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Jean Yoon

JEAN YOON

  (1962 - )
Nationality:    Canadian
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An actor, playwright, poet and Dramaturg, Jean Yoon was born in Illinois, and raised in Toronto. She has lived and worked in Vancouver, Edmonton, Yanji City and Harbin City in Northeastern ChinA. Jean lives and works in Toronto where she is the Artistic Director/Seoul Babe of a guerrilla Theatre company called Loud Mouth Asian Babes.

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below is a list of Jean Yoon's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Hongbu & Nolbu: the Tale of the Magic Pumpkins         Sliding for Home & Borders         Spite         Yes Yoko Solo - the Yoko Ono Project Solo         Yoko Ono Project, The

Hongbu & Nolbu: the Tale of the Magic Pumpkins

Synopsis:
Nolbu is not happy about sharing with his new little brother, and years later, when the opportunity arises, he kicks his brother Hongbu out of the family home. Hongbu and his family suffer hardship until one day, after rescuing a swallow, he is rewarded with a magic pumpkin seed. . . Nolbu is outraged and jealous, and hatches a plan to get his own magic pumpkins. . . A rollicking and witty adaptation of an old Korean favorite, ideal for the whole family or school productions.

Notes:
the cast of four requires extensive doubling, And very quick costume changes.

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Genre:
Family play, ages 5 and up, 50 min

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  live percussionist

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Sliding for Home & Borders

Synopsis:
the frenetic misadventures of a Korean-Canadian not quite sure where. . . she belongs. From Seoul 1983, baseball and the Family Reunification Program. . . to the paranoid bureaucratic intrigues of the Korean Minority Zone in China, to Toronto with Hockey Night in Canada.

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Organisations:
Loud Mouth Asian Babes

1st Published:
in the anthology: Beyond the Pale: Dramatic Writing From First Nations Writers & Writers of Colour. Edited by Yvette Nolan, Betty Quan, George Bwanika Seremba. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 1996   978-0887545429

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Genre:
Two linked plays, 50 min

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Spite

Synopsis:
A woman with a big honkin' knife in her heart&. . .. . . A story of heartbreak and revenge. When a guy dumps you by email, there's only one thing you can do. . . What a difference a day makes

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1st Produced:
Summerworks Festival, Toronto, Canada    2002

Organisations:
Bitter Mean and Nasty Productions

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Genre:
20 min One Act

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Yes Yoko Solo - the Yoko Ono Project Solo

Synopsis:
A shockingly direct one woman version of the Yoko Ono Project. Trapped inside a Yoko Ono performance art exhibit, an Asian Canadian woman comes face to face with the demons of her internalized racism. Quirky, obsessed, passionate, provocative, the Yoko Ono Project is a radical celebration of the art, strength and unbridled imagination of the "most famous undiscovered artist." the Yoko Ono Project melds music, performance and multimedia, exploding myths and challenges perceptions about one of our most controversial artists.

Notes:
Available for touring, performed by Jean Yoon, Approximately 90 minutes. With Instruction Poems, Music And other Texts by Yoko Ono. Permission from Studio One is Also required.

1st Produced:
Art Gallery Of Ontario    2002

Organisations:
Loud Mouth Asian Babes

1st Published:
in the anthology: Love + RelAsianships: A Collection of Contemporary Asian-Canadian Drama Volume 2. Edited by Nina Aquino. Toronto: Playwrights Canada Press, 2008   978-0887547799

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Genre:
One Woman Multimedia performance art comedy

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Yoko Ono Project, The

Synopsis:
Quirky, obsessed, passionate, provocative, is a multimedia extravaganza that highlights the experience of three Asian Canadian women as filtered through and magnified by the icon of Yoko Ono. A radical celebration of the art, strength and unbridled imagination of the "most famous undiscovered artist." the Yoko Ono Project melds music, performance and multimedia, exploding myths and challenges perceptions about one of our most controversial artists.

Notes:
With Instruction Poems, Music And other Texts by Yoko Ono. Permission from Studio One is Also required.

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Loud Mouth Asian Babes in association with Theatre Passe Muraille

1st Published:
Broken Jaw Press ISBN 1-55391-001-X, 2002   -

Music:
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Genre:
One Woman Multimedia performance art comedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  4            Other:  -

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