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“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment

Posted by Lee Chin-A | 24th Mar 2018 | Adaptation, Immersive Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Dance

Theatre adaptations of novels are on the rise this season. Of course, this is nothing new....

SIFA’s “Trojan Women”: An Allegory For Modern Times

Posted by Elaine Chiew | 19th Feb 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Opera

Euripides’ play Trojan Women has been adapted and performed numerous times around the world, from...

Finding Common Language: Paul Tate DePoo III Brings His Set Design For “Titanic” To Seoul, South Korea

Posted by Michael Schweikardt | 9th Feb 2018 | Design, Interview, Musical Theatre, South Korea

I love Titanic, the sweeping Broadway musical with a book by Peter Stone and a score by Maury...

Leaving for Good: Two New Plays on Korean Immigrants and the Cold War | Part 2

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 26th Jan 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Politics

This is Part 2 of a two-part article. Read Part 1 here. From Caregiver to Citizen The Nurses, Who...

Leaving for Good: Two New Plays on Korean Immigrants and the Cold War | Part 1

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 20th Jan 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Politics

The word dongpo, a term that refers affectionately to the sizable Korean immigrant community...

Sculptures Reflect On The Space They Occupy In “Ten Years, Please”

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 13th Jan 2018 | Review, South Korea, Theatre and Art, Transmedia

In 2007, visual artist Jewyo Rhii and curator Hyunjin Kim held an unusual exhibition titled Ten...

The “KPOP” Invasion In A New American Musical Part II: Interview With Jason Kim And Helen Park

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 2nd Jan 2018 | Interview, Musical Theatre, New York, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations

To read Part I of the series on KPOP, click here. For the article, I spoke with Jason Kim and...

The “KPOP” Invasion in a New American Musical Part I

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 1st Jan 2018 | Essay, Musical Theatre, New York, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations, United States of America

In the last few months of 2017, K-pop (Korean pop) has made it into U.S. news reports in two...

Clowning Around: An Unconventional “Heungbo-ssi” Misses the Mark

Posted by Kim Hyang | 31st Dec 2017 | Adaptation, Musical Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Opera

Audiences laughed throughout Ko Sun-woong’s new work Heungbo-ssi (written and directed by Ko...

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part III

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea

Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects about her teaching practice...

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part II

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea

Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects about her teaching practice...

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part I

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 22nd Dec 2017 | Education, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea

Award-winning South Korean playwright and educator Ko Yeon-ok reflects on her teaching practice in...

Why Do We Hate?: Censoring the Minority 2017

Posted by Um Hyun-hee | 9th Dec 2017 | Documentary Theatre, LGBTQ Theatre, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Gender

Namsan Arts Center’s 2017 season opened with Censoring the Minority 2017 (written and directed by...

A Journey for Lost Truth: Won Muintel

Posted by Lee Sang Woo | 26th Oct 2017 | Festivals, South Korea

May 5th, 2017. I am at the Algwahaek Theatre in Daehangno to see a show. But who am I, this person...

A Place to Remember: “Oedipus – Those Who Want to See”

Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 31st Aug 2017 | Adaptation, Participatory Theatre, South Korea, Theatre and Politics

It has only been one hundred days into President Moon Jae-In’s administration, but the new...

Interview with the Playwright, Director, and Translator of “Sister Mok-Rahn”: How an Authentically Korean Story Crosses Over to New York

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 24th Jun 2017 | Interview, South Korea, Translation

Eunsung Kim is a South Korean playwright and the Director of Dalnara Dongbakkot Company. He was...

Pondering Over the Division between North and South Korea, Kim Eunsung’s “Sister Mok-Rahn” Greets New York

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 16th Jun 2017 | Dramaturgy, South Korea, Translation

On Sunday, May 7, Korean playwright Kim Eunsung’s Sister Mok-Rahn was given a staged reading at...

Interview: Ha Sung-kwang as Cheng Ying in “The Orphan of Zhao: Seeds of Revenge”

Posted by Kim Soyeon | 8th Jun 2017 | Acting, Adaptation, Interview, South Korea, Translation

The Orphan of Zhao: Seeds of Revenge was staged again recently. The premiere production was an...

Walter Byongsok Chon on Dramaturgy: Interview with LMD

Posted by Walter Byongsok Chon | 30th May 2017 | Dramaturgy, Interview, South Korea, Transcultural Collaborations

Walter Byongsok Chon is an assistant professor of dramaturgy and theatre studies at Ithaca...

Breakdance, Puppets, And Sand Art: Korean Artists Perform In Cairo

Posted by Fatma Khaled | 22nd May 2017 | South Korea, Theatre and Dance, Transcultural Collaborations

A Korean b-boying dance crew and a sand artist put on a show outside the Cairo Opera House in...

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South Korea

“Goodbye, Mr. Yi Sang”: Seoul Performing Arts Company’s New Experiment

SIFA’s “Trojan Women”: An Allegory For Modern Times

Finding Common Language: Paul Tate DePoo III Brings His Set Design For “Titanic” To Seoul, South Korea

Leaving for Good: Two New Plays on Korean Immigrants and the Cold War | Part 2

Leaving for Good: Two New Plays on Korean Immigrants and the Cold War | Part 1

Sculptures Reflect On The Space They Occupy In “Ten Years, Please”

The “KPOP” Invasion In A New American Musical Part II: Interview With Jason Kim And Helen Park

The “KPOP” Invasion in a New American Musical Part I

Clowning Around: An Unconventional “Heungbo-ssi” Misses the Mark

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part III

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part II

Playwriting Education In South Korea: In Conversation With Ko Yeon-ok, Part I

Why Do We Hate?: Censoring the Minority 2017

A Journey for Lost Truth: Won Muintel

A Place to Remember: “Oedipus – Those Who Want to See”

Interview with the Playwright, Director, and Translator of “Sister Mok-Rahn”: How an Authentically Korean Story Crosses Over to New York

Pondering Over the Division between North and South Korea, Kim Eunsung’s “Sister Mok-Rahn” Greets New York

Interview: Ha Sung-kwang as Cheng Ying in “The Orphan of Zhao: Seeds of Revenge”

Walter Byongsok Chon on Dramaturgy: Interview with LMD

Breakdance, Puppets, And Sand Art: Korean Artists Perform In Cairo

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