Son Woo Hyeon Returns to Stage Plays in Sergio Blanco’s Tebas Land

Tebas Land depicts the story of S, a playwright seeking to create a project around the story of Martin Santos, a young man who murdered his own father. The pair gets to know each other through repeated encounters on a prison basketball court as S gives Martin a space to share his story in his own words. S originally aims to understand what caused Martin to kill his father and to decipher the psyche of a parricide, however, as their meetings progress, S’s artistic vision begins to blur the line between art and truth.

In the play, Woo Hyun takes on the roles of Martin, a young man imprisoned for the murder of his father, and Federico, the actor who will be portraying Martin.

The show will run from June 28, 2023 (Wednesday) to September 24, 2023 (Sunday) at the Chungmu Arts Center – Middle Hall (Black) in Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. The venue has a maximum capacity of 327 seats.

There will be performances every day except on Monday making the total performances to 103 (or 102 in case they don’t stage the play on the National Liberation Day of Korea which is a Tuesday holiday). It is essentially a 2-person play and since there are 3 pairs, Woo Hyun would be doing a third of the shows which means at least 30 times.

Schedule of performances will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday: 7:30 / Friday: 3:00, 7:30 / Saturday: 2:00, 6:30 / Sunday: 3:00. Total show run time is 140 minutes including 15 minutes of intermission. Tickets will be priced at 66,000KRW and 55,000KRW but as of this writing, there are no details yet on the ticket selling.

Seoul Culture Today posted an article about Tebas Land here and below is a rough English translation of the part mentioning Son Woo Hyun: Son Woo Hyun, who showed a perfect synchro rate with characters with delicate emotional acting regardless of genre, such as The Golden Spoon, To My Star, and Revolutionary Sisters, returns to theatrical works after a long time, and his activities are also attracting attention. Son Woo Hyun said, “As soon as I read the script for Tebas Land, I was happy to meet a really attractive story and characters. As it is his long-awaited theatrical work, I am very excited and looking forward to it. I want to prepare well and present a good work to the audience in the summer of 2023.”