Keeping up with Angelina Jolie
DOOSAN ART LAB Theatre 2025
Mar.06.2025 ~ Mar.08.2025Space111No Charge
Over 13 age
80min, Showcase
*Artist Talk – 3.8(Sat) after the Performance
- ProgramDOOSAN Art LAB
Keeping Up with Angelina Jolie
Playwright Sue Lee delves into the tangible and intangible forms of oppression and liberation that women experience in relation to their bodies in contemporary society.
Her play, An Interview for Nazanin, which explores the experiences of Iranian women living under the hijab, won the Best Play Award at the 2022 Byucksan Art Awards.
Keeping up with Angelina Jolie tells the story of women who have undergone mastectomies. The play’s protagonist, Munsol, is diagnosed with breast cancer at an early age. She is referred to the department of plastic surgery after her surgery, where her doctor nonchalantly informs her about silicone implants for breast reconstruction. Munsol, who had faced a life-threatening diagnosis, finds herself deciding whether to opt for silicone implants or not. Playwright Sue Lee draws on extensive research, interviews, and personal experience to explore the societal pressures that lead women to opt for reconstruction. The play questions the societal notion that breasts are merely objects for reconstruction, examining their deeper meaning even after a cancer diagnosis.
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