The experience of being drawn into the whole work...The play starring Kim Kang-woo opens on the 8th with red leaves
Jan 01, 2025
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'Red Leaves' depicts the story of doubts, inner rifts, and the destruction of an ordinary family as Eric Moore's son Jimmy Moore, who lives in a peaceful town in the United States, is named the prime suspect for the disappearance of his neighbor, Amy. It is based on the novel of the same name by Thomas H. Cook, a master of American mystery novels. The novel `Red Leaves' won the American Society of Jurists Award, Anthony Award, and Barry Award for its superb coexistence with mystery and psychological drama.
Based on a solid original novel, the play perfectly moved the process of doubts entering the daily life of an ordinary family and being destroyed onto the stage. Since its premiere in 2021, it has won all of the nation's leading theater awards by winning the 14th Korea Theater Awards, the 58th Dong-A Theater Awards, the Best Picture, the Best New Director, the 42nd Seoul Theater Festival Excellence Award, the Best Actor Award, the Best New Actor Award, the Stage Arts Award, and the 58th Baeksang Arts Awards for Men's Performance.
The Fair poster, which captures the growing doubts between Eric Moore, who delves into the truth of the recently released disappearance, and Jimmy Moore, his son and the likely missing suspect of his neighbor, Amy, gives audiences both tension and anticipation. In addition, the character poster shows the truth hidden in faith and doubt, and at the same time shows the inner side contained in the character, adding the curiosity of the audience to the new play 'Red Leaves'.
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Lee Yoo-jin, Jang Seok-hwan, and Choi Jung-woo play Jimmy Moore, a son who breaks family peace by being named as a prime suspect in the disappearance of the missing girl 'Amy'. Actor Lee Yoo-jin, who has been active in dramas and entertainment such as tvN 'I don't want to lose money', JTBC 'Melo's constitution', and MBC 'I Live Alone', will participate in the play 'Angels in America' and express a new 'Jimmy Moore'. Jang Seok-hwan, who received the 42nd Seoul Theater Festival "New Actor Award" for expressing the unfairness and resentment of the boy who was suspected of missing, joined the performance and welcomed the audience who watched the existing work. In addition, Choi Jung-woo, who is showing his unique acting skills with the plays 'Boyz the Band', 'Bangya', 'History Boys', will join.
In addition, Kim Won-jung and Eric's brother Warren Moore, who is constantly cast in the role of Vanessa Moore, Jimmy Moore's mother and Eric Moore's wife, will star Kwon Tae-gun, Eric's biological father Victor Moore, and Sun Jong-nam as college professor Hans. Amy's mother Karen Brondien Ha Ji-eun, Park Ki-duk and Lee Ho-chul, who are in charge of the case, as well as Vanessa Moore's co-worker Gordon Lee Eui-ryeong and missing girl Amy, will be played by Jang Seung-yeon to add to the immersion of the work.
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Director Lee Joon-woo said, `You will be able to feel the different charms of Eric and Jimmy expressed by actors Kim Kang-woo, Ji Hyun-joon, Lee Yoo-jin, and Choi Jung-woo, who participated newly this season. Actors Park Wan-gyu and Jang Seok-hwan, who have been with each other since the premiere, will captivate the audience with deeper acting,' he said, adding that the character expression method presented by newly participating actors this season and the more delicate expression method of actors from the premiere will show synergy.
Director Lee Joon-woo and writer Kim Do-young, who have worked together for a long time such as plays 'Correct Night' and 'Unpure 6 Years', are drawing attention in the theater industry by sweeping the theater awards, including the 57th Dong-A Theater Award for the play 'Wangseogae Story', the best seven monthly Korean theater performances in 2020, and the best three performances in the theater by the Korea Theater Critics Association in 2020.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
