MacDowell Fellow, 2023
Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, 2023-25
Artist of Exceptional Merit (Asian American Arts Alliance), 2020
Two estranged sisters, Sandra and Candace, work to cover up a heinous crime. Isaac tries to help them through what he understands to be a family tragedy. Yire, an exchange student who never left, knows more than she lets on. A modern revenge tragedy. 3w, 1m.
Two strangers – perhaps a mother and daughter, best friends, or even rivals – finally meet each other. They argue. They confess. They blame. They question. They tackle, again and again, stories from their lives. A bilingual play about the Korean diaspora and personhood. 2w.
Sein fights for the leadership of her Model United Nations team. An economist gives one last lecture. Fish Grandma goes to the bank. Meanwhile, the global economy teeters on the brink of collapse. BUST explores the money in our wallets, the illusions it buys, and the future it promises. 3w, 3m.
Two friends on the outs, a bar owner, a married couple, and a cynical hippie wrestle with their unresolved quandaries in a coastal forest in northern California. A wildfire burns a nearby town, forcing another person into their refuge. His presence sparks an urgent need to grapple with their detained lives. 5w, 2m.
Sein fights for the leadership of her Model United Nations team. An economist gives one last lecture. Fish Grandma goes to the bank. Meanwhile, the global economy teeters on the brink of collapse. BUST explores the money in our wallets, the illusions it buys, and the future it promises. 3w, 3m.
Sungho flunks out of college. His mother is worried. His business-savvy father turns up with the greatest idea he’s ever had. This could be the answer to all of their prayers. 2w, 2m.
When social media influencers Tommy and Sally reboot their account after a shocking fallout, their ex-partner Gorgo hijacks their livestream to jolt them out of their sponsored lifestyle.
Music by Paul Pinto, Libretto by Jeesun Choi. Watch here
Soho Rep Writer Director Lab
Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship
American Opera Project Librettist Fellowship
Ensemble Studio Theatre/Youngblood
New York Theatre Workshop Artistic Fellow/Usual Suspect
New Georges Affiliated Artist
University Settlement Residency
Governor’s Island’s Works on Water Residency
Red Eye Theatre’s Works-In-Progress Residency
Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre, MFA
Dramatist Guild of America
Writers Guild of America
Theater: Bonnie Davis / Bret Adams Limited
bdavis@bretadamsltd.net
TV/Film: Brandy Rivers / Amplified
brandyr@amplifiedm.com
All other inquiries:
hello@jeesunchoi.com