I am a third generation North Korean. My grandparents lived through Japanese colonial rule and lost their country when the Korean War divided the Korean peninsula. My parents left South Korea and built a new life in Chile following the fall of Pak Chung Hee’s dictatorship. I witnessed Chile’s transition from Pinochet’s military regime to […]
Read MoreGreetings from Chile! As 2015 comes to an end, I’d like to take a moment to take stock of the many ups and downs I’ve had with my playwriting and theater company, Kyoung’s Pacific Beat. We started the year with a bang—the World Premiere of TALA at the Performance Project @ University Settlement. TALA blended […]
Read MoreGreetings! I’m so excited to invite you to my play disOriented, which opens this Wednesday, February 16th at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre on 42nd Street! disOriented is directed by Carlos Armesto, Artistic Director of Theatre C, and features Ariel Estrada, Daniel K. Isaac, Talym Jinn Kim, Julian Charles Leong, Bert Matias, Amy Kim Waschke, […]
Read MoreGreetings! I hope you can come see my latest project: Walkabout Yeolha, an adaptation of Samshik Pai’s play “Inching Towards Yeolha,” directed by Kon Yi and produced by Columbia Stages/Columbia University. There are short features on the play published by the Korea Daily and the Columbia Spectator. You can read more about the project in […]
Read MoreGreetings from Chile! I returned to Santiago, Chile this Monday after participating in a 3-month international exchange program with Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Augusto Boal, 2008 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and 2009 UNESCO Ambassador for Theater, unfortunately passed away a month after I arrived in Rio. My experience […]
Read MoreHello everyone! I am in New York for two more weeks before I start travelling all over again! If you’re in New York, I’d like to invite you to the workshop production of my play, “disOriented,” which I’m working on with Diverse City Theater Company and the amazing director, Carlos Armesto. When: Saturday, February 14 […]
Read MoreDear friends, I hope you can come see “Big Love,” my newest project at Kyung Hee’s Suwon campus. “Big Love,” by Charles Mee, tells the story of 50 brides that flee their fifty grooms and seek shelter in Italy. The grooms find the brides and force them to marry. Unable to escape, 49 of the […]
Read MoreGreetings from the Himalayas! You can’t make up a story like this one. I’m going to learn from the Dalai Lama. I arrived to India two weeks ago to write a new play at the Global Arts Village in New Delhi, India. With support of an Artist Fellowship from the Utsav Mandir Foundation, I’m in […]
Read MoreGreetings! Two weeks ago, I took a day-trip to North Korea’s Gaesong Industrial complex and finally crossed the DMZ line. I cannot explain how or why we managed to finally enter North Korea, but I can share with you a short article I’ve written (published in the Korea Times) and some pictures I took of […]
Read MoreGreetings from London! I’ve had an amazing 3 months here in London, participating at the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writer’s Programme. Usually, I take lots of pictures and email a pretty online photo album to look at, but I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time cooped up in small rooms writing instead. I wrote a […]
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