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American Hwangap

  • Lloyd Suh
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573697470

A delight to watch.

The New York Times

Touching family drama.

Variety

As refreshingly original in its point of view as in its quirky humor and affecting relationships.

The San Francisco Gate

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student
Steeped in the difficulty of reunification and reconciliation, American Hwangap tells the story of Min Suk Chun, who some 15 years earlier left his family in a West Texas suburb to return to his native Korea. 

On the occasion of his 60th birthday (hwangap), a milestone signifying the completion of the Eastern Zodiac and a type of rebirth, he returns to his ex-wife and now adult children as they struggle to reconcile their broken past with the mercurial, verbose and often exasperating patriarch now back at the head of the table. 

Through a tense birthday weekend filled with humor, heartbreak and half-filled expectations, this American hwangap and its aftermath bears a family not quite whole but still somehow transformed, and not quite happy but still somehow beautiful.
REVIEWS:

A delight to watch.

The New York Times

Touching family drama.

Variety

As refreshingly original in its point of view as in its quirky humor and affecting relationships.

The San Francisco Gate
Premiere Production: American Hwangap was first produced by The Magic Theatre in San Francisco, California

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Minority casting, All Asian

  • MIN SUK CHUN - 59, a Korean immigrant to the US, returned to Korea and now back again. Probably either tall, large, or otherwise imposing. His English is actually quite good though rusty, it comes and goes, but he speaks quickly, often and confidently even when he doesn’t have the words.

  • MARY CHUN - 58, his ex-wife. Reinvented. A modern Asian-American woman. Speaks proficient English, though may be tinged with only a very slight accent.

  • RALPH CHUN - 29, their youngest son. Brilliant, damaged. Lives in his mother’s basement.

  • ESTHER CHUN - 31, their daughter. Twice divorced, a perpetual student. Unsettled.

  • DAVID CHUN - 34, their eldest son. An investment banker. Away.

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    Steeped in the difficulty of reunification and reconciliation, American Hwangap tells the story of Min Suk Chun, who some 15 years earlier left his family in a West Texas suburb to return to his native Korea. On the occasion of his 60th birthday (hwangap), a milestone signifying the completion of the Eastern Zodiac and a type of rebirth, he returns to his ex-wife and now adult children as they struggle to reconcile their broken past with the mercurial, verbose and often exasperating patriarch now back at the head of the table. Through a tense birthday weekend filled with humor, heartbreak and half-filled expectations, this American hwangap and its aftermath bears a family not quite whole but still somehow transformed, and not quite happy but still somehow beautiful.

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