SELECTED WORK

2026

Royal Thai Massage — Writer & Director
Momentum Scratch, Ad Infinitum / Bristol Old Vic

Hot Pot — Director
The Cockpit, London

2025

Cancelling Tiger — Writer & Director
Bloomsbury Festival, London

Faith, Hope and Charity — Director
by Alexander Zeldin, ArtsEd

King Lear — Backstage Interpreter
Barbican Center, London

We’re Boiling Alfred Baines — Director
by Mackie Reyes, Greenwich Theatre / Union Theatre

Standing In Between — Director
Theatre Deli /Kingston Museum / Union Theatre

Reflexes — Director
by Will Pattle, Theatre503

2024

Bear — Director
by Orange Tree Theatre

Suite in Three Keys — Assistant Director
Dir. Tom Littler, Orange Tree Theatre / Theatre Royal Bath

Michelle and Little Fish — Director
Barons Court Theatre

2023

Pokapola, PacDonalds, and the Death of the Last Polarbear — Librettist
Finalist, New York Dramatists Guild National Fellowship

Northanger Abbey — Assistant Director
Dir. Tessa Walker, Orange Tree Theatre

Meetings — Assistant Director
Dir. Kalungi Ssebandeke, Orange Tree Theatre

2022

Yerma — Assistant Director
Dir. Imogen Francis, Rose Bruford College

Miss Julie (Musical) — Director & Librettist
Gamgol Theatre, South Korea

2018–2021

Bread and Puppet Theatre — Puppeteer
Vermont, USA

2017–2016

The Most Wonderful Thing of All — Director & Adapter
Busan, South Korea

The Prologue — Director & Writer
Japan / Fukuoka International Theatre Festival

The King’s Cloak — Director
Andersen Theatre, South Korea

2026

  • Royal Thai Massage — Writer & Director
    Momentum Scratch, Ad Infinitum / Bristol Old Vic

  • Hot Pot — Director
    The Cockpit, London

2025

  • Cancelling Tiger — Writer & Director
    Omnibus Theatre / Bloomsbury Festival, London

  • Faith, Hope and Charity — Director
    by Alexander Zeldin, ArtsEd

  • We’re Boiling Alfred Baines — Director
    Greenwich Theatre / Union Theatre

  • Reflexes — Director
    Theatre503

  • Standing In Between — Director
    Theatre Deli / Kingston Museum / Union Theatre

2024

Reflexes — Director
Theatre503

  • Standing In Between — Director
    Theatre Deli / Kingston Museum / Union Theatre

Cancelling Patji — Writer & Director
Omnibus Theatre

Suite in Three Keys — Assistant Director
Dir. Tom Littler, Orange Tree Theatre / Theatre Royal Bath

Michelle and Little Fish — Director
Barons Court Theatre

2024

  • CHECK THE CCTV (Hatch and Scratch) | Director | Written by Chanel Mckenzie | Golden Goose Theatre, UK

  • CANCELLING PATJI (Engine Room) | Director and Writer | Onmibus Theater, UK

  • Non-Naturalistic Acting Block (2nd Year BA Acting) | Lecturer | Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, UK

  • KING LEAR | Backstage Interpreter | Barbican Centre, UK

  • UNITED STEPS: DANCE OF MANY TALES (Lambeth Fringe Festival) | Dramaturg | Choreographed by Suyoung Park | Central Film School, London, UK

  • MICHELLE AND LITTLE FISH (Reboot New Writing Festival) | Director | Written by Sarah Baxter | Barons Court Theatre, UK

  • SUITE IN THREE KEYS | Assistant Director | Written by Noel Coward | Dir. Tom Littler | Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, Theatre Royal Bath, UK

  • THE BEAR (Rehearsed Reading) | Director | Written by Anton Chekhov | Orange Tree Theatre, UK

2023

  • POKAPOLA, PACDONALDS, AND THE DEATH OF THE LAST POLARBEAR, a Creative Musical | Librettist | Finalist for the New York Dramatist Guild’s National Fellowship

  • NORTHANGER ABBEY | Assistant Director | Written by Zoe Cooper | Dir. Tessa Walkerm | Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, UK

  • MEETINGS | Assistant Director | Written by Mustapha Matura | Dir. Kalungi Ssebandeke | Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, UK

2022

  • YERMA | Assistant Director | Written by Federico Garcia Lorca | Dir. Imogen Francis | Rose Bruford College in Sidcup, UK

  • MISS JULIE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Original by August Strindberg | Gamgol Theater, Korea

2019-2021

2018

  • THE MOST WONDERFUL THING OF ALL, a Musical | Director and Adapter | Original by Henric Ibsen/ Kamagol Theatre, Busan, Korea

  • THE PROLOGUE, a Musical | Director and Writer | Namiki Square, Japan | Official Invitation, Fukuoka International Theater Festival

2017

  • PRINCESS BONG | Director | Written by Hyeongcheol Park | Cafe Oasis, Busan, Korea

  • THE MAN WHO GOES TRANSPARENT a Musical | Director and Librettist | 30 Studio and Korean Tour, Korea

  • THE KING’S CLOAK, a Musical | Director and Adaptor | Original by Hans Christian Andersen | Andersen Theater, Korea

2016

  • AS YOU LIKE IT, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Original by William Shakespeare | Samgak Arts Theater, Korea

  • THE WOMAN, CRYING OVER THERE, a Musical | Director and Adaptor | Original by Hyeonyoung Kim | Chasing Arts Hall, Korea

  • THE SNOW QUEEN, a musical | Director and Adaptor | Original by Hans Christian Andersen | Andersen Theatre, Korea   

2015

  • THE PROLOGUE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Hangyeol Arts Hall, Korea | Funded by Busan Arts Council, Korea,

  • THE WOMAN, CRYING OVER THERE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Original by Hyeonyoung Kim | Hangyeol Arts Hall, Korea

  • ASTEROID B612 | Librettist | Dir. Soyoung Park | CJ Azit, Seoul, Korea

    • New Creative Musical of the Year, 2015 by CJ Culture Foundation

    • Honorary Fellowship Recipient of CJ Creative Minds for playwrights

    • Honorary Fellowship Recipient of Daegu Cultural Foundation 

2014

  • THE PROLOGUE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Guerrilla Theater, Seoul, Korea 

  • DER MANN, DER NOCH KEINER BLÖSSE ENTDECKTE | Director and Translator | Written by Moritz Rinke | Guerilla Theater, Seoul, Korea 

    • Winner of ‘the Young Director’s Awards’ from the 3rd Korean Shakespeare Awards    

  • THE HOUR THAT WE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT EACH OTHER | Assistant Director and Translator | Written by Peter Handke | Dir. Kate Flatt | Uridogne Theater in Gyeongnam, Korea             

  • CHAT ON LOVE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Chasung Arts Hall, Hangyeol Arts Hall, Busan, Korea            

2013

  • MISS JULIE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Original by August Strindberg | Guerrilla Theater, Seoul, Korea 

    • Strindberg’s Centennial Festival in Korea, 2012

  • THE FOUNTAIN | Director and Librettist | Cultural Arts Center, Daegu, Korea 

    • The 7th Daegu International Musial Theater Festival

  • CHAT ON LOVE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Suseong Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

  • THE GOLDEN DRAGON | Assistant Director | Written by Roland Schimmelpfennig | Dir. Kwangjin Yoon | Seoul Arts Theater, Korea 

    • The13th Kim Sangryeol Theater Awards, Korean Theater Awards

2012

  • THE FOUNTAIN | Director and Librettist | Guerilla Theater, Uridongne Theater, Bongsan Arts Center, Studio Theater, Miryang Theater Village, Korea

    • Grand Prize at the 6th Daegu International Theater Festival

    • Young Directors’ Section at the 12th Miryang Summer Theater Festival 

  • CHAT ON LOVE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Kamagol Theatre, Busan, Korea

2011

  • THE WOMAN, CRYING OVER THERE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Kamagol Theatre, Busan, Korea

  • CHAT ON LOVE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Hangyoel Arts Hall, Busan, Korea

  • W.C., a Musical | Director and Librettist | Gamagol Theater, Doyo Creative Studio, Korea

  • STUFFED, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Gamagol Theater, Miryang Summer Performing Arts Festival, Korea

  • AWKWARD PEOPLE | Assistant Director | Written by Jang Jin | Dir. Yoonju Lee | Gamagol Theater, Busan, Korea

  • THE FOURTH EMPIRE, a Musical | Assistant Director and Translator | Written and directed by Yountaek Lee | Gimhae Performing Arts Center, Korea

2010

  • THE WOMAN, CRYING OVER THERE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Kamagol Theatre, Busan, Korea

  • THE MOST WONDERFUL THING OF ALL, a Musical | Librettist | Dir. David Alpert | Blackbox Theatre, New York, USA

  • MACBETH | Dramaturg and Assistant Director | Dir. Alexander Zeldin | Guerilla Theatre, Seoul, Korea

    • Best Dramaturg’s Awards from Korean Shakespeare Awards

  • COSI FAN TUTTE, an Opera | Director | Written by Lorenzo Da Fonte and W.A.Mozart | Gamagol Theatre, Busan, Korea

  • STUFFED, a Musical | Librettist | Dir. Stephen Friedmann | Black Box Theater, New York, U.S.A.   

2009

  • MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM | Librettist | Original by William Shakespeare | Dir. Mijeong Nam | Nunkot Theatre, Seoul, Korea

  • THE WOMAN, CRYING OVER THERE, a Musical | Librettist | Dir. Yoonju Lee | Guerilla Theatre, Busan, Korea

  • THE FOUNTAIN | Librettist | Dir. Susanna Gellert | Blackbox Theatre, New York, USA

2008

  • CHAT ON LOVE, a Musical | Librettist | Dir. Mijeong Nam | Kamagol Theatre, Guerilla Theatre, Korea

  • THE WOMAN, CRYING OVER THERE, a Musical | Director and Librettist | Original by Hyunyoung Kim | Kamagol Theatre, Busan, Korea

  • LAUNDRY AND BOURBON | Director and Translator | Written by James McLure | Guerilla Theatre, Seoul, Korea

  • LONE STAR | Translator | Written by James McLure | Dir. Byungyu Kang | Guerilla Theatre, Seoul, Korea

  • THE MOST WONDERFUL THING OF ALL | Playwright | Dir. Juyoung Hong | Horseback Theatre, New York, USA

2007

  • HAEORAGI AND SOLMOE | Assistant Director and Adaptor | Original by Shakespeare | Dir. Howard Blanning | Guerrilla Theater, Seoul, Korea                       

  • THE EMPIRE OF LOVE, a Musical | Translator | Written and Directed by Yountaek Lee | Ulsan Metropolitan Theater, Korea               

EMPLOYMENTS (selected)

2023-2024 | ORANGE TREE THEATRE (Richmond, UK) | Resident Assistant Director

2020-2022 | BREAD AND PUPPET THEATRE (Vermont, USA) | Puppeteer

2016-2018 | ANDERSEN THEATRE (Busan, Korea) | Associate Director

2013 | ASSITEJ, Korean Center (Seoul, Korea) | International Organiser

2008-2018 | GAMAGOL THEATRE COMPANY (Busan, Korea) | Resident Director, Playwright and Producer

EDUCATION

Directing Masterclass (Bursary Recipient)
Katie Mitchell — Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK

MFA, Theatre Directing (Dean’s Bursary Recipient)
Birkbeck, University of London, UK

MFA, Musical Theatre Writing
Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA

BA, Journalism
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea