Daily Life under State Violence: Interview with South Korean Playwright Yun Mi Hyun, Part 2
To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. Nahm: Let’s talk now about Texas Aunt. I said...
Read MoreKee-Yoon Nahm, DFA is an Instructional Assistant Professor at the School of Theatre and Dance, Illinois State University. He is a theatre scholar, translator, and dramaturg. His research has appeared in Theater, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, and Performance Research among numerous English and Korean-language publications. He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
Posted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 9th Sep 2022 | Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. Nahm: Let’s talk now about Texas Aunt. I said...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 8th Sep 2022 | Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
Yun Mi Hyun is a playwright based in South Korea. After writing fiction and poetry in her early...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 15th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
To read Part 1 of this interview, click here. TRANSLATION AND ADAPTATION For the Illinois State...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 15th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, Interview, Playwriting, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Translation
Interview and translation by Kee-Yoon Nahm with contributions from Laura Gisondi. Lee Kang-baek is...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 20th May 2018 | Interview, South Korea, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics
In the past few months, the Korean theatre scene has been under intense public scrutiny as...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 11th May 2018 | Adaptation, Review, South Korea
In Han Tae-sook’s Electra (LG Arts Center, April 26–May 5, 2018), the mourning daughter doesn’t...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 12th Feb 2017 | South Korea, Theatre and Politics
On January 8th, a group of artists and activists erected a large tent in Gwanghwamun Square and...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 18th Jan 2017 | Essay, South Korea, Theatre and Gender, Theatre and Politics
Theatre Company Gorae’s Red Poem, written and directed by company founder Lee Hae-Sung, recently...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 2nd Nov 2016 | Germany, Review, South Korea, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations
Walls–Iphigenia in Exile, the result of a four-year collaboration between South Korean and German...
Read MorePosted by Kee-Yoon Nahm | 8th Oct 2016 | Festivals, News, South Korea
The 2016 Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) opened on September 30th, initiating a month-long...
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