Hyun Sook Kim
I have been a professional costume designer and university professor over two decades. I was trained in costume design with two graduate degrees— M.F.A. terminal degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the professional training center, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, in USA and M.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in USA. At present, I am holding a professorship in costume design at Ball State University in USA. Professionally, I have designed costumes for many large-scale productions in the multiple genres and diverse styles for both Western and Asian theatres—drama, musical, dance, opera, and outdoor plays. Many of my costume designs have been seen in prestigious big international theatres (such as the National Theatre of Korea, Seoul Arts Center, Melbourne State Theatre, etc.) and well-known American theatres. Particularly, my costume design for the mega-scale musical production, The Last Empress, with over 600 costumes I had built, has been presented at the New York Lincoln Center, at the LA Kodak Theatre and the LA Schubert Theatre, and at the Toronto Hummingbird Center, as well as in London’s West End. In 2015, the production has celebrated its 20th year anniversary of performance and the long-run success, with updates. Especially, it was selected for the cover page of the theatre book 'Encyclopedia of Asian Theatre' edited by the theatre scholar, Dr. Samuel L. Leiter. Recently in 2015, my costume designs have been selected and presented in the costume design exhibition, 'Costume at the Turn of the Century 1990-2015,' at the A. A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum in Moscow, Russia. In January 2016, I have designed a World Premiere show, A DREAM OF RED PAVILIONS, at the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in New York City, which was directed by the artistic director Tisa Chang. The design was highly praised by many New York theatre critics including in The New York Times. Most recently, with the great reviews, I have finished my costume design CAMELOT successfully for the LORT theatre, New York Capital Repertory Theatre. I am a professional member of USITT, OISTAT and CDG (Costume Design Group).
-Hyun Sook Kim-
Email Address: kscostume@bsu.edu
Theatre Company
Arts Communications Company
The Premiere Date of Production
2015-07-28
The Premiere Space of Production
Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater
Author
Mun Yol Yi
Director/ Choreographer
Ho Jin Yun/ Byung Goo Seo
Set Designer
Dong Woo Park
Lighting Designer
Hyung O Choi
Costume Designer
Hyun Sook Kim
Sound Designer
Ki Young Kim