Representative Korean Production Poster
The Creature
더 크리처
Official English Title
SOURCE
novel
SETTING
Foreign
BOOK
adaptation
After Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Korean Premiere:
2025
Korean Premiere Theatre
Jayu Theater, Seoul
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References
Summary
Beginning where Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ends, Victor Frankenstein follows his creation into the Arctic for a final reckoning between creator and creation.
Origin & Development
Written by Ji-sik Kim (book and lyrics) with music by Hannah Yoo and direction by Kim Ji-ho, the musical premiered at Jayu Theater in Daehak-ro, Seoul, on June 16–August 31, 2025, produced by Glim Company. It is a chamber piece for two performers and two pianos, with gender-flexible casting; the actor playing the Creature also embodies God in the final confrontation.
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. Its U.S. development deck describes an English-language version with a female cast.
Partial Synopsis
The story begins where Mary Shelley's novel ends. Victor Frankenstein follows the life he created into the Arctic, where their final confrontation becomes a reckoning between creator and creation: "Why did you create me, only to leave me behind?" Having created life and turned away from what that act demands, the Doctor loses the people and world around him and pursues the Creature north. At the end, God reveals the encounter as a test, offering the Doctor a choice between paradise and responsibility for the life he created.
The Creature
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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English Title Verification
Evidence for Official English Title
The Creature | Captured: 2026-10-24
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