The following letter was quoted in the New York Times article “For the Price of a Police Helicopter, New York Could Save the Arts” on June 21, 2024. ———————————————— Dear friends and colleagues, On behalf of Kyoung’s Pacific Beat, I am writing to share with you important news regarding our organization. Our Board of Directors, […]
Greetings! It has been 18 months since the last Kyoung Update. Where have I been? Since 2018, I’ve participated in the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI) and Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Leadership Fellowship programs, learning more about the work of arts and culture bearers of color working with indigenous communities across the country, while […]
Greetings! On behalf of Kyoung’s Pacific Beat, I’m thrilled to share with you news about our company’s work. We are in a moment of tremendous growth, experiencing a whirlwind of opportunities, growing pains, and feeling both the excitement and challenges of pursuing a peacemaking mission in these troubling times. “I have been offered help to […]
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 […]
Greetings! The World Premiere of PILLOWTALK continues its performances tonight at The Tank, located at 312 W. 36th Street, between 8th and 9th Avs. Come join the conversation and let’s celebrate #loveisradical! “‘Radical’ may not the first descriptor that most people would instinctively assign to the word “love,” but it is precisely that pairing, in its […]
Greetings! After four years of development, it is my pleasure to invite you to the World Premiere of PILLOWTALK, a co-production between Kyoung’s Pacific Beat and The Tank, presented by The Exponential Festival. Our performances begin this Thursday, Jan. 11th at The Tank, located at 312 W. 36th Street, between 8th and 9th Avs. Set […]
Greetings 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 […]
Greetings! 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, […]
Greetings! 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 […]
Greetings from New York! I hope everyone’s enjoying a great summer. I’m working on two projects in New York and I’d love to have you come see my work if you’re in town. The first is a free, public reading of my play HEARTBREAK/INDIA, which I began writing five (yikes!) years ago and wrote in […]