Wild Goose Dreams

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Wild Goose Dreams

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  4w, 4m

Hansol Jung

A story about modern aspirations and its betrayals, Wild Goose Dreams explores the miracle of quiet intimacy among the noise of the contemporary world.

Image: 2018 Public Theater Production (Joan Marcus)

Wild Goose Dreams

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Nanhee is a North Korean defector whose family was left behind in North Korea. Minsung is a South Korean goose father whose family has left him behind in South Korea. Nanhee and Minsung find each other on the internet. A story about modern aspirations and its betrayals, Wild Goose Dreams explores the miracle of quiet intimacy among the noise of the contemporary world.
History
Wild Goose Dreams premiered at La Jolla Playhouse, CA under the direction of Leigh Silverman, 2017. 
Performing Groups

Guk Minsung - South Korean man, early forties. 
Yoo Nanhee - North Korean woman, late thirties.
Father - North Korean man, late fifties. Nanhee's father. 
Chorus - A Chors of voices, as many as possible, at least five.
- Man - Part of the chorus / the digital Minsung
- Woman - Part of the chorus / a digital Nanhee
- Heejin - Part of the chorus / Minsung's daughter
- Wife - Part of the chorus, Minsung's wife

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting Seoul, South Korea, Now ish. 
  • Additional Features Play with Music
  • Duration 105 Minutes

Media

"Hansol Jung is a writer of Industrious imagination with a poet's gift." - Ben Brantley, The New York Times
"Whimsical, powerful and poignant. Quickly shifting and densely layered" - Sara Holdren, New York Magazine. 

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  • Wild Goose Dreams

    Image: 2018 Public Theater Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Wild Goose Dreams

    Image: 2018 Public Theater Production (Joan Marcus)

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Authors

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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