THEATREMAKER
About Yoonie
Yoonie Yun (She/Her/Hers) is a theatre director, stage manager, and administrator currently based in Seoul and NYC. She was born and raised in South Korea, where she founded ‘Down-In theatre’ as seeking to establish the transnational collective that welcomes and inspires the creative works of diverse artists all around the world. The mission of Down-In theatre is to explore diverse people’s identities and share their stories by doing theatre together.
Yoonie graduated with her M.A. degree in Theatre and Performance from the University at Buffalo, SUNY. As a thesis project, she presented “Directing in Cyberspace: August Strindberg’s Miss Julie” (Advisor Meredith Conti, 2021). As a director, Yoonie is devoted to providing supportive and encouraging collaboration space. And she hopes theatre practices and theatre itself can be the outlet of many untold/unheard stories. Also as an Asian artist, she aspires to amplify the stories which ‘genuinely’ represent the life and experience of AAPI people in this world.
Yoonie’s selected works include:
New play The Back of the Moon (Down-in theatre, Director), New play Literary Glory (Chelsea Rep LAB&The Acting Studio-NY, Director), Miss Julie (University at Buffalo, Director), Musical If/Then (Gallery Players, Production Stage Manager), Devised theatre House of American Activities (the after-image, Stage Manger), and the 2021 NAMT Directing Observership.
Yoonie’s current interests focus on developing new works - especially she has a huge interest in the SF musical. As collaborating and interacting with diverse artists and people, she is currently building her body of work as a theatre practitioner.
After the Curtain Down: Conversation of
three Korean artists working outside of their home.
INTERVIEW
Published June15, 2022
2ROOM MEGAZINE
From Seoul and Buffalo: Video Theatre With Yoonie Yun
INTERVIEW
Published March17, 2021
UB, THD Press
New Play Kangs Volunteers
Written by G-wal
Directed by Yoonie Yun
Presented by Down-In Theatre
Seoul, KR. November 2022
Musical If/Then
Book&Lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Music by Tom Kitt
Directed by Emily Elizabeth Clark
Presented by Gallery Players
Brooklyn, NY. May-June 2022
Devised Theatre House of American Activities
Co-written by Amy Shoshana Blumberg, Kate St. John, Bryanna Bradley,
Caroline Burkhart, Tad Cameron, Zahyde Pietri Ramirez, Alyssa Virji
Directed by Amy Shoshana Blumberg
Presented/Produced by the after-image
New York, NY. March 2022
Written by Barbara Anderson
Directed by Rachel Tuggle Whorton
Presented by Gallery Players
Brooklyn, NY. Jan-Feb 2022
Written by Kawk Minki
Music by Joo Siyeol and Jeon Yeahchong
Directed by Kim Yura
Presented by Down-In Theatre
Seoul, KR. December 2021
2021 NAMT directing observership - Senior Class
Book, Melodies, Lyrics by Melvin Tunstall III
Music by Greg Borowsky
Conceived by Kevin Duda
Directed by Amy Anders Corcoran
New York, NY. October 2021
EDUCATION
SUNY, University at Buffalo, New York, 2019-2021
M.A. in Theatre and Performance
- Thesis: "Directing in Cyberspace: August Strindberg's Miss Julie", Advisor Meredith Conti, 2021
Dongguk University, Seoul, 2013-2019
B.A. in Philosophy and English Literature
- Thesis One: "A Study of Madness represented in Literature: Focusing on the Madness from
The Yellow Wallpaper and Woyzeck.", Advisor Heon-gyun Rho, 2018
- Thesis Two: "The Possibility of the Modern art in the Plato's Ideal State: Study of Plato's Aesthetics.",
Advisor Heun-Woo You, 2017
Directing Workshop at The Acting Studio-New York, 2020
The Acting Studio, New York, NY
Instructed by John Grabowski