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JEAN YOON (1962 - ) |
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Nationality: Canadian/U.S. Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Literary Agent: Gary Goddard Agency Ltd |
An actor, playwright, poet and dramaturg, Jean Yoon was born in Illinois, and raised in Toronto. She has lived and worked in Vancouver, Edmonton, Yanji City and Harbin City in Northeastern China. Jean lives and works in Toronto where she is the Artistic Director/Seoul Babe of a guerrilla theatre company called Loud Mouth Asian Babes.
Plays by Jean Yoon
Hongbu & Nolbu: The Tale of the Magic Pumpkins | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2005 | |||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55153 | |||
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Genre: | Family play, ages 5 and up, 50 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | live percussionist | |||||
Notes: | The cast of four requires extensive doubling, and very quick costume changes. | |||||
Synopsis: | Nolbu is not happy about sharing with his new little brother, and years later, when the opportunity arises, he kicks his brother Hongbu out of the family home. Hongbu and his family suffer hardship until one day, after rescuing a swallow, he is rewarded with a magic pumpkin seed& Nolbu is outraged and jealous, and hatches a plan to get his own magic pumpkins& A rollicking and witty adaptation of an old Korean favorite, ideal for the whole family or school productions. | |||||
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Sliding for Home & Borders | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1995 | |||||
Company: | Loud Mouth Asian Babes | |||||
| 1st Published: | in the anthology: Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing From First Nations Writers & Writers of Colour. Edited by Yvette Nolan, Betty Quan, George Bwanika Seremba. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0887545429 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38608 | |||
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Genre: | Two linked plays, 50 min | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 3 | ||
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Synopsis: | The frenetic misadventures of a Korean-Canadian not quite sure where. . . she belongs. From Seoul 1983, baseball and the Family Reunification Program. . . to the paranoid bureaucratic intrigues of the Korean Minority Zone in China, to Toronto with Hockey Night in Canada. | |||||
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Spite | ||
| 1st Produced: | Summerworks Festival, Toronto, Canada | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Bitter Mean and Nasty Productions | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55154 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | 20 min One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Synopsis: | A woman with a big honkin' knife in her heart&. . .. . . A story of heartbreak and revenge. When a guy dumps you by email, there's only one thing you can do. . . What a difference a day makes | |||||
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Yes Yoko Solo - The Yoko Ono Project Solo | ||
| 1st Produced: | Art Gallery of Ontario | 2002 | ||||
Company: | Loud Mouth Asian Babes | |||||
| 1st Published: | in the anthology: Love + Relasianships: A Collection of Contemporary Asian-Canadian Drama Volume 2. Edited by Nina Aquino. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2008 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0-88754-779-9 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #55152 | |||
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Genre: | One Woman Multimedia performance art comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 1 | ||
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Notes: | Available for touring, performed by Jean Yoon, approximately 90 minutes. With Instruction Poems, Music and other Texts by Yoko Ono. Permission from Studio One is also required. | |||||
Synopsis: | A shockingly direct one woman version of The Yoko Ono Project. Trapped inside a Yoko Ono performance art exhibit, an Asian Canadian woman comes face to face with the demons of her internalized racism. Quirky, obsessed, passionate, provocative, The Yoko Ono Project is a radical celebration of the art, strength and unbridled imagination of the "most famous undiscovered artist." The Yoko Ono Project melds music, performance and multimedia, exploding myths and challenges perceptions about one of our most controversial artists. | |||||
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Yoko Ono Project, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | 2000 | |||||
Company: | Loud Mouth Asian Babes in association with Theatre Passe Muraille | |||||
| 1st Published: | Broken Jaw Press ISBN 1-55391-001-X, 2002 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #38609 | |||
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Genre: | One Woman Multimedia performance art comedy | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | With Instruction Poems, Music and other Texts by Yoko Ono. Permission from Studio One is also required. | |||||
Synopsis: | Quirky, obsessed, passionate, provocative, is a multimedia extravaganza that highlights the experience of three Asian Canadian women as filtered through and magnified by the icon of Yoko Ono. A radical celebration of the art, strength and unbridled imagination of the "most famous undiscovered artist." The Yoko Ono Project melds music, performance and multimedia, exploding myths and challenges perceptions about one of our most controversial artists. | |||||
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