Wild Goose Dreams

by Hansol Jung

Nanhee is a North Korean defector whose family was left behind in North Korea. Minsung is a South Korean goose father whose family has left him behind in South Korea. Nanhee and Minsung find each other on the internet. A story about modern aspirations and its betrayals, Wild Goose Dreams explores the miracle of quiet intimacy among the noise of the contemporary world.

Nanhee is a North Korean defector whose family was left behind in North Korea. Minsung is a South Korean goose father whose family has left him behind in South Korea. Nanhee and Minsung find each other on the internet. A story about modern aspirations and its betrayals, Wild Goose Dreams explores the miracle of quiet intimacy among the noise of the contemporary world.

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Wild Goose Dreams

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  • Talya Kingston: Wild Goose Dreams

    I was stunned by the beauty in the overlapping narratives of this play. It opened my eyes to the specific sacrifices of people who leave their families behind in order to make money in another country to send home. While in some ways a mediation on the loneliness of modern city life, the chorus of internet voices and connections that are made feel truthful and lovely. A modern epic performance that shook me long after I left the theatre. Beautiful writing.

    I was stunned by the beauty in the overlapping narratives of this play. It opened my eyes to the specific sacrifices of people who leave their families behind in order to make money in another country to send home. While in some ways a mediation on the loneliness of modern city life, the chorus of internet voices and connections that are made feel truthful and lovely. A modern epic performance that shook me long after I left the theatre. Beautiful writing.

  • Greg Lam: Wild Goose Dreams

    A beguiling and very specific piece which places you in the subculture at the intersection of North and South Korean cultures through the lives of uprooted outcasts. Also a unique exploration of social media portrayed onstage as a hypermodern Greek chorus. Theatrical and personal all at the same time.

    A beguiling and very specific piece which places you in the subculture at the intersection of North and South Korean cultures through the lives of uprooted outcasts. Also a unique exploration of social media portrayed onstage as a hypermodern Greek chorus. Theatrical and personal all at the same time.

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Playwrights Lab, Salt Lake Acting Company, Year 2016
  • Type Workshop, Organization Sundance Theatre Lab in Morocco, Year 2016
  • Type Workshop, Organization New York Theater Workshop , Year 2015
  • Type Reading, Organization Roundtable, Lark New Play Development Center, Year 2015
  • Type Workshop, Organization International Playwrights Residency, Royal Court Theatre, Year 2014

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Theatre Royal Bath , Year 2019
  • Type Professional, Organization La Jolla Playhouse, Year 2017

Awards

  • Kilroys List
    The Kilroys
    Selection
    2016