Fascinating. Audacious. Deftly satirical and utterly on-target.
The Boston Globe
Powerful, refreshingly direct, and honest. A sight to behold.
Cape Cod Times
On the Korean island of Man-Jae, three elderly haenyeos—sea women—spend their dying days diving into the ocean to harvest seafood. They have no heirs to their millennia-old way of life. Across the globe on the island of Manhattan, a Korean-Canadian playwright, twice an immigrant, spends her days wrestling with the expectation that she write “authentic” stories about her identity. But what, exactly, is her identity? And how can she write about it without selling her own skin?
This daring new play by Celine Song (Amazon’s “The Wheel of Time,” Public Theater’s 2016/17 Emerging Writers Group) journeys beneath the waves under the direction of Sammi Cannold (Violet at A.R.T., Forbes 30 Under 30) and features Wai Ching Ho (Madame Gao from the Marvel TV universe), Emily Kuroda (“Gilmore Girls”), Jiehae Park (the author of peerless, recently produced at Boston’s Company One Theatre), and Jo Yang (“The Affair”).
This production contains strobe and haze.
By Celine Song
Directed by Sammi Cannold
Notable dates
Opening Night: 3/1
ASL Interpreted: 3/13 at 7:30PM & 3/17 at 2PM
Audio Described: 3/15 at 7:30PM & 3/16 at 2PM
Open Captioned: 3/14 at 7:30PM & 3/16 at 2PM
Talkbacks: 3/2 at 2PM with Celine Song, Jiehae Park, and Harvard Professor Ju Yon Kim, in partnership with the Korea Institute, Harvard University; 3/6 at 2PM with Celine Song, Sammi Cannold, and Jo Yang; 3/9 at 2PM with Celine Song, Jiehae Park, Diana Oh, and Sara Porkalob; 3/13 at 11AM with Celine Song and Sammi Cannold; & 3/16 at 2PM with Celine Song and Sammi Cannold
Production Sponsor
Allison Johnson
Corporate Education Sponsor
Bank of America
Additional Production Support
Amy Brakeman
Hee-Jung and John Moon
The ocean in this production of Endlings is supported by The Bob and Alison Murchison New Work Development Fund.
This production is supported, in part, by The Robert Brustein Endowment for New Work.
Endlings was developed during a residency at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference in 2018.
Preston Whiteway, Executive Director
Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director
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White Stage Manager
Matt DaSilva

White Stage Manager
Matt DaSilva
A.R.T.: Endlings. National Tour: Beauty and the Beast (Lefou). New York: The Melting Pot, Everyday Inferno. Regional: Endlings, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference (Workshop); How to Succeed…, Flat Rock Playhouse; Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Miracle on 34th Street, Ocean State Theater Company. Concert: Ragtime on Ellis Island. Education/
Actors’ Equity Association member

Han Sol
Wai Ching Ho

Han Sol
Wai Ching Ho
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Henry VI (Winchester/
Actors’ Equity Association member

White Husband
Miles G. Jackson

White Husband
Miles G. Jackson
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Red Emma and the Mad Monk, Ars Nova; Harry and the Thief, The Habitat. Regional: Hand to God, TheaterWorks Hartford; Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Tribes, Barrington Stage Company; My Name is Asher Lev, George Street Playhouse; Good Men Wanted, Arena Stage; 4000 Miles, Capital Rep; Mad Forest, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Film: In Reality, Lumanova Pictures; Flora, Pulp Pictures. TV: “The Last O.G.” (recurring), TBS.
Actors’ Equity Association member

Go Min
Emily Kuroda

Go Min
Emily Kuroda
A.R.T.: Endlings. New York: Page 73, Public Theater. Regional: Actors Theatre of Louisville, Huntington Theatre Company, TheatreWorks Palo Alto, L.A. Theatre Works, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Repertory, East West Players, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, Singapore Repertory, Berkeley Rep, The Doolittle, LATC, Zephyr Theatre, Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company, Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival. Awards: Five Drama-Logue Awards, Garland Award, LA Ovation (nomination), Playwrights’ Arena Award, EWP Award for Outstanding Contribution to LA Theater.
Actors’ Equity Association member

White Stage Manager/Turtle
Mark Mauriello

White Stage Manager/Turtle
Mark Mauriello
A.R.T.: Endlings, The Lily’s Revenge, The Donkey Show. Off-Broadway: OSCAR at The Crown (Oscar Wilde/

Ha Young
Jiehae Park

Ha Young
Jiehae Park
A.R.T.: Endlings. Acting: Haruki Murakami’s Sleep, BAM Next Wave, Yale Rep; Every Angel is Brutal, Clubbed Thumb; Ghost Stories, Tiny Little Band; Endlings, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference (Workshop). Playwriting: peerless, Yale Rep, Company One Theatre, Primary Stages (upcoming); Hannah and the Dread Gazebo, OSF; Wondrous Strange, Actors Theatre of Louisville; commissions from Playwrights Horizons, McCarter Theatre, Yale Rep, Geffen Playhouse, OSF, Williamstown Theatre Festival, MTC. TV: Marvel’s “Runaways” (Staff Writer). Honors/
Actors’ Equity Association member

White Stage Manager
Andy Paterson

White Stage Manager
Andy Paterson
A.R.T.: Endlings. Regional: Yale Rep, McCarter Theatre, La MaMa ETC, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Portland Center Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, Great Lakes Theater, Geva Theatre Center, Virginia Stage Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, Florida Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis.
Actors’ Equity Association member

White Stage Manager/Fight Captain
Keith Michael Pinault

White Stage Manager/Fight Captain
Keith Michael Pinault
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Classic Stage Company. New York: Endlings, Paywrights Realm (Workshop). Light/Fen, E. 13th St. Theatre. Regional: All’s Well That Ends Well, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; Mojo, Theatre on Fire; Rosencrantz y Guildenstern han muerto, Apollinaire Theatre Company. International: Color Blue, Festival de Teatro Alternativo, Bogotá. Webseries: “Tales of Toverud,” “The New Neighborhood.” Education: MFA, Columbia University; BFA, Hofstra University.

Sook Ja
Jo Yang

Sook Ja
Jo Yang
A.R.T.: Endlings. Off-Broadway: Comfort Women (Bohki Lee), Urban Stages; Ah, Wilderness! (Lily), NAATCO; The Joy Luck Club (Suyuan), Pan Asian Rep. Regional: Endlings (Sook Ja), Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference (Workshop); Heartsong (Tina), Florida Repertory Theatre; M. Butterfly (Chin/
Actors’ Equity Association member

Understudy for Go Min, Han Sol, and Sook Ja
Kate Pak

Understudy for Go Min, Han Sol, and Sook Ja
Kate Pak
A.R.T.: Endlings. New York: Rashomon, Sanford Meisner Theatre; A Surprise Visit, American Theatre of Actors; The Apollo of Bellac, 29th St. Playhouse; 1:42 A.M., Madison Avenue Theatre. International: The Mikado, The King and I, South Africa. Film: A Woman, A Part; Split; The Dictator; Jack, Jules, Esther and Me; The Homecoming Queen; Rollerball; A Killing on Brighton Beach; Charm City (upcoming). TV: “Pose,” “Falling Water,” “Broad City,” “The Mysteries of Laura,” “Walkie Buddies.”
Additional Staff
Wetsuits constructed by 7TILL8.
Additional equipment provided by Sound Associates.
Special Thanks
양순옥 Yang Soon-Ok, 강정선 Kang Jung-Sun, 김영자 Kim Young-Ja, and 문지원 Moon Jiwon for their generosity and hospitality on Jeju Island
Jesse Alick, Jack Moore, and The Public Theater Emerging Writers Group
Harvard Aquatics/
Victor Dong, Sulan Yang, Changan Dong, Jun Ge, and William Ge
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