What are Seoul Players' objectives?
Seoul Players was established in 2001 as a non-profit organization with the
pure objective of entertaining by bringing English-speaking theater to audiences in
Seoul.
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How does Seoul Players operate?
All those involved with the Players volunteer their time for the love of the
theater and, of course, the chance to give back to the foreign community here.
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What sort of productions does Seoul Players
stage?
Seoul Players artists are avid supporters of the arts both here and in our
own home towns. We strive to focus on topics that can easily cross borders and
'translate' well in Korea.
We have produced everything from comedy to drama to Shakespeare (well 'The Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr' anyway), and all our plays have been in English.
We tend to select plays that are not too complicated, in terms of language, so
ESL learners can enjoy them too. Being in Korea, and in an international city
like Seoul, we like to cater to a wide range of audience members, and not just
native English speakers.
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How can people get involved and what sort of skills
are needed?
We have a mailing list from those who have contacted us.
When auditions are coming up, we send out notices and invite anyone interested
to come and audition. We're always looking to the future and planning our next
productions.
We need actors, directors, stage hands, writers, technicians,
builders, graphic artists and translators to help (just to name a few), so we
welcome anyone who wants to become involved.
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How can people help finance your non-profit
organization?
Every production costs money and the Seoul Players rarely makes a substantial
profit. We think our shows are successful when all our costs are covered! Often our sets are
recycled from previous productions and the props remodeled. We've had to be
quite creative over the years in this area, but everything always seems to come
together!
As
such, we are always on the lookout for sponsors to support our shows so we have
more flexibility with the next show and what we can do in terms of venues and
props.
In return, we try to support their businesses. We also add their logos with a
link to their business website on every page of our website to encourage web
visitors to support them. (View sponsors listed at the top right hand corner of
every page)
More importantly, however, we feel that the biggest success is to have a full
house. So, the
best way to support our small theater group is to come and see our shows and
tell others about them too!
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What motivates people to join Seoul Players?
In a transient Expat community, Seoul Players brings talented people together, some with a lot of theater
background, and some with none - but a lot of enthusiasm!
Mostly, people are
looking for ways to get back into theater, something they've done before or have
been interested in for a long time.
We've found that some Players have become
interested in theater only since moving to Seoul and wouldn't necessarily have
been brave enough to do it in their home towns. Living abroad seems to offer
many people the opportunity to try new things and take risks.
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