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Among the Dead

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  2w, 1m, 1any gender (adult)

Hansol Jung

CRITICS' PICK! “With this outraged, deeply compassionate play, Ms. Jung is kicking, and expanding our understanding.” - The New York Times

Among the Dead

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m, 1any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Ana is a Korean American who travels to Seoul in 1975 to retrieve her recently deceased father’s ashes. Luke is a young American soldier fighting in the jungles of Myanmar in 1944. Number Four is the name of a Korean comfort woman camping out on a bridge in Seoul in 1950, waiting for the return of the young American soldier who fathered her daughter. Three separate time periods collide in a small hotel room in Korea, mediated by a shape-shifting Jesus who first shows up as a bellboy. Among the Dead is a dark comedy about a family broken apart by betrayed promises, and finding each other again through SPAM, journals, and Jesus. Mostly Jesus.
History
Among the Dead premiered at the HERE Arts Center in a production by Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York City in November 2016 under the direction of Ralph B. Peña.

Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups
LUKE WOODS - Male. Early twenties. An American soldier.
NUMBER FOUR - Female. Teens. Korean.
ANA WOODS - Female. Thirty. Half Korean, American.
JESUS - As you will. Contemporary, weird, young, ancient. Chameleon.
  • Time Period 1970s, 1950s, 1940s/WWII
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Drugs
    • Gun Shots
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Smoking

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REVIEWS

CRITICS' PICK! “With this outraged, deeply compassionate play, Ms. Jung is kicking, and expanding our understanding.” - The New York Times, Read More 

“Hansol Jung offers a unique brand of storytelling.” - Theatre in the Now, Read More 

“[Hansol Jung] is a smart writer [...] who is intuitive about structure, original in vision and powerful in her tapping into the untold story of history [...] Among the Dead is magical.” - Theatre Is Easy, Read More


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    Ma-Yi Theater cast discusses Among the Dead

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    Ma-Yi Theater cast members discuss their characters in Among the Dead

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Hansol Jung

Hansol Jung

Hansol Jung (playwright) Productions: Wolf Play (Artists Rep, Soho Rep), Wild Goose Dreams (Public Theater, La Jolla Playhouse), Cardboard Piano (Humana Festival), Among the Dead (Ma-Yi) and No More Sad Things (Sideshow, Boise Contemporary). Commissions: Public Theater (NY), ...

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