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Director · Devisor · Writer · Educator. Carnegie Mellon University, School of Drama, Pittsburgh, PA.연출가 · 디바이저 · 작가 · 교육자. 카네기멜론대학교 드라마스쿨, 피츠버그.

Updated Fall 2026. The CV is presented in English.2026년 가을 기준. CV 본문은 영문으로 제공합니다. yys32000@gmail.com

Education학력

  • May 2015MFA in Theater Directing, California Institute of the Arts (CALARTS)
  • Aug 2008MA in Theater, Hanyang University
  • Feb 2004BA in Theater and Film, Hanyang University

Academic Appointments & Teaching Experience교원 임용 및 교육 경력

  • 2024–presentAssociate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama John Wells Directing Program, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • 2019–2024Assistant Professor of Directing, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA (Tenure Track)
  • 2015–2019Adjunct Professor of Directing, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2019–presentLecturer of Directing, Korea National University of the Arts, Seoul, Korea
  • 2018Lecturer of Directing, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2015Instructor of Directing, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA
  • 2012–2015Teaching Assistant, CALARTS Office of International Students, Valencia, CA, USA.
  • 2010–2012Full-time Faculty of Directing and Acting, Daeduk University, Daejeon, Korea (Tenure Track)
  • 2008–2010Instructor of Directing, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
  • 2004Administrative Assistant, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Professional Leadership단체 운영

  • 2016–2019Co-Founder, Artistic Director, Performance Group Would You Collage, Seoul, Korea
  • 2009–2015Co-Founder, Director, Playwright, Art Creation Group Directing Studio, Seoul, Korea
  • 2004–2008Co-founder, Director, Playwright, Dream Play Theater Company, Seoul, Korea

Teaching Areas & Expertise교육 분야

  • Theater Directing
  • Devising
  • Play Production Practicum
  • Auditioning for Actors
  • Stage Acting
  • Advanced Scene Study
  • Script Analysis
  • Transforming Text
  • Object and Puppet Theater
  • Material Performance
  • Conceptual Design
  • Introduction to the Theater
  • Experimental Theater
  • Western Theater History
  • Asian Theater History
  • Korean Theater History
  • Korean Contemporary Theater
  • plus a broad Interdisciplinary Arts curriculum

Professional Competencies전문 역량

  • Directing
  • Devising
  • Playwriting
  • New Work Development
  • Writing for Performance
  • Conceptual Design
  • Production Organization and leadership
  • Dramaturgy
  • Translation(Korean Texts)
  • Adaptation
  • Interactive Media for Performance
  • Creating Material Performance (Objects Performance, Shadow Performance, Toy Theater, etc.)
  • Experimental Filmmaking
  • Creative Collage Arts

Courses Taught강의 이력

2026 Fall: Carnegie Mellon University

  • MFA DIRECTORS’ LAB (Mediated Image & Live Performance)
  • EXPANDED THEATER

2026 Spring: Carnegie Mellon University

  • MFA DIRECTORS’ LAB (Experimental Text-based Directing)
  • SCENOGRAPHY
  • DESIGN COLLABORATION

2025 Fall: Carnegie Mellon University

  • EXPANDED THEATER (Integrating Media with Live Performance)
  • MFA DIRECTORS’ LAB (Folktale Narrative Motifs and Postdramatic Theatre Signs)

2025 Spring: Carnegie Mellon University

  • MFA DIRECTORS’ LAB (Immersive Solo Performance)
  • SCENOGRAPHY
  • DESIGN COLLABORATION

2024 Fall: Carnegie Mellon University

  • EXPANDED THEATER (Integrating Media with Live Performance)
  • MFA DIRECTORS’ LAB (Hybrid Theater and Performance: Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Approach)

2024 Spring: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Immersive Theatre)
  • TH 5353 MFA STUDIO IV
  • TH 4360 PROBLEMS IN THEATRE(Devising & Collective Creation)

2023 Fall: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Immersive Theatre)

2023 Spring: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Immersive Theatre)
  • TH 5353 MFA STUDIO IV
  • TH 4360 PROBLEMS IN THEATRE(Devising & Collective Creation)

2022 Fall: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Immersive Theatre)
  • TH 5364 MFA DIRECTING STUDIO I

2022 Spring: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Immersive Theatre)
  • TH 5398 MFA FINAL CREATIVE PROJECT
  • TH 5353 MFA STUDIO IV
  • TH 4360 PROBLEMS IN THEATRE(Devising & Collective Creation)

2021 Fall: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I (Two sections)
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Site-specific Performance)

2021 Spring: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Immersive Theatre)
  • TH 5353 MFA STUDIO IV
  • TH 4360 PROBLEMS IN THEATRE(Devising & Collective Creation)

2020 Fall: Texas State University

  • TH 5303 CONCEPT AND COMPOSITION
  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Theatre and the Digital)

2020 Spring: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I (Two sections)
  • TH 4366 DIRECTING III(Post-modern & Post-dramatic Theatre)
  • TH 5353 MFA STUDIO IV
  • TH 4360 PROBLEMS IN THEATRE(Devising & Collective Creation)

2019 Fall: Texas State University

  • TH 4364 DIRECTING I (Two sections)

2019 Spring: Hanyang University

  • DIRECTING AND DESIGN SEMINAR
  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM

2019 Spring: Korea National University of the Arts

  • DIRECTING FOR BEGINNERS

2018 Fall: Hanyang University

  • DIRECTING AND STAGING
  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM

2018 Fall: Kookmin University

  • PERFORMANCE DEVISING

2018 Spring: Hanyang University

  • DIRECTING AND DESIGN SEMINAR
  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM
  • EXPERIMENTAL THEATER

2018 Spring: Kookmin University

  • THEATER DIRECTING THEORIES

2017 Fall: Hanyang University

  • DIRECTING AND DESIGN SEMINAR
  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM
  • DIRECTING LAB FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS

2017 Spring: Hanyang University

  • DIRECTING AND DESIGN SEMINAR
  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM
  • DIRECTING LAB FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS

2016 Fall & Spring: Hanyang University

  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM
  • FUNDAMENTAL OF PLAY DIRECTING
  • THEATER DIRECTING THEORIES
  • INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE DIRECTING AND DESIGN
  • INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA
  • DIRECTING LAB FOR ACTORS AND DIRECTORS

2015 Fall: Hanyang University

  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM
  • THEATER DIRECTING THEORIES AND PRACTICE

2014 Fall: California Institute of the Arts (CALARTS)

  • INSTITUTE DIRECTING

2012 Fall – 2014 Fall: California Institute of the Arts (CALARTS)

  • SUPPLEMENTARY ENGLISH FOR ARTISTS(Teaching Assistant)

2010 Spring – 2012 Spring: Daeduk University

  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM
  • BEGINNING ACTING
  • INTERMEDIATE ACTING
  • ADVANCED ACTING
  • VOICE AND SPEECH
  • SCENE STUDY

2010 Spring: Hanyang University

  • THEATER AND FILM EDUCATION THEORY AND PEDAGOGY

2009 Fall: Hanyang University

  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM

2009 Spring: Hanyang University

  • PLAY PRODUCTION PRACTICUM

Honors, Awards & Funding수상 및 지원

  • 2026AI x ART Incubator Fund, Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2022Presidential Excellence Awards in Teaching (Department Achievement), Texas State University
  • 2021Grand Prize, [Familia First: creating an immersive VR experience integrating theatrical storytelling method with VR technology for type II diabetes education for Hispanic Families]: awarded by CoSearch competition at Texas State University
  • 2017Creative Performance Grant: Awarded by Arts Council of Korea and Korean Performance Producer Association
  • 2016Beginner’s Project Grant: Awarded by Seoul Arts Foundation Seokyo Art Experimental Center
  • 2008The Outstanding Emerging Artist in Theater: Awarded by the Arts Council of Korea

Academic & Professional Service학내외 봉사

  • 2025 FallExternal Reviewer for Tenure Promotion Case - UCSD Theatre and Dance Department
  • 2025 SpringSDC Guest Respondent at the KCACTF Region 2 Conference
  • 2024 Fall–presentSeason Selection Committee Member, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
  • 2024 Fall–2025 FallDirecting Search Committee Member, Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
  • 2021–presentCenter for Communication, Collaboration and Creativity Advisory Board Member
  • 2021–presentKorean Culture Club at Texas State University Organization Advisor
  • 2019-2020Professional Mentor in Directing, appointed by Korean Art Creation Academy, Arts Council of Korea
  • 2020–presentEquity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Member, Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance
  • 2019–presentSeason Selection Committee Member, Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance

Scholarship & Research Activities학술 및 연구 활동

  • 2026Sora Kang, Yong Suk Yoo, Sujin Kim, and Joonhwan Lee. “Creative Compression in LLM-Based Dramatic Character Interpretation.” Accepted research paper, NeurIPS 2026 Creative AI Track, Sydney, Australia, 2026.
  • 2025Book Chapter Find WiiLii and beyond: Exploring memory and reality in immersive theatre through extended reality - a conversation with Mina Hyeon. In Extended Reality Performance: Scenographic Practice in Virtual and Augmented Reality Technologies (Methuen Drama, 2025)
  • 2024Discussant in Plenary Session II: “Performativity and Intercultural Dialogue in Translating Korean Drama” at the 2024 KLA Annual Conference, The Ohio State University (Oct 11–12, 2024)
  • 2024 FallPerformance Presentation, ‘Nolpan: Khoj’, Korean Literature Association Annual Conference ‘ACT! Performativity of Korean Literature’
  • 2022Forum Lecture Presentation, 'The Fashion Show as Performing Arts in the Digital Age', The Korean Society of Fashion Business 29th International Conference 'Fashion 5.0: Digital Playground & Virtual Human'
  • 2022Main Presentation, 'Expectations and Concerns about Theater Education Integrating Digital Technology', Korean Association for Theater Education Spring Conference
  • 2018Technology Supervisor, 'Creating Performing Arts Content Integrating Art with Technology / Art with Digital Technology', hosted by Arts Council of Korea, supervised by Hanyang University Industrial-Academic Cooperation Group
  • 2018Researcher; 'A Case Research on Hybrid Technical Direction Integrating Art with Technology', granted by Arts Council of Korea
  • 2015Researcher, 'Research and Development of New Media Theater Therapy System', granted by Korea Creative Content Agency

Directing, Playwriting & Live Performance연출 · 극작 · 라이브 퍼포먼스

  • 2026Kim’s Convenience by Ins Choi, director, Studio Theatre at Tierra Del Sol (January-March 2026)
  • 2026Interdisciplinary Live Performance Dance of Wings, performance scriptwriter & director, Mark O’Donnell Theater, NY, USA. (October 2026)
  • 2024Interdisciplinary Live Performance Nolpan: Khoj, performance scriptwriter & director, The Ohio State University (October 2024)
  • 2023Interdisciplinary Live Performance Nolpan: Khoj, performance scriptwriter & director, Navratri Festival, Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, CT, USA.
  • 2022Interdisciplinary Live Performance The Butterfly's Dream, performance scriptwriter & director, Breen Center for Performing Arts, OH, USA.
  • 2022Interdisciplinary Live Performance The Butterfly's Dream, performance scriptwriter & director, State Theatre New Jersey, NJ, USA.
  • 2021Texas Premiere Yellow Inn by Kang Baek Lee, director, Main Stage Theater at Texas State, San Marcos, TX, USA.
  • 2021‘Oedipus the King_pandemic version’ by Sophocles, director, Harrison Theatre, San Marcos, TX, USA
  • 2020Burning Field written and directed by Jong Hee Woo, directing mentor and dramaturg, Daehakro Art Theatre, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2019Playback Theater Making Drama Together, co-director, Sung Dong Welfare Center, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2018The Raft of the Medusa by Georg Kaiser, director, Kookmin University Grand Theater, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2018A Silent Table, playwright & director, Hanyang Blackbox Theater, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2017Again, Coiled Up, playwright & director, Sangam World Cup Soccer Stadium, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2016White Rabbit, Red Rabbit by Nassim Soleimanpour, artistic director, Korean Premiere, Palpyung Theater, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2015Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, director, Hanyang Blackbox Theater, Seoul South Korea
  • 2015A Dreamplay by August Strindberg, director, Walt Disney Modular Theater, Premiere of a new translation by Paul Walsh, Valencia, USA
  • 2013American Premiere When Spring Comes to Hills and Dales by In Hun Choi, director, Ensemble Theater II, Valencia, USA
  • 2010Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig, director, Harmonia Art Hall, Daegu, South Korea
  • 2009Shall We Walk? It’s Fine Outside, playwright & director, Seogyo Art Experiment Center, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2008The Collection by Harold Pinter, director, Hyehwadong Il Bunji theater lab, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2007Minority Sports Story 10th Batter, playwright & director, Hyehwadong Il Bunji theater lab, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2006S.T.A.R., playwright & director, The Other theater, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2006Mona Lisa, playwright & director, Hyehwadong Il Bunji theater lab, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2005Wait, playwright & director, Hyehwadong Il Bunji theater lab, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2003Korean Premiere Das Gauklermärchen by Michael Ende, director, National Theater of Korea hall ‘Dal’, Seoul, South Korea
  • 2002Exit The King by Eugène Ionesco, director, Hanyang Art Theater, Seoul, South Korea

Film, Video & Integrated Media영상 · 미디어

  • 2015About Despair (Object Video, 6 mins 22 sec, 2015), director
  • 2014Running (B/W short Video, 4 mins 37 secs, 2014), director
  • 2014Good Bye (Cinematic Poem, 3 mins 45 secs, 2014), director
  • 2012Thinker (Multi Media and Material Performance Video, 4 mins 15 secs, 2012), Co-director, Story Creator, Set Design, Puppet Design, Puppeteer