Walter Byongsok Chon

Walter Byongsok Chon is an assistant professor of dramaturgy and theatre studies at Ithaca College. He served as dramaturg at the Yale Rep, The O’Neill Center, and The Great Plains Theater Conference. His translations of Korean and English plays have been staged in New York and Seoul, Korea. He presented at various conferences including ATHE and ASTR, and his articles have been published in Theater, Praxis, The Korean National Theatre Magazine, and The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy among others. Recently, he became the managing editor for South Korea for the online magazine The Theatre Times. Walter received his BA in English from Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, MA in theatre studies from WU St. Louis, and MFA in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from Yale School of Drama, where he is currently completing his doctorate dissertation. He taught theatre at WU St. Louis, Yale School of Drama, University of Nebraska Omaha, and Vassar College.

Role with GPTC: Dramaturg

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