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Hannah and the Dread Gazebo

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 2m

Jiehae Park

"If you’re keen to have your mind expanded by an evening of theater that is not going to be comparable to anything you’ll see anytime soon, Hannah and the Dread Gazebo is a good place to start." - Mail Tribune

Hannah and the Dread Gazebo

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Inside the FedEx box are two things: a 100% bona-fide-heart’s-desire-level wish, and a suicide note. Hannah tracks the package back to Korea, where her grandmother recently jumped from the roof of the Sunrise Dewdrop Apartment City for Senior Living onto the wrong side of the Demilitarized Zone. Oops.
History

Hannah and the Dread Gazebo premiered at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR in March 2017 under the direction of Chay Yew.

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HANNAH (mid 30s) - doctor, about to become a board-certified pediatric neurologist. Control freak.
FATHER (50s) - professor. Keeps It Together for the Family. Emotionally clueless.
MOTHER (50s) - in a deep depression. Gardening fanatic and HGTV addict.
VOICE/ GRANDMA/ MRS. LEE/ OLD MAN IN COAT/ OFFICIAL/ NURSE/ MR. KWON/ KIM JONG IL/ GRANDMOTHER TIGER - trickster-lost-soul-friend-voice-of-god. May or may not have been here since the beginning of the world. Possible memory loss.
DANG (early-mid 20s) - recent graduate and professional slacker. Has-a-band-sort-of. Good kid.
GIRL (20s) - activist in search of a cause. Used-to-have-a-band-sort-of. Blunt.
  • Time Period Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

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"If you’re keen to have your mind expanded by an evening of theater that is not going to be comparable to anything you’ll see anytime soon, Hannah and the Dread Gazebo is a good place to start." - Mail Tribune, Read More 

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Videos

  • OSF Trailer for Hannah and the Dread Gazebo youtube thumbnail

    OSF Trailer for Hannah and the Dread Gazebo

  • Interview with Jihae Park about Hannah and the Dread Gazebo youtube thumbnail

    Interview with Jihae Park about Hannah and the Dread Gazebo

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Jiehae Park

Jiehae Park

Jiehae Park's plays include peerless (Yale Rep premiere, Cherry Lane MP, Marin Theatre Co, Barrington Stage, First Floor, Company One, Moxie), Hannah and the Dread Gazebo (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Here We Are Here (Sundance Theater-Makers residency, Berkeley Rep’s Ground ...

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