About the Project
LET ME HAMLET tells the story of a middle-aged, middle-of-the-pack actor who has not yet achieved what he yearns for—to play the title role in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Instead, he’s been sweating it out in supporting roles for more than a decade, watching other actors “be or not be” in the spot he craves. As he questions whether he’ll ever get his chance, he must confront the possibility that he never will. The play explores a struggle all of us face—how to reconcile the life we dreamed of with the one we are given. In the solo performance as sardonic and vulnerable as Hamlet himself, Koo Park shows us that dreams, even unobtainable ones, can be lifelines. LET ME HAMLET premiered at Isaac’s Studio Theatre of the Taproot Theatre Company in Seattle in March 2023. *reviews " … The approaches vary from bold to fragile, from commanding to thoughtful, and resolve with a painfully honest and raw version … a story of delicacy and power." – BroadwayWorld Seattle “Park’s script is poignant and incredibly fluid in its transitions … passionate and human.” – Drama in the Hood *about the artist Actor and Playwright Koo Park was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. He began his acting career as a member of Theatre Troupe Georipae, a company deeply rooted in Korean traditional performing arts. He was part of the original cast of The Fable of Baek Seok, the winner of Korean National Theatre Awards for Best Play in 2015. He starred in many other productions with the company including The Cherry Orchard and Ogu: The Ritual of Death that toured nationally. Park moved to Seattle in 2019 to pursue his MFA in Acting at the University of Washington. Since graduating in 2022, Park has performed in Macbeth (Seattle Shakespeare Company), A Woman of No Importance (Taproot Theatre Company) and Wolf Play (ACT Theatre, Seattle).
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