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Jian Jung

By Steven Franco

Jian Jung (she/her) is a New York based set designer from Korea. Recent theater credits include STAFF MEAL (Playwrights Horizons, directed by Morgan Green), THE NOSEBLEED (Lincoln Center Claire Tow & Woolly Mammoth. Upcoming tour at the New National Theater Tokyo in 2025), OCEAN FILIBUSTER (A.R.T. Boston), KISS (Wilma Theater), THE FOLLOWING EVENING (PAC/NYC), BODIES THEY RITUAL (Clubbed Thumb), THE DAY YOU BEGIN (Kennedy Center), SUICIDE FOREST (Bushwick Starr & ART/NY), and LUDIC PROXY (Soho Rep). Opera and musical credits include productions in Wolf Trap Opera (VA), Fisher Center in Bard, Huntington Theater (Boston), Juilliard, and Long Beach Opera (CA). She has been working with Latino theater community in NYC closely, and designed Spanish and bi-lingual productions in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Venezuela. Jung received an MFA in Theater Design from New York University, and an MFA in Environmental Design from Ewha Women’s University in Korea. She teaches at NYU Tisch Design and Sarah Lawrence College. www.jianjung.com