★★★★★

"The Stuff of Cracking Theater."

- The New York Times

Marking the beginning of a new classic play, <Oslo>, a multiple major award-winning theatrical production including the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play, is finally landing in Korea this October, and will be staged at the National Theater Company of Korea (NTC Korea) for the first time in Asia. The pacey narrative based on a true story combines black humor with the exquisite direction of Lee, Sungyol from NTC Korea to take audiences breaths away.

One of the most significant footprints in world history, ‘Oslo Accords’. With the time winding back to a year before the historical agreement, the play starts with tragedy on the Gaza Strip through which gunfire reverberates. A couple’s mission impossible project begins to collapse a border which exists amid terrorism and war. Once of the two phones on stage begins to ring, shh, secret talks will initiate, altering the course of the world!

※ Oslo Accords

On September the 13th, 1993, the world was astonished by the first peaceful agreement between the leaders of Israel and Palestine, putting an end to a flashpoint of tension between the two countries. The Oslo Accords was named after Norway’s capital city in honor of the secret negotiations which took place in an old castle in the forest just outside of Oslo. The historical agreement was successful in bringing peace, but it was soon brought to naught after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, then prime minister of Israel. Did we fail? You will find the answer in Oslo.

Playwright J. T. Rogers  Translator Koh Yeong-beom Director Lee Sung-yol

Playwright J. T. Rogers

J. T Rogers is an American playwright spotlighted on the international stage, and he studied acting starting out his career in New York. He has won several awards such as the 2017 Tony Award for Best Play and the 2017 Obie Award for Best New American Theatre Work for his plays <Oslo>, <Blood and Gifts>, <The Overwhelming>, <White People> and <Madagascar>. Most of his pieces center around the public domain, his playwriting interests focus on stories framed against great political rupture and people struggling against world events with his work having been staged not only in the United States, but also overseas in nations such as Germany, Canada, Australia and Israel.

Awards

2017 Tony Award for Best Play

2017 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

2017 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play

2017 Obie Award for Best New American Theatre Work

Director Lee, Sung-yol

Artistic director of the National Theater Company of Korea (NTC Korea)

Former permanent director and CEO of the theater company Baeksukwangbu

His delicate direction with in-depth exploration into the human psyche elevates and compacts the stages which they are performed on. Director Lee, Sungyol is a recently appointed artistic director of the National Theater Company of Korea after working as a permanent director and CEO of the theater company Baeksukwangbu which was established in 1996 as an experimental theater. Concerned about the reality of society that we are living in, he is now inspired to discover contemporary implications of playwriting. His works include <Room without Air Conditioner> <Father of Hamlet> <Father and Son> <A Flying Stone> <Joyful Bokhee> <Uncle Vanya> <Widows> <Spring Days> <Travel> <Green Bench> <Kiss> <Good morning? Chekhov > <Meditation on a Hamburger> <Creditors> <Dinner> <House of the Dead 2>

Awards

2016 The 37th Seoul Theater Festival for ‘Best Direction of a Play’, ‘Grand Prize’ <Father of Hamlet>

2014 The 7th Korea Theater Award for ‘Best Play’ <Joyful Bokhee>

2013 The 23rd Lee Hae Rang Award

2012 The 49th Dong·A Play Award for ‘Best Play’ <Widows>

2009 The 30th Seoul Theater Festival for ‘Best Direction of a Play’ <Spring Days>