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.