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 […]
Read MoreGreetings! 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 […]
Read MoreToday is the UN International Day of Peace. In celebration of this day, I’d like to share with you some of my reflections based on some recent travels to Chile, South Korea, and my work in New York. I think the greatest challenge as an artist has been to address the new Presidency and what […]
Read MoreGreetings from New York! I write this Kyoung Update with a heavy heart. The recent mass shooting in Orlando has gravely upset me, as a queer man, as a Latino artist, as an Asian-American artist, and new American. I think about the senseless violence that is killing the young of this country and how Kyoung’s […]
Read MoreGreetings! I’m so happy to share with you great news! The World Premiere of TALA is receiving rave reviews and I want you to come see it! Our final two performances will be this Thursday, Jan. 22nd and Friday, Jan. 23rd at 8PM and the show must close on the 23rd. I hope you’ll join […]
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! I hope this email finds you well! It’s been some time since I’ve written a Kyoung Update, so I thought I’d share with you some news! I am thrilled to let you know that I’ve been awarded a 2010 UNESCO-Aschberg award to write a new play this winter, while in residency at Sanskriti Pratishtan […]
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 […]
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