Photo by Tess Mayer.
Hansol Jung, whose plays “knit together the agonies of Korean history, the restless excitement and anxiety of the tech age, and the shapes of loss and longing,” is a playwright and director from South Korea. Jung’s productions include Cardboard Piano, Among the Dead, No More Sad Things, Wolf Play, and Wild Goose Dreams. Jung holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from Yale School of Drama and is a proud member of the Ma-Yi Theatre Writers Lab.
*An excerpt from Wild Goose Dreams:
HEEJIN
Message from Heejin Cook WTF OMG dad untag me from that pic WTHIWWY?!?!?
MINSUNG
Hi!
HEEJIN
Delete! Plz! Idk wot u doin Imma unfriend u if u do shit lyk dis 2 me
MINSUNG
Huh?
HEEJIN
Picture! Photo! Photograph of me buttnaked with a banana in my face!
MINSUNG
Yes! You are three years old! I am happy you like it.
MAN
Smiley face with bulging hearts for eyes
HEEJIN
I can’t. Sorry dad Im blockin u
MINSUNG
Heejin I don’t understand what you are writing. Everything is okay?
CHORUS
– Sorry, this page isn’t available
– The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.
MAN
Compose new email
MINSUNG
Dear daughter I don’t know what happened but I can’t find you any more. Daddy will fix and
everything will be okay. I love you. From Dad
CHORUS
– Mail Delivery Subsystem MAILER DAEMON: the following address had permanent fatal errors
MINSUNG
Delete.
