Hansol Jung is a South Korean translator and playwright. Jung is a
recipient the Whiting Award in drama and three of her plays were
listed on the 2015 Kilroys' List. Jung is a member of the Ma-Yi
Theater Writers' Lab and was a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.
In addition to writing several plays, Jung has also written for the
television series Tales Of the City.At age six, Jung and her family
moved to apartheid-era South Africa. At age 13, Jung and her family
returned to South Korea. At age 20, Jung studied abroad at New York
University; three years later, she moved to the United States. Jung
later applied to pursue a masters degree at Pennsylvania State
University, but ended up going on to eceivedher MFA in playwriting
from the Yale School of Drama. Jung graduated from Yale in 2014.Jung
has translated over thirty English-language musicals into Korean,
including Spamalot, Dracula, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, and Evita. She has also worked as a theatre director and lyricist
in South Korea.In 2015, Jung participated in a residency at the Eugene
O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, where
she developed her play Cardboard Piano. That year, Jung was one of
three playwrights to selected for the New York Theatre Workshop's 2050
Fellowship. Jung was the 2016 Playwriting Fellow at Page 73 Theatre.
While working at Page 73, Jung developed three plays: Wolf Play, Wild
Goose Dreams, and an untitled play about drugs. Jung is also a member
of the Ma-Yi Theater Writers' Lab.
recipient the Whiting Award in drama and three of her plays were
listed on the 2015 Kilroys' List. Jung is a member of the Ma-Yi
Theater Writers' Lab and was a Hodder Fellow at Princeton University.
In addition to writing several plays, Jung has also written for the
television series Tales Of the City.At age six, Jung and her family
moved to apartheid-era South Africa. At age 13, Jung and her family
returned to South Korea. At age 20, Jung studied abroad at New York
University; three years later, she moved to the United States. Jung
later applied to pursue a masters degree at Pennsylvania State
University, but ended up going on to eceivedher MFA in playwriting
from the Yale School of Drama. Jung graduated from Yale in 2014.Jung
has translated over thirty English-language musicals into Korean,
including Spamalot, Dracula, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, and Evita. She has also worked as a theatre director and lyricist
in South Korea.In 2015, Jung participated in a residency at the Eugene
O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, where
she developed her play Cardboard Piano. That year, Jung was one of
three playwrights to selected for the New York Theatre Workshop's 2050
Fellowship. Jung was the 2016 Playwriting Fellow at Page 73 Theatre.
While working at Page 73, Jung developed three plays: Wolf Play, Wild
Goose Dreams, and an untitled play about drugs. Jung is also a member
of the Ma-Yi Theater Writers' Lab.
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