
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Leaving for Good: Two New Plays on Korean Immigrants and the Cold War | Part 1
The word dongpo, a term that refers affectionately to the sizable Korean immigrant community...
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Sculptures Reflect On The Space They Occupy In “Ten Years, Please”
In 2007, visual artist Jewyo Rhii and curator Hyunjin Kim held an unusual exhibition titled Ten...
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The “KPOP” Invasion In A New American Musical Part II: Interview With Jason Kim And Helen Park
To read Part I of the series on KPOP, click here. For the article, I spoke with Jason Kim and...
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The “KPOP” Invasion in a New American Musical Part I
In the last few months of 2017, K-pop (Korean pop) has made it into U.S. news reports in two...
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Clowning Around: An Unconventional “Heungbo-ssi” Misses the Mark
Audiences laughed throughout Ko Sun-woong’s new work Heungbo-ssi (written and directed by Ko...
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