Comfort Women
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Oct 28, 2004
Closed Nov 28, 2004
Opened Oct 28, 2004
Closed Nov 28, 2004
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Urban Stages presents the New York premiere of Comfort Women, a play by Chungmi Kim. Tina Chen and Jade Wu lead the cast, directed by Frances Hill.
The Japanese Imperial Forces abducted thousands of young women during World War II to be used as sex slaves. This powerfully lyrical play depicts the collision of past and present when a young Korean NYU student and her grandmother meet two of these "comfort women" during the 1994 UN protests.
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During World War II, roughly 200,000 Korean girls and young women were forced to become sex slaves for the Japanese army. Euphemistically known as "comfort women," they were raped by Japanese soldiers thousands of times and were severely beaten, tortured, or even killed if they showed any signs of resistance. Following the war, those who survived lived in shame and disgrace, shunned by other Koreans for doing what they had no choice but to do. In Chungmi Kim's flawed but earnest play, Comfort Women, some of the experiences that these women endured are brought to light.
The play is set in 1994, in the home of a Korean-American family in New York City. Jina (Ji-young Kim) is a student at NYU.[...]