Comfort Women

Theatre
Name: Playwrights Horizons/ Peter Jay Sharp Theater
Address: 416 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
Production Information
First performance date: July 20, 2018
Opening date: July 27, 2018
Closing date: September 2, 2018
External Links: Official Website


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Production Description
Comfort Women: A New Musical is about Korean Comfort Women who were sold as sex slaves for the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. The story revolves around a young Korean woman, Goeun, who was promised a job in Japan, but is soon transported to Indonesia as one of the comfort women. The audience witnesses how such a tragedy can permanently and painfully transform the life of a young woman. As the first ever all-Asian Off-Broadway cast led by an East Asian director, the show sold out in 2015 and was nominated for Best Off-Broadway Musical by BroadwayWorld. This 2018 revival will run at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater from July 20th (first preview) to September 2nd.
Opening Night Credits

Production Credits
Person/Company Credit
Matthew Thomas Burda Producer
Dimo Kim Musical Theatre Factory Producer
Sejoon Oh Producer
Dimo Hyun Jun Kim Executive Producer
So Jung Choi Managing Director
Janice Yeonju Lee Associate Producer
You-rhee Min Associate Producer
  
Osker David Aguirre Playwright
Dimo Hyun Jun Kim Playwright
Joann Malory Mieses Playwright
Bryan Michaels Music
TaeHo Park Music
  
Dimo Hyun Jun Kim Director
Tek Goo Kang Musical Director
Mark Cirnigliaro Associate Director
  
Natanal Hyun Kim Choreographer
  
Stella Hyun Joo Oh Set Designer
Lucius Seo Costume Designer
Byung Chul Lee Lighting Designer
Tae Jong Park Sound Designer
Kelvin Pater Associate Set Designer
Jiyoung Chung Associate Lighting Designer
Gahyae Ryu Associate Sound Designer
  
Sarah Reynolds General Manager
  
Dennis Ho Stage Manager
Mariko Takizawa Assistant Stage Manager
  
Michelle Strauss Production Manager
  
Dayoung Jeong Dramaturg

Cast
Actor Role
Abigail Arader GOEUN KIM
Mathew Bautista NANI
Leana Rae Concepcion NAMSOON LEE
Sam Hamashima MR. KOMINO
Kenny Mai MATSUI KAZUO
Roni Shelley Perez SOONJA MA
Chloe Rice ELLEN JANSEN
Sara Elizabeth States YOUNGSUN CHOI
Emily Su JINJU PARK
Matheus Ting MINSIK LEE
Matthew Ting GENERAL HIROSHI
Ben Wang SONGWON KIM
Shuyan Yang MALSOON LEE
Tenzin Yeshi TOSHIO
John Bernos ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Paulina Breeze ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Dan Chen ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Stephanie Gong ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Yoomi Kim ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Andrew Lee ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Michelle Lim ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Genevieve Shi ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Michelle Tsai ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY
Jake Vielbig ENSEMBLE UNDERSTUDY