About Yoonie
Yoonie Yun is a NY and Seoul based theatre practitioner. Most of her career is based on directing, lighting design, and stage management. She is also a founding board member of Seoul-based 'Down-In Theatre'. She has been studied and practiced theatre arts both in South Korea and the United States. Her representative works are the original one-act full-length musical Gretel und Hansel (2019) and the virtual performance of August Strindberg's Miss Julie (2021). She did directing in both productions. Yoonie holds BA in both Philosophy and English Literature from Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea. She recently graduated with a Master's degree in Theatre and Performance at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. Her career goal is to be part of the international creative journey.
Yoonie's current academic interests focus on Sustainable theatrical practices with technologies, and SF theatre.
Down-In Theatre is a laboratory theatre troupe which is based in Seoul, South Korea. Down-In Theatre’s main mission is to create a welcoming and inspiring environment for creative works with diverse artists. Down-In Theatre is trying to broaden its creative works into global collaborations.
Literary Glory
2021 Summer Fest One-Act play Festival
Written by Jonathon Ward
Directed by Yoonie Yun
Presented by Chelsea Rep LAB and The Acting Studio-NY
New York, NY
July-August 2021
Directing in Cyberspace
: August Strindberg's Miss Julie
MA Final Project, University at Buffalo(SUNY)
Directed by Yoonie Yun
Original script by August Strindberg
Released through UB THD YouTube
Buffalo, NY
April 2021
Flight
Directed by Eamonn Farrell
Released through Virtual theater
Presented by Anonymous Ensemble
Collaborated with UB THD Grads Students (Yoonie Yun and Taylor Tedesco)
NYC, Bogota, Lima, and London
April 2021
The Back of the Moon
Written by Minki Kwak
Directed by Yoonie Yun
Released through online platform (YouTube&NaverTV)
Presented by Down-In Theatre
Seoul, Buffalo
January 2021
Speak to us of...
Darryl Semira Heusinger's MA Final Project
Inspired by Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Directed by Darryl Semira Heusinger
Stage Managed&Lighting designed by Yoonie Yun
Performed at University at Buffalo(SUNY)'s Katharine Cornell Theatre
Buffalo, NY
November 2019
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 Positive 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