- APRIL 12 - Performance of Kyoung Park’s “The Diamond Trade”

APRIL 12 - Performance of Kyoung Park’s “The Diamond Trade”

I’m very excited to be a part of this new work, currently in development.

EXACT TIME AND TICKET INFO TBA

THE DIAMOND TRADE at Columbia University’s Schapiro Theater on April 12th

Click for Kyoung’s Bio:

kyoung park

KYOUNG H. PARK is a Korean-Chilean playwright, author of Sex and Hunger, disOriented, Heartbreak/India, and many short plays including Mina. His work has been presented in several Off/Off-Off-Broadway venues including New Dramatists, Culture Project, Ensemble Studio Theater, Ma-Yi Theater, Vital Theater, Diverse City Theater, Flea Theatre, Access Theater, Lark Play Development Center, and the Royal Court Theater in London.

Kyoung is recipient of an Edward Albee Playwriting Fellowship (New York, 04), Kyung Hee University’s Global Academy of Neo-Renaissance grant (Seoul, 06), Arvon Foundation Writer’s grant (London, 07), Global Arts Village Fellowship (New Delhi, 08), GK Foundation grant (Suwon, 08), Theater of the Oppressed Exchange Fellowship (Rio de Janeiro, 09), and is proud member of Ma-Yi Theater’s Writer’s Lab, Ensemble Studio Theater’s Youngblood, Soho Theater’s Hub, and graduate of the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writer’s Programme.

Education: BFA in Dramatic Writing, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. MA in Peace and Global Governance, Kyung Hee University’s Graduate Institute of Peace Studies (South Korea / 1994 UNESCO Prize for Peace Education). Former Visiting Professor at Kyung Hee University’s School of English Language and Culture, Kyoung is currently a Dean’s Fellow at Columbia University’s MFA program in playwriting.

posted : Monday, February 22nd, 2010