Every face I see turns into my mother’s

A daughter who was the source of hope for her mother died. She struggled in a life of hell as whatever face she saw turned into her mother’s. What made her fall into misery? Her mother was the only witness, but as the mother’s memory slipped away, the cruel truth unwittingly faded away, too. A daughter and a mother wanted to stay away from each other. In such agony, painfully twisted relationship among a daughter, a mother and the others saddens us.

Bitna Lim‘s new play, the latest of NTC Young Playwrights Series stimulates our sensation

Audience Review on its Reading Performance last year -“Twist of the story strikes our hearts”

National Theater Company Of Korea’s project on Original Play Writing Initiative compelled writer Bitna Lim to come up with a play titled “Face Stealer.” Reading performance of the play alone captivated the hearts of audience. A tragedy that sheds light on mother-daughter relationship fills the void of stage with sharp but sophisticated words. It is not just about going beyond the transient moment of fear, but about finding who you are and what you are missing.

Synopsis

A daughter sees what her mother looks like from the faces of everyone she runs into. Out of the blue, she kills herself. A mother, who dedicated the whole life to giving the very best to her daughter, finds it troubling to grasp what caused the death of her daughter. A mother clings to an ounce of memory that ultimately fails her, determined to get to the bottom of why her daughter had to die.

Written by Bitna Lim

As a young writer, Lim is committed to bringing original and experimental psychodrama to life in pursuit of her unique style of play-writing. Lims’s unique personality, tension of drama and words of metaphor led her to receive the 12th Daesan Literary Awards for College Students, with a judge commenting it felt like watching a piece of “Sprechstücke.” The award propelled Lim to make debut on the scene of theater.

Director Jeong-hee Park

Director Jeong-hee Park is one of the prominent figures in Korean theater. The way she interprets the story in a uniquely dark but expressionist way makes her way of production stand out. Artistically captivating approaches lead her to create a diversity of experiments. She shines light on the world of notion, bringing the plays representing her unique color, image, sound and movement to the life of theater.