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She’s a Hmong personality coach addicted to Korean Dramas (Korean soap operas). He’s the heir to a Korean manufacturing giant banished to the new Midwest office. Will she find a man before the magic hour of her 30th birthday? Will he buck tradition and embrace his musical dreams? Fantasy collides with reality in this romantic comedy about fate, cultural clashes, and the art of losing one’s virginity.
GENERAL INFORMATION
DATES
July 27 - August 19, 2018
TICKETS
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VENUE INFO
THE KOREAN DRAMA ADDICT’S GUIDE TO LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY will take place on the Andy Boss Thrust Stage at Park Square Theatre in the Historic Hamm Building, located at 20 W. 7th Pl, St. Paul, MN 55102
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POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS
Thursday, August 9 and Thursday, August 16: Join us for a post-show discussion immediately following the performance.
CAST
DEXIENG
YANG
Gao Hlee
BRIAN
KIM
Benedict
CLAY
MAN SOO
Secretary Kim
KHADIJA
SIDDIQUI
Z
KATIE
BRADLEY
Madame Song
PHASOUA
VANG
Mom
JOANN
OUDEKERK
Park Mirae
GREGORY
YANG
Tou Mong
YEEJ
MOUA
Ensemble
MAI
SEE LEE
Ensemble
PRODUCTION TEAM
RANDY
REYES
Director
LYNDSEY K.
HARTER
Stage Manager
SARAH
BRANDNER
Scenic Designer
SAMANTHA
FROMM HADDOW
Costume Designer
KARIN
OLSON
Lighting Designer
MATTHEW
VICHLACH
Sound Designer
ABBEE
WARMBOE
Properties Designer
ALEX
OLSEN
Technical Director
PHOTOS
MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT
May Lee-Yang is a playwright, poet, prose writer, and performance artist. Born in Ban Vinai, a refugee camp in Thailand following the Secret War in Laos, May moved with her family to Saint Paul, MN where she lives to this day. Her work often explores the lives of Hmong women and living in a bicultural world, and she has been hailed by Twin Cities Metro Magazine as “on her way to becoming one of the most powerful and colorful voices in local theater.” Her theater-based works have been presented at Mu Performing Arts, the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT), Out North Theater, the 2011 National Asian American Theater Festival, the MN Fringe Festival and others. Her works includeConfessions of a Lazy Hmong Woman and Ten Reasons Why I’d Be a Bad Porn Star. She has received grants from the Bush Leadership Fellowship, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Performance Network, the Midwestern Voices and Visions Residency Award, the Playwrights’ Center, and the Loft Literary Center.