December 2018
A super busy month with incredible workshops. First up, I directed a reading of The Golden Spike, book by Don Nguyen and music by The Lobbyists, a new musical exploring the history of the transcontinental railroad. Second, as part of my fellowship with New York Theatre Workshop, I worked on Sofya Levitsky-Weitz' sexy as hell play This Party Sucks. Jacob Brandt and Hannah Fairchild wrote music for it. Finally, I presented a reading of Love of My Life, a play about two Korean girls' soulmate friendship at boarding school that I wrote & directed, at the Starr Reading Series at Bushwick Starr. So proud and grateful for everything I got to do this year and just hope to keep on creating in 2019!
November 2018
Opened Trojan Women, and I even had the honor of meeting Dr. Wilson and giving a Q&A alongside her. I also directed my dear friend Natalie C. Houchins' solo show Sister, a ghost story of trauma and healing, at Dixon Place.
October 2018
I directed a closed reading of Leah Nanako Winkler's hilarious new play Hot Asian Doctor Husband, which will receive its world premiere at Theatre Mu next summer. I also started rehearsals for one of my favorites, Euripides' Trojan Women at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The translation is by Emily Wilson.
September 2018
I started the first of my two assistantship assignments of my Drama League fellowship, assisting the amazing Valerie Curtis-Newton on her production of Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew at Playmakers Rep in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
August 2018
I spent a week visiting LA and checking out my best friend Scarlett Kim's new interdisciplinary space, The Mortuary. We created and performed a new piece called Love You Long Time about the Asian female-white male trope in pop culture as part of #NEWGLOBALMATRIARCHY. I also went on an invigorating artistic retreat with Drama League as part of my fellowship to beautiful Stump Sprouts Center in Massachusetts.
July 2018
Lots of exciting projects in early stages of development, and I got to direct a staged reading of Justine Gelfman's play The Technicians at G45 Production's Lightbulb Reading Series.
June 2018
I am contributing participatory poetry to a pop-up artist event for Suraj Patel, candidate for NY-12. Curated by Brandon Powers. Check it out!
May 2018
Brandon Powers and I had a residency at 999 Festival, a new pop-up multidisciplinary festival in Gowanus, Brooklyn, to work on our new piece The Way. Later this month, I attended Professionals Week as the start of my Drama League Fellowship - a whirlwind couple of days meeting incredible people in New York theater, learning useful career skills, and re-defining my goals.
April 2018
Dance Nation is in tech and previews. I was also the recipient of the New York Fellowship from the Drama League of New York.
March 2018
Natalie Houchins and I presented a workshop showing of her solo show SISTER at Alchemical Theater Lab for some friends. Then, I started rehearsals to Assistant Direct Dance Nation by Clare Barron at Playwrights Horizons, working alongside the incredible Lee Sunday Evans. I was also the recipient of the 2050 Fellowship at New York Theatre Workshop.
January 2018
I returned to CultureHub to lead Winter Bootcamp, a multidisciplinary immersion for students from Seoul Institute of the Arts to spend a month learning and creating in New York City.
September-November 2017
I worked with the students of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvannia re-mounting my show Riot Antigone. So grateful this piece continues to have a life.
August 2017
I Associate Directed the immersive musical KPOP, a co-production of Ars Nova, Ma-Yi and Woodshed Collective (dir. Teddy Bergman) I also directed two new one-acts at Atlantic Theater Company's Asian American Mixfest by Leah Nanako Winkler and Rajiv Joseph.
July 2017
I am spending some much needed time off at home in Seoul, South Korea and returning to New York at the middle of the month to associate direct Freedom Riders: The Civil Rights Musical at New York Musical Theatre Festival (dir. Whitney White)
June 2017
I was very proud to be a part of What Women Need: A Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood at Baryshnikov Arts Center and direct pieces by Jenny Rachel Weiner, Boo Killebrew, Dipika Guha, Shakina Nayfack, Cate Yu, Sofya Weitz, Alena Smith and Jaclyn Backhaus.
June 2017
Riot Antigone returns! We opened Ars Nova's ANT Fest with a sold out show.
May 2017
I had the honor of directing Sister Mok-Rahn, a critically acclaimed play from South Korea by Eunsung Kim and translated by Dayeong Jeong, at the PEN/World Voices Festival. Read Walter Chon's interview with me, Eunsung and Dayeong here.
April 2017
Amélie opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre. My first Broadway credit - hopefully the first of many.
February 2017
Riot Antigone had an incredible run at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Check out the enthusiastic press here and here.
October 2016
Amélie rehearsals began in New York City and will continue at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles for its pre-Broadway tryout! I'm also assisting Teddy Bergman on creating short pieces for the Future of Storytelling Festival and directing a reading of a play by Anna Baryshnikov for an invited audience at Baryshnikov Arts Center.
September 2016
I was the recipient of the 2016 Mike Ockrent Fellowship from Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation to work alongside Tony award-winning director Pam MacKinnon on the new musical Amélie. Read the American Theatre press release here.
August-September 2016
I'm developing a new piece based on the life and works of Theresa Hak Kyoung Ja with longtime collaborator Scarlett Ji Yeon Kim through La MaMa Umbria: Next Generation, a new residency for artists under 35.
August 2016
Riot Antigone, my Riot Grrrl adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy, will be coming to the Club at La MaMa! Featuring the work of amazing people like Erato A. Kremmyda, Brandon Powers, J. Mehr Kaur, Hannah Greene, and many others to be announced. Read the New York Times announcement here.
June 2016
I was the recipient of the 2016 Van Lier Fellowship for Directing from the Asian American Arts Alliance. Read the BroadwayWorld press release here.
May 2016
I'll be part of the Directing Corps at Williamstown Theatre Festival summer 2016, assisting Stafford Arima on Poster Boy and directing That Noise by Dominic Finocchiaro and You're Amazing!!! by Leah Nanako Winkler.
A super busy month with incredible workshops. First up, I directed a reading of The Golden Spike, book by Don Nguyen and music by The Lobbyists, a new musical exploring the history of the transcontinental railroad. Second, as part of my fellowship with New York Theatre Workshop, I worked on Sofya Levitsky-Weitz' sexy as hell play This Party Sucks. Jacob Brandt and Hannah Fairchild wrote music for it. Finally, I presented a reading of Love of My Life, a play about two Korean girls' soulmate friendship at boarding school that I wrote & directed, at the Starr Reading Series at Bushwick Starr. So proud and grateful for everything I got to do this year and just hope to keep on creating in 2019!
November 2018
Opened Trojan Women, and I even had the honor of meeting Dr. Wilson and giving a Q&A alongside her. I also directed my dear friend Natalie C. Houchins' solo show Sister, a ghost story of trauma and healing, at Dixon Place.
October 2018
I directed a closed reading of Leah Nanako Winkler's hilarious new play Hot Asian Doctor Husband, which will receive its world premiere at Theatre Mu next summer. I also started rehearsals for one of my favorites, Euripides' Trojan Women at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The translation is by Emily Wilson.
September 2018
I started the first of my two assistantship assignments of my Drama League fellowship, assisting the amazing Valerie Curtis-Newton on her production of Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew at Playmakers Rep in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
August 2018
I spent a week visiting LA and checking out my best friend Scarlett Kim's new interdisciplinary space, The Mortuary. We created and performed a new piece called Love You Long Time about the Asian female-white male trope in pop culture as part of #NEWGLOBALMATRIARCHY. I also went on an invigorating artistic retreat with Drama League as part of my fellowship to beautiful Stump Sprouts Center in Massachusetts.
July 2018
Lots of exciting projects in early stages of development, and I got to direct a staged reading of Justine Gelfman's play The Technicians at G45 Production's Lightbulb Reading Series.
June 2018
I am contributing participatory poetry to a pop-up artist event for Suraj Patel, candidate for NY-12. Curated by Brandon Powers. Check it out!
May 2018
Brandon Powers and I had a residency at 999 Festival, a new pop-up multidisciplinary festival in Gowanus, Brooklyn, to work on our new piece The Way. Later this month, I attended Professionals Week as the start of my Drama League Fellowship - a whirlwind couple of days meeting incredible people in New York theater, learning useful career skills, and re-defining my goals.
April 2018
Dance Nation is in tech and previews. I was also the recipient of the New York Fellowship from the Drama League of New York.
March 2018
Natalie Houchins and I presented a workshop showing of her solo show SISTER at Alchemical Theater Lab for some friends. Then, I started rehearsals to Assistant Direct Dance Nation by Clare Barron at Playwrights Horizons, working alongside the incredible Lee Sunday Evans. I was also the recipient of the 2050 Fellowship at New York Theatre Workshop.
January 2018
I returned to CultureHub to lead Winter Bootcamp, a multidisciplinary immersion for students from Seoul Institute of the Arts to spend a month learning and creating in New York City.
September-November 2017
I worked with the students of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvannia re-mounting my show Riot Antigone. So grateful this piece continues to have a life.
August 2017
I Associate Directed the immersive musical KPOP, a co-production of Ars Nova, Ma-Yi and Woodshed Collective (dir. Teddy Bergman) I also directed two new one-acts at Atlantic Theater Company's Asian American Mixfest by Leah Nanako Winkler and Rajiv Joseph.
July 2017
I am spending some much needed time off at home in Seoul, South Korea and returning to New York at the middle of the month to associate direct Freedom Riders: The Civil Rights Musical at New York Musical Theatre Festival (dir. Whitney White)
June 2017
I was very proud to be a part of What Women Need: A Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood at Baryshnikov Arts Center and direct pieces by Jenny Rachel Weiner, Boo Killebrew, Dipika Guha, Shakina Nayfack, Cate Yu, Sofya Weitz, Alena Smith and Jaclyn Backhaus.
June 2017
Riot Antigone returns! We opened Ars Nova's ANT Fest with a sold out show.
May 2017
I had the honor of directing Sister Mok-Rahn, a critically acclaimed play from South Korea by Eunsung Kim and translated by Dayeong Jeong, at the PEN/World Voices Festival. Read Walter Chon's interview with me, Eunsung and Dayeong here.
April 2017
Amélie opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre. My first Broadway credit - hopefully the first of many.
February 2017
Riot Antigone had an incredible run at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Check out the enthusiastic press here and here.
October 2016
Amélie rehearsals began in New York City and will continue at Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles for its pre-Broadway tryout! I'm also assisting Teddy Bergman on creating short pieces for the Future of Storytelling Festival and directing a reading of a play by Anna Baryshnikov for an invited audience at Baryshnikov Arts Center.
September 2016
I was the recipient of the 2016 Mike Ockrent Fellowship from Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation to work alongside Tony award-winning director Pam MacKinnon on the new musical Amélie. Read the American Theatre press release here.
August-September 2016
I'm developing a new piece based on the life and works of Theresa Hak Kyoung Ja with longtime collaborator Scarlett Ji Yeon Kim through La MaMa Umbria: Next Generation, a new residency for artists under 35.
August 2016
Riot Antigone, my Riot Grrrl adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy, will be coming to the Club at La MaMa! Featuring the work of amazing people like Erato A. Kremmyda, Brandon Powers, J. Mehr Kaur, Hannah Greene, and many others to be announced. Read the New York Times announcement here.
June 2016
I was the recipient of the 2016 Van Lier Fellowship for Directing from the Asian American Arts Alliance. Read the BroadwayWorld press release here.
May 2016
I'll be part of the Directing Corps at Williamstown Theatre Festival summer 2016, assisting Stafford Arima on Poster Boy and directing That Noise by Dominic Finocchiaro and You're Amazing!!! by Leah Nanako Winkler.