Sixth entry in the series of new Korean dramatists
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Korean Rookie Playwright Series Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
2019 2nd term Creation Grant [Single-year grant program]
Business Overview
"The sixth series of new Korean playwrights" is a project in which a play that won a play award sponsored by a Korean newspaper called Shinshun Bungei is translated into Japanese and performed by Japanese theater artists. The three directors, Atsuto Suzuki, Yu Yoshimura and Seiichi Kim, took the lead in performing four productions,, "Family Play," "Torch," and "A Day of Kindness Aimi Sensei," at the theater, and two productions, "This Life Again" and "It may be an honor, retirement." were distributed online.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Thursday, May 27, 2021 - Wednesday, June 30
- Venues
- Kitatopia Pegasus Hall (Kita Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Korean New Playwright Series Executive Committee]
A theater organization that connects Japan and Korea. Through the "Korean New Playwright Series," a project to translate and perform works that have won awards from the New Year Literary Awards, the gateway to success for new Korean writers, the aim is to introduce the works of writers who will play a leading role in the future of Korean theater in Japanese at the earliest opportunity, to share with the audience the problems of modern society through the "point of view of society" that the winning works have, and to think about the future of theater in Japan and Korea. Although small in scale, the theater serves as a hub for cultural exchange between Asia and plays a role in connecting Japanese and Korean theater artists on a grassroots basis.