Many establishments in South Korea promote contemporary theater. The Seoul Performing Arts Company performs at many international events, the Sejong Center for Performing Arts is considered to be among the top ten art centers in the world according to Theatre in Korea, and the National Theater of Korea has several programs that promote theater.
To learn more about contemporary theater, and specific directors and playwrights – An Overview of Korean Performing Arts in Korea Theatre
Korean Plays in OSUL:
- 서울 연극제 희곡집 (The 32nd Seoul Theater Festival Collection of Plays) (서울 연극 협회, 2011)
- A collection of plays
- 너의 나 나의 너 : 2006 연간희곡집 (Nŏŭi na naŭi nŏ : 2006 yŏnganhŭigokchip) (지성의 샘, 2007)
- A collection of plays
- 기우제 : 이지훈 희곡집 (Kiuje : Yi Chi-hun hŭigokchip) by 이지훈 (Yi, Chi-hun) (평민사, 2007)
- A play. An English translation is included.
- 잘가, 청춘 신기루 (Chal ka, chʻŏngchʻun sinʼgiru) by 최원종 (Chʻoe, Wŏn-chong) (연극 과 인간, 2008)
- A play.
Non-fiction books about Korean theater (in English) in OSUL:
- Modern Korean drama : an anthology edited by Richard Nichols (Columbia University Press, 2009)
- The development of modern Korean theatre in South Korea by Ho Soon Kim (1974)
