Once Upon a (Korean) Time

Theatre

Name:	Ellen Stewart Theatre
Address:	66 East 4th Street, New York, NY 10003

Production Information

First performance date:	August 23, 2022
Opening date:	August 31, 2022
Closing date:	September 18, 2022
External Links:	Official Website

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Production Description

Once Upon a (Korean) Time mixes traditional Korean fables with the horrors of the Korean War. As the characters move through time, the story traces the legacies of trauma that are passed from one generation to the next, and the various coping mechanisms that are used to soldier on.

Opening Night Credits

Production Credits

	Person/Company	Credit
	Ma-Yi Theater Company	Producer

	Daniel K. Isaac	Playwright

	Ralph B. Peña	Director
	Clinton Sherwood	Assistant Director

	Se Oh	Set Designer
	Phuong Nguyen	Costume Designer
	Oliver Wason	Lighting Designer
	Fabian Obispo	Sound Designer
	Yee Eun Nam	Projection Designer
	Skyler Glaser	Assistant Costume Designer
	Steven Johnson	Assistant Lighting Designer
	Rebecca Satzberg	Associate Sound Designer
	Elizabeth Barrett	Assistant Projection Designer

	AK Howard	Production Stage Manager
	Kai Liebenstein	Assistant Stage Manager

	Intuitive Production Management	Production Manager
	Alexander Wylie	Prop Master

Cast

Actor	Role
Sonnie Brown	Storyteller Sonnie
Sasha Diamond	Storyteller Sasha
David Huynh	Storyteller David Lee
Teresa Avia Lim	Storyteller Teresa
Jon Norman Schneider	Storyteller Jon
David Shih	Storyteller David
Jillian Sun	Storyteller Jillian
Daniel K. Isaac	N/A	UNDERSTUDY
Sami Ma	N/A	UNDERSTUDY

Awards

		Award	Person / Company	Function
1	NOMINATED	2023 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Projection Design	Yee Eun Nam	Projection Designer
2	NOMINATED	2023 Hewes Design Award, Sound Design	Fabian Obispo	Sound Designer