“My name is pronounced like sun in the sky + letter J."

Seonjae Kim is a NYC based director and writer from Seoul, South Korea. Riot Antigone, her original Riot Grrrl musical adaptation of Sophocles' tragedy, premiered at La MaMa, was seen at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest, Prelude Festival, Bryn Mawr College and will be published in a Routledge anthology of Greek adaptations as well as be released as an independent record. Recent: First Love by Charles Mee (Drama League DirectorFest) and Trojan Women by Euripides translated by Emily Wilson (The University of the Arts) Her work has been seen at Atlantic Theatre Company, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Joe's Pub, Playwrights’ Realm, Bushwick Starr, Dixon Place, Williamstown, PEN/World Voices Festival and New York Theatre Barn. 2050 Fellowship (New York Theatre Workshop) New York Fellowship (The Drama League), Van Lier Fellowship (Asian American Arts Alliance), Mike Ockrent Fellowship (SCDF), Robert Moss Directing Fellowship (Playwrights Horizons), New Georges Affiliated Artist. BA: Northwestern. www.jae-k.com

“I am a theatre director, sometimes writer & other things. I'm originally from Seoul, South Korea. I now mostly live and work in New York City while searching for opportunities across America and the world. I collaboratively create narrative-driven theater that is maximalist, kaleidoscopic, epic and political as well as intimate, personal and emotional. As a leader of artistic processes, I am committed to radical inclusion and progressivism. Drawing inspiration from my liminal cultural position between South Korea and America, I seek and make up stories that fall outside presumed societal narratives”

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