02 March - 25 April 2021
Art One Theatre Hall
Assistant Director, South Korea
A playful and imaginative musical about stories, authorship, and the freedom to rewrite one’s fate.
“What if the characters refused the ending?”
Inside William imagines a world where the characters of Shakespeare’s plays break free from their manuscripts and begin shaping their own stories. When Hamlet, Romeo, and Juliet escape the confines of their scripts, they enter a space where they can question the roles written for them and search for new possibilities. As the young playwright William Shakespeare struggles to write a masterpiece that will satisfy critics and audiences alike, he finds himself confronted by characters whose wills prove stronger than their author. Blending humor, literary homage, and vibrant music, the musical explores creativity, identity, and the courage to become the protagonist of one’s own story.
*The production has also been developed internationally through a workshop presentation in the UK under the title Breaking the Quill at The Other Palace.
NEW WORK | MUSICAL
Music by Cheeyoung Kim
Book and Lyrics by Hansol Kim Directed by Dongyeon Kim, Jihye Park The Best Plays Production
