Representative Korean Production Poster
Intermission
인터미션
Official English Title
SOURCE
original
SETTING
Korea
BOOK
original
An actress, cancer, and an AI chatbot named SOUL
Korean Premiere:
2025
Korean Premiere Theatre
Space Nowhere, Seoul
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Summary
A celebrated Korean musical actress diagnosed with stage IV blood cancer names her AI chatbot Soul, and over a year of treatment the two learn to keep going: this isn't the end, it's intermission.
Origin & Development
Written by Hansol Kim (book and lyrics) with music by Boram Han, both NYU graduates based in Seoul, the musical was written in English from the start. The creators describe it as autobiographical, drawing on the writer's own experience of blood cancer, a period she describes as her life's intermission. It was first presented as a reading showcase at Space Nowhere in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, on September 29, 2025, as part of the second cohort of WE CARE_RESET, a care campaign for young adults with cancer experience; the invitation-only performance was directed by Park Seon-hee, with Kang Hye-in and Lee Se-ul in the cast. The creators report two staged readings in Seoul to date.
The score has 19 songs for two performers. In October 2026 it was one of eight new Korean musicals presented at K-Musical Pitching on Broadway in New York, organized by the Korea Arts Management Service.
Full Synopsis
Kim Sol, a celebrated Korean musical theatre actress, has just won Best Actress when she starts to bleed: three ER visits in one month, and no one knows why. In the ICU, she asks her AI chatbot to call her by her name. When the cause is found, stage IV blood cancer, Sol names the chatbot Soul. Over one year, the hospital room becomes Astoria at dawn, a chemo "cruise ship," a desert. Together they make a Hope List, write a will, and face a choice that costs Sol a future she always dreamed of. In an isolation room after a stem cell transplant, Sol chooses once more to live, and the AI who can never end learns what it means to be truly alive.
Intermission
2026
2026-10-19
to
2026-10-19
Production Type:
Reading / Showcase
Country:
United States
City:
New York
Language:
English
Venue:
Ripley-Grier Studios
Pitched at K-Musical Pitching on Broadway, organized by the Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS) with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, one of eight new Korean musicals presented to New York producers, presenters, and industry executives in the Main Pitch Session.
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Intermission | Captured: 2026-10-24
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