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   Jully Lee signs with PROTOTYPE TALENT AGENCY 2025

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Jully has signed with PROTOTYPE for theatrical representation!
​With Prototype's 'boots on the ground' on both coasts, Jully is ​absolutely thrilled to be working with Brian, Marisa and the entire team ​at Prototype ​as she splits her time between NYC and LA.
Marisa Patella
310.793.2383 x 1005 (office)
mpatella@prototypetalentagency.com
Brian Wittenstein
310.793.2383 x 1001 (office)

bwittenstein@prototypetalentagency.com

Jully Lee in staged reading of FOOT WEARS HOUSE ​6/20

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FOOT WEARS HOUSE by Laura Neill
directed by Sivan Battat


Stage Left is a play festival from Working Theater and Broadway Advocacy Coalition that brings the stories from the frontlines of progressive movements to center stage through groundbreaking staged readings. 
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Foot Wears House reveals the humor, camaraderie, and pure rage that exists at the intersection of no guaranteed hours and salaried managers.

June 20 at 7pm | Playwrights Horizons


Jully Lee directs WHERE I'M FROM at Pan Asian Rep 6/14-6/22

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​WHERE I'M FROM
 by Howard Ho

 Directed by Jully Lee
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Growing up in the ethnic enclave of the San Gabriel Valley, Howard wanted to get as far away as possible... But with its new status as a cultural hub and culinary hotspot, Howard celebrates what it was really like growing up in the SGV in his new play - with original music.

Starring James Seol and Viet Vo

June 17 at 7pm | June 21 at 7pm
​Theatre Row | 410 W. 42nd St., New York 

​Pan Asian Repertory's NuWorks Festival 2025
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past news
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Jully Lee in staged reading of JESA by Jeena Yi  5/25


​​Ma-Yi and Second Gen Productions presents...
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​​​​Jesa is a Korean memorial ceremony to honor the ancestors. Now in adulthood, four sisters reunite for their first Jesa for both their parents: each sister with a different complicated relationship with each parent. It's a Mendel's matrix of complicated histories, memories and feelings. It's - complicated.
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CAST: Jully Lee, Deborah S. Craig, Shannon Tyo, Michele Selene Ang

May 25 @2pm
Houghton Hall Arts Community
FREE RESERVATIONS

Jully Lee directing A NIGHTMARE ON OAK TREE LANE 4/28

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A Nightmare on Oak Tree Lane 
​by Howard Ho ​ 
directed by Jully Lee ​ 

Teddy Coogler, famous for being the sleep demon of the "Nightmare on Oak Tree Lane" movies, is being haunted by the original "authentic" demon he portrays and seeks redemption and relief.

CAST: Gracie Connell, Stephanie Toussaint and Jonas McMullen

MONDAY April 28 @ 7pm
358 W 44th St, New York

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FREE ADMISSION
Also available simulcast via Vimeo live
https://playground-ny.org/bestof/

Jully Lee performing in staged reading of RAVAGE 4/29

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THE PUBLIC THEATER
EWG Spotlight Series readings of
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RAVAGE
by Nina Ki
directed by Chay Yew


Yuli, a teenage vampire hunter, embarks on a quest
to rescue her kidnapped sister from a powerful vampire
​only to come  face-to-face with the fractured remnants of her past.


CAST: Jully Lee, Wren Rivera, Cathy Ang,
​Sam Im, Armando Riesco and Jessica Ko


Tuesday, April 29 @ 3pm and 7pm
The Public Theatre (in the Shiva)


​MORE INFO

Jully Lee in staged reading of  SAVED, PART ONE 4/21

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LA TheatreSports IMPROV SHOW 3/29

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Garry Marshall Theatre
MARCH 29 @8pm
Tickets $45-50
TICKETS
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LA TheatreSports IMPROV CLASS 3/29

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LATheatreSports: 
​IMPROV CLASS 


Thrilling Relationships and Dynamic Characters!
How does a well-defined character spontaneously emerge and serve the scene?

How do characters connect to create relationships and build compelling stories? How do you make detailed, relevant choices instead of vague ones? How do you remain present and positive and have fun discovering the story?


Taught by
Edi Patterson
Dan O'Connor
Jully Lee


WHERE?
Garry Marshall Theatre
4252 W Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91505

WHEN?
MARCH 29th, 2025, 3-6pm

LIMITED SIZE - SMALL ON STAGE CLASS SIZE
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CLASS ENROLLMENT FEE:  $100
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REGISTER

Jully Lee in staged reading of THE LANTERN BEARER 3/29


Part of EST-LA's WINTERFEST play reading series...
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TICKETS


THE LANTERN BEARER
by AJ Layague
directed by Shinshin Tsai

Rhyming verse meets Old Hollywood meets the fantastical when Anna May Wong gets advice from supernatural visitors.

SATURDAY, MARCH 29 at 1pm
Suggested donation: $15

​Featuring Jully Lee, Peter James Smith, Henry Vu and Shayanne Marin as Anna May Wong

Jully Lee in EMPTY RIDE by Keiko Green at The Old Globe

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​Empty Ride
By Keiko Green
Directed by Sivan Battat

February 8 - March 2, 2025
The Old Globe | Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre (San Diego, CA)

Kisa, a Japanese painter in Paris, returns to her small hometown of Ishinomaki, taking over her father’s taxi cab after Ishinomaki was left devastated following the 2011 tsunami, which took Kisa’s mom in addition to over 3,000 other locals. JULLY LEE plays the role of real estate mogul Sachiko Tokugawa and well as six other characters in the town of Ishinomaki.
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Jully Lee directing in THINK & IMAGINE at Fierce Backbone

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​SALVATION
ON WESTWOOD BLVD 
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By Nancy Beverly
Directed by Jully Lee

Starring
PAUL DATEH
JESSICA RAU
STEVE BRADY
TAMMY MORA
In this 10-minute play with music, people of all different backgrounds with different stories intersect along this intersection at Westwood Blvd. 
3 PERFORMANCES
​Friday, February 7 @ 8pm | Sunday, February 16 @ 2pm | Saturday, February 22 @ 8pm
Zephyr Theatre | 7456 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

fiercebackbone.com

Jully Lee in THE GRISWOLD'S BROADWAY VACATION Workshop and Industry Presentations

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Jully will be in the developmental workshop of 

THE GRISWOLDS'
BROADWAY VACATION

THE MUSICAL


by David Rossmer and Steve Rosen
directed by Donna Feore
with musical direction by Greg Anthony Rassen


Presentations on 10/24 and 10/25
Produced by Ken Davenport

Jully Lee in CALLIGRAPHY by Velina Hasu Houston  9/19

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​PAN ASIAN REPERTORY presents staged reading of...

​CALLIGRAPHY
by Velina Hasu Houston
directed by Kalina Ko

SEPTEMBER 19 AT 5PM
ART-NY | Bruce Mitchell Room
520 8th Avenue, 3rd floor

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Two cousins and their mothers confront changes generated by the past and the passing of time. In Los Angeles, HIROMI faces her mother’s dementia. In Tokyo, SAYURI is challenged by her mother’s physical decline.

JULLY LEE in the role of Sayuri

​RSVP via GOOGLE FORM

Jully Lee in reading of ARTIFICIAL by Prince Gomolvilas  8/24

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​ARTIFICIAL by Prince Gomolvilas
directed by Peter J. Kuo

Sibling rivalry reaches epic proportions in this timely yet timeless exploration of a fractured Thai-American family - the uneasy intersection of art and technology, and the question of what it means to be human in the modern age. And yes, this synopsis was written by ChatGPT…. Or was it?

August 24 @ 7pm
Boise Contemporary Theater, BIPOC Playwrights Festival

854 Fulton St | Boise, ID 

https://bctheater.org/bipoc/

Jully Lee directing BEETHOVEN'S THIRD by Howard Ho  8/13

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*Named winner at the Samuel French
​Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival 
​PLAYBILL

​BEETHOVEN'S THIRD by Howard Ho ​ 
directed by Jully Lee

On the eve of a revolutionary new path toward his artistic destiny, Ludwig Van Beethoven is visited by two strangers who reveal the true nature of his artistic genius.

CAST: C. Ryan Shipley, Max King and Marshall Joun

August 13 @ 7pm - Semi-Finals
August 17 @ 7pm - Finals (Winner)*
The Vineyard (Dimson Theatre)
108 E 15th St, New York 10003


https://oobfestival.com

Jully Lee in reading of JESA by Jeena Yi  8/2

​​​Ma-Yi Theater Company presents...
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​​JESA by Jeena Yi
directed by Mei Ann Teo

Jesa is a Korean ceremony honoring your ancestors. Imagine the thin layer that separates you from the ghosts of your loved ones disappears for an hour and you can commune and be together again, over delicious food -- and soju, of course. Four sisters perform Jesa on the anniversary of their parents' death.
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CAST: Jully Lee, Zoe Kim, Tina Chilip and Shannon Tyo

August 2, @ 3:30pm
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Leynse Studio | 520 8th Ave, 3rd Fl
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Jully Lee in SOFT MAGICAL TOFU BOYS at the O'NEILL

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​SOFT MAGICAL TOFU BOYS
BOOK, LYRICS & MUSIC BY KEVIN WONG

Directed by Mei Ann Teo

Eugene O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference
Rose Barn Theater

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Three brothers live together. They have a useless magical ability: to conjure images and sounds into the air. All three of them are trying to find a place for a soft magical boy in a hard, unmagical world.

SATURDAY, JULY 6 | 7:15PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 | 7:15PM
FRIDAY, JULY 12 | 7:15PM

Jully Lee in PARITY by Howard Ho at Pan Asian Repertory

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PARITY
 by Howard Ho

Directed by Jully Lee and Austin Ku

Over the course of her trailblazing career, Chien-Shiung Wu was known by a number of monikers: the First Lady of Physics, the queen of nuclear research, the Chinese Marie Curie... This one-person one-act takes a look into her life as she (dis)proves the Law of Parity.

Jully Lee as Chien-Shiung Wu

June 22 at 7pm | June 27 at 7pm
​Theatre Row | 410 W. 42nd St., New York 
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i want to die but i still want to eat tteokbokki (now available)

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​​i want to die but i still want to eat tteokbokki (Audiobook)
THE SEQUEL TO THE RUNAWAY KOREAN BESTSELLER

by Baek Sehee
translated by Anton Hur
narrated by Jully Lee
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Baek Sehee's first book, I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, became a runaway bestseller and reached a community of readers who appreciated depression and anxiety being discussed with such intimacy.

Baek's struggle with dysthymia continues in I Want to Die but I
Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki. With this second book, Baek Sehee reaches out to hold the hands of all those for whom grappling with everyday despair is part of a lifelong journey.

Audiobook now available on 
Audible

Jully Lee in AN CHOI: EAT PLAY RAGE at Fault Line Theatre

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Staged Reading
An Iron in the Fire Project
@Fault Line Theatre


Featuring:
​Jully Lee, 
Lennox T. Duong, Vas Eli, Vanessa Kai, Belle Le, Alex Lin & Yên Sen

June 26 at 3pm
Theatre Row (Studio)
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Jully Lee in presentation of CHINESE REPUBLICANS 2/15/24

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By Alex Lin
Directed by Chay Yew

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024 at 5pm

Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (Black Box)

After a brutal rejection for a dream promotion, high-flying finance it-girl Katie Liu endeavors to make a workers’ union out of her ultra-conservative work aunties

Roundabout Underground® fosters new works by emerging theatre artists and its annual industry-presentation reading series introduces early-career writers to the New York theatre industry. 

Jully Lee performing in MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND 1/22/24

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BARDTOPIA
by Dana Leslie Goldstein
directed by Eva Burgess


Cast: Jully Lee, Sarah Guilbault

Monday, January 22
7pm ET / 4pm PT
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The Producers Club
358 W 44th St, New York, NY

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FREE ADMISSION
Also available simulcast via Vimeo live
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Jully Lee in staged reading of EMPTY RIDE 1/14/24

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Empty Ride
By Keiko Green
Directed by Jesca Prudencio

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2024 at 7:30pm

The Old Globe | Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre (San Diego, CA)

Kisa, a Japanese painter in Paris, returns to her small hometown of Ishinomaki, taking over her father’s taxi cab as he grows increasingly ill. Ishinomaki was left devastated after the 2011 tsunami, which took Kisa’s mom in addition to over 3,000 other locals. In this funny, tragically warm, supernatural story of those left behind, Kisa navigates finding her place in the world by rediscovering where she comes from, and where she’s been.

The Old Globe's 11th annual Powers New Voices Festival, a three-day event of readings of 10 new American plays by emerging and award-winning playwrights. January 12-14, 2024.
TICKETS

Jully Lee in workshop of MCNEAL by Ayad Akhtar

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​MCNEAL
Written by Ayad Akhtar
Directed by Matthew Decker

Thursday, 12/7 & Saturday, 12/9 at 7:00 pm | ​La Jolla Playhouse

Good writers borrow, great writers steal. Jacob McNeal is one of the greatest writers, a perpetual candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar’s new play is a keenly-observed and wickedly smart examination of the inescapable humanity – and increasing inhumanity – of our stories. Presentations are part of La Jolla Playhouse's DNA Series. Jully Lee reading the role of Sahra. ​

TICKETS AND INFO

Jully Lee in presentation of  STALLED,  A New Musical  11/9

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STALLED
Book and lyrics by Liesl Wilke
Music and lyrics by Andy Marsh
Additional music and lyrics by Kyle Puccia

Directed by Jamibeth Margolis


Stalled: A New Musical will receive an invite-only industry presentation on November 9.​
PRESS RELEASE

Jully Lee in reading presentation of Sweatshop Melody 10/11

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PRELUDE Festival 2023

Sweatshop Melody
by Nancy Ma

Wednesday, October 11 @ 4:30pm EST
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A play with music that follows a group of immigrant women working at a Chinatown garment factory.

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
5th Avenue | New York, NY
Free Admission

Jully Lee performing at​ One Playground Gala 9/18

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PlayGround’s hybrid in-person and remote gala celebrates the expanding national scope of PlayGround’s programming in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Chicago and honors this year’s PlayGround Heroes
Joy Carlin, Lauren Yee and The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.


Jully will be performing at PlayGround New York's celebration gala in a live reading of
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​FRIENDLY SKIES by Dana Leslie Goldstein

September 18, 2023
8:30pm-11pm ET
The Producers Club
358 W 44th St, New York, NY 10036

GALA TICKETS AND INFO

Jully's film directorial debut! Premiered 9/10

New music video of "Using/Losing The Light" from musical PETER AND THE WALL by Timothy Huang aired on BACKSTAGE PASS WITH LIA CHANG, Sunday 9/10 at 6:30pm on FIOS 34, RCN 83, and Spectrum 56/1996
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"Using/Losing The Light" (MV)
from PETER AND THE WALL
a new musical by Timothy Huang

Directed by Jully Lee
​Cinemtography by Avi Bagla
​Edited by Howard Ho

Starring
Marc delaCruz (Broadway: Hamilton)
Nic Rouleau (Broadway: Book of Mormon)

Staged Reading of GHOST MONEY by Jason Tseng 9/9​​

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​The Tsengs wrestle with their family narrative as their matriarch, Zong-Ci, teeters on the brink of death. By re-telling the story of her life in rural China during the seismic events surrounding the Chinese Civil War, her children struggle to reconcile the truth from ...
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Time & Place: Washington D.C., 2018 / China, 1940s.


​Pan Asian Repertory presents the staged reading of...

GHOST MONEY
by Jason Tseng
directed by Jeff Liu


​JULLY LEE reading the role of Zong-Ci

Also featuring
​Eric Yang, Wai Ching Ho, Rachel Lu,
​Michael C. Liu 
& Neo Cihi


September 9 @ 4:30pm
520 8th Ave, 3rd Fl. | Bruce Mitchell Room


Free Admission | RSVP:  info@panasianrep.org
Refreshments served | Suggested $20 Donation
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Jully Lee in HELLO KITTY MUST DIE thru 8/27

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https://hellokittymustdie.com/

​From the Tony Award-Winning Producer of SIX
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HELLO KITTY

MUST DIE


adapted from the novel
​by Angela S. Choi

 
@Edinburgh Fringe Festival
August 2 - 27
​@4:50pm


Book by Kurt Johns and Gail Rastorfer
Music by Cecilia Lin
Lyrics by Jessica Wu

Directed by Kurt Johns
Choreography by Katie Spelman
​Musical Direction by Andrew Gerle


i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki (Now Available)

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i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki (Audiobook)
THE RUNAWAY KOREAN BESTSELLER

by Baek Sehee
translated by Anton Hur
narrated by Jully Lee
​

Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and harmful behaviours that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness.

Audiobook now available on
Audible

Jully Lee at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference

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​CHINESE REPUBLICANS
by Alex Lin | directed by Chay Yew

June 29 @8:15pm
July 1 @7:15pm

Dina Merrill Theater | Waterford, CT
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Featuring: Jully Lee, Vanessa Kai, Christine Toy Johnson, Jeena Yi, Ben Langhorst and Tamla Quipse
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Jully Lee in staged reading of ​ JAR OF FAT by Seayoung Yim 6/16

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SECOND GENERATION PRODUCTIONS and MA-YI THEATRE presents

JAR OF FAT
by Seayoung Yim | directed by Seonjae Kim

FRIDAY, June 16
@2pm ET

Featuring: Jully Lee, Kelly Marie Tran, Diana Oh, Brian Lee Huynh, Chuja Seo, Zoe Kim, Zion Jang, Jae Woo and Jose Gamo

LA MAMA SHARES 66 E. 3th St., NYC


Jully Lee in Staged Reading of CHINESE REPUBLICANS 5/22
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​2ND STAGE NEW VOICES presents
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CHINESE REPUBLICANS
by Alex Lin | directed by Chay Yew

MONDAY, May 22
​@6:30pm ET


Featuring: Jully Lee, Cindy Cheung, Cathy Ang, Jo Yang, Ben Langhorst and Leah Getz

SECOND STAGE | Tony Kiser Theatre
305 W. 43rd Street | New York, NY

Jully Lee in COLEMAN '72 by Charlie Oh​, directed by Chay Yew

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It's 1972, when a Korean American family piles into a Buick for an All-American road trip—spontaneously orchestrated by the father. From Milwaukee to Los Angeles and back again, they hit the open plains, stocked with kimchi, banchan and lemon drops, rickety Coleman camper in tow. But Korean parents and American kids hold conflicting ideas of what they’re looking for and the real purpose of their journey comes to light.

Previews: April 23-27, 2023
Opening Night: April 28, 2023
Regular Performances: April 29 - May 14, 2023

TICKETS
South Coast Repertory | Julianne Argyros Stage
655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Jully Lee performing in radio play of SEA LONGING 12/19

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The Parsnip Ship presents a free in-person podcast recording of...

Sea Longing
by Nina Ki, directed by Cara Hinh


Monday, Dec 19
@ 8pm ET


The Mark O'Donnell Theater 
160 Schermerhorn St.
Downtown Brooklyn
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FREE ADMISSION | TICKETS

KPOP THE MUSICAL on Broadway (10/13 - 12/11)

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 Jully Lee is making her Broadway debut in KPOP THE MUSICAL as Ruby, founder and CEO of the fictional label RBY Entertainment featuring three artists: boy band F8, girl group RTMIS and solo artist MwE

Book by Jason Kim
Music and Lyrics by Helen Kim and Max Vernon
Directed by Teddy Bergman | Choreographed by Jennifer Weber
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MORE INFO
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Circle in the Square Theatre
​235 W 50th St, New York, NY 10019

Jully Lee in JANE AUSTEN UNSCRIPTED with Impro​ 4/16 - 5/14

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​A fully improvised play that brings the world of Jane Austen to life
with your suggestions, and dare we say… participation?
Presented on the 
NEW outdoor stage at Garry Marshall Theatre.



JANE AUSTEN UNSCRIPTED
directed by Sara Mountjoy-Pepka, Paul Rogan and Dan O'Connor

April 16 - May 14
Sat & Sun | 11am & 3pm


CAST
Jully Lee*, Ted Cannon, Eric Carthen, Nick Clark,
Kari Coleman, Susan Deming, Leanna Dindal, Mike Rock, 
Stephen Kearin, Kelly Lohman, Rebecca Lowman, 
Michael Manuel, Nick Massouh, Dan O'Connor,
Sara Mountjoy-Pepka, 
Kirsten Farrell, and Paul Rogan


Garry Marshall Theatre
​4252 W Riverside Drive, Burbank, CA 91505

*Jully performing both performances on 4/23, 4/30, 5/1, 5/8
TICKETS

Jully Lee returns to YOUNG SHELDON! 3/10

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Jully Lee in saturday by Kimber Lee at DCPA 3/4 - 3/5

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​Denver Center for the Performing Arts presents 

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​saturday by Kimber Lee
directed by Krista Williams 
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featuring Jully Lee, Colleen Werthmann & Carlo Alb
án 

Feb 26 @12pm | Mar 4 – 5, 2022 @3:30pm
​COLORADO NEW PLAY SUMMIT


MORE INFO/TICKETS

Jully Lee guest stars on YOUNG SHELDON 1/13

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Jully Lee directs for MONDAY NIGHT PLAYGROUND 1/10

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​THE PASSING STORM 
by Jessica June Rowe
directed by Jully Lee 

​Andrew, a thrill-seeking mountaineer lost in more ways than one, must weather the passing storm on top of Mount Everest.
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January 10 @7pm
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LIVE at Broadwater Theatre + Simulcast

1078 Lillian Way | Los Angeles 90038
Free Admission

MORE INFO | TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS

Jully Lee in FIREWATER at Inkwell Theatre​ 11/12 + 11/13

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FIREWATER by Samantha Marchant, directed by Lauren Campedelli
A reimagining of the Prometheus myth told from the point of view of fire and her sister

with Jully Lee, Sara Acevedo, Peter Pasco, Sierra Santana, Miebaka Yohannes and Alexandra Helquist
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A workshop reading presented by Inkwell Theater
FREE ADMISSION | MORE INFO
RESERVATIONS: NOV 12 | NOV 13​

Jully performs in 150th Anniv of the Chinese Massacre 10/22-24

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Viewers are invited to view excerpts from the play 'The Chinese Massacre (Annotated)' by Tom Jacobson,
directed by Jeff Liu, featuring performances by West Liang, Paul Byrne, Ryun Yu, Lisa Tharps,
Richard Azurdia, Gary Patent, Nancy Ma and Jully Lee

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Available to stream online for a limited time from Oct 22 - Oct 24
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Post-Production Discussion: A Theatrical Conversation into the Chinese Massacre of 1871

Sat., Oct. 23rd @2pm
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Virtual panel discussion with Tom Jacobson, Jeff Liu and Jully Lee
​moderated by Stefanie Lau
 to explore how this history is retold on stage
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Presented by The Chinese American Museum in partnership with Artists At Play
MORE INFO | RESERVATIONS

Jully directs LIVE PERFORMANCE with Playground-LA 10/11

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THE CONSECRATION OF TERRENCE G by Mildred Lewis
directed by Jully Lee | starring Ben Cain, Kurt Kanazawa and Gary Poux

OCTOBER 11 @7pm
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LIVE at Broadwater Theatre + Simulcast | Free Admission

MORE INFO | TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS

Jully directs reading of STAINS by Sarah Cho for MadLab on 10/9

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​STAINS by Sarah Cho | ​directed by Jully Lee | October 9 @6pm PT
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An impoverished Korean-American teenager struggles through her first period, with the help of
​an imaginary friend… who happens to resemble a wisecracking witch from a popular ‘90s sitcom.
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Starring Jessica Ko, Janet Song, Jenapher Zheng and Caitlin Crawley
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MORE INFO | TICKETS

Jully directs excerpt from LONG by Charlie Oh for IAMA 10/9

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IAMA Theatre Company will amplify Asian American and Pacific Islander voices 
with its second annual Pass the Mic virtual theater festival.


Five 10-minute short plays, each written and directed by AAPI artists, make up the heart of the event.
The plays include:
Long by Charlie Oh, directed by Jully Lee;
...I've No Regrets, written by Nicholas Pilapil, directed by Rodney To; Hindi by Nandita Shenoy, directed by Nelson T. Eusebio III; Broken English by Nina Ki, directed by Gaven Trinidad; and For Us All by Jeanne Sakata, directed by Jennifer Chang.

Parvesh Cheena and D'Lo will co-host the LIVE-STREAM  festival.

Saturday, Oct. 9 @6pm PT

Tickets are on sale now at iamatheatre.com
PRESS RELEASE


Jully hosts "FRIDAY JAM" at Impro Theatre 9/10

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Jully performs IS THIS REAL? with COLD TOFU 8/29

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Cold Tofu’s MAIN CAST performs again at OUTSIDE IN THEATRE!!!
Check out our newest show “IS THIS REAL??” inspired by “these strange times.”
OUTSIDE IN’S DIGITAL PROGRAMMING
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AUGUST 29 @7PM | CLICK HERE TO WATCH

Starring Jully Lee, Doreen Calderon, Robert Covarrubias, Mike Palma, Kurt Yamamoto and Reggie DeLeon

JULLY performs in THE SCRIPT TEASE PROJECT with COLD TOFU 8/19
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Cold Tofu’s Main Cast improvises TWO different one-act plays, inspired by the first TWO pages of BRAND NEW PLAYS written by PAUL KIKUCHI & DOM MAGWILI

AUGUST 19 @7:30 | CLICK HERE FOR REPLAY

Starring Jully Lee, Doreen Calderon, Robert Covarrubias, Mike Palma, Kurt Yamamoto and Carin Chea

Presented in partnership with IMPRO THEATRE on Impro’s Twitch Channel
The Script Tease Project was created by The National Theatre of the World in Toronto

NISEI WEEK Virtual Experience 8/14
Hosted by Jully Lee and Sean Miura

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NISEI WEEK's virtual program will air LIVE on Saturday, Aug. 14, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., on the Nisei Week Foundation’s YouTube channel in place of an in-person festival.  

Hosted by Jully Lee and Sean Miura, this year’s theme is “
Ibasho,” which is a Japanese word that means “a place to belong.” The foundation looks forward to celebrating community, culture, and the place so many see as home – Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo.

CHECK OUT THE REPLAY NOW

 Jully directs workshop of STAINS with Moving Arts ​7/30

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​STAINS by  Sarah Cho
A play about life as a Korean American teenager growing up with a single mom and her grandmother. 3 generations of Korean women live, work, study and eat kimchi in LA.

directed by JULLY LEE 
with Jessica Ko, Janet Song, Alexa Vellanoweth and Jenapher Zheng


virtual reading on
FRI, JUL 30
Zoom @7pm
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Jully directs LIVING WITH IT for The Blank Theatre 7/23

A virtual presentation of the Blank Theatre's 29th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, streaming all of July
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​Living With It

by Libby Eick
(Age 16 - McLean, VA)


​directed by Jully Lee

starring: 
Tabyana Ali, Khaleesa Alexander, and Felice Heather Monteith 
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For Harriet, Covid isn’t the scariest thing about returning to school. While her sister Maya can’t wait to go back and their superintendent mom has her sights on bigger public office, Harriet has to figure out how to navigate her fear without destroying everything.

MORE INFO

Jully directs HERE IS WHERE for The Road Theatre 7/16

The Road Theatre's 12th annual Summer Playwrights Festival (SPF12) streaming live  (7/15 - 8/1)
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​Friday, July 16 6:00PM PT 
HERE IS WHERE
 by Vasanti Saxena 
Directed by Jully Lee 

In the aftermath of 9/11, two sisters receive an unexpected package that brings them to the  intersection of their uncertain present and their grandmother’s past in wartime Nanjing. 

MORE INFO | STREAMING LIVE ON YOUTUBE

I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE |​ NOW on Netflix

 I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE with Tim Robinson (Season 2)
Jully Lee guest stars as DARB
​
NETFLIX July 6

Jully Lee Performing at Live Storytelling Event - ADDED DATES!

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​ADDED DATES: June 5 & 6

FAMILY GARDEN DAYS

@Garry Marshall Theatre
​
Join storytellers Ravi Kapoor, Jully Lee and Julie Pearl for a FREE outdoor story experience and garden exploration. This 90-minute outdoor event includes: Garden Exploration, Story Experience, Art Project, and Planting of Seedling!

​RESERVATIONS

JULLY LEE as Yuri  in YURI AND MALCOLM X  6/5
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STREAMING LIVE - June 5, 2021 @11am

JULLY LEE guest on "I F%&ing Love Whisky" 5/29

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I F%&ing Love Whisky

A weekly vlog with Andrew Pearce, Joseph Limbaugh and guest whiskey drinkers/lovers. This week:
  • Glen Moray 19yo John Milroy 1996-2016 Cask 7844 53.9%
  • Loch Lomond Old Particular ("All Malt" Single Grain)
  • 1995 22yo (1/257) Refill hogshead 54.1%
  • Balblair 13yo Cask No. 76 2006-2019 56.2%
  • The Ardmore 14yo SMWS 66.176 Mar 2006 1/264 60.1%
This program is intended for adults of legal drinking age. Whiskey is consumed and discussed. Drink responsibly.

May 29 @4:30pm PDT


https://twitch.tv/outpost13 

Jully Lee directing in PLAYMAKING 5/22
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Streaming May 22 @8pm
RSVP ​Free Admission
​Los Angeles Music and Art School's ​​​PLAYMAKING Program
​A playwriting program for students ages 9 – 11, culminating in a performance
by professional actors, pre-recorded in a studio and streamed for the public.

​STREET FRIEND
S by Jaelynn Harris

Directed by Jully Lee
Starring Ebony Howard and Marnina Schon


Jully performing at LIVE EVENT 

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Garry Marshall Theatre presents...
"FAMILY GARDEN DAYS"

Saturdays and Sundays @9:30am
May 15, 16, 22 and 23

For ALL AGES ​in The Marshall Gardens

MAKE A RESERVATION | FREE ADMISSION

Jully Lee directing ADULTING by Misao McGregor @ZOOMFEST 5/10

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MORE INFO | TICKETS (FREE ADMISSION) | PRESS RELEASE

Jully co-emceeing JANM's 2021 GALA - REUNITED - 5/1

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​MCs: Jully Lee, Amy Hill and Derek Mio

​Join Us at Reunited—the 2021 Gala & Auction!

SATURDAY, MAY 1 
5 p.m. (PDT) Virtual Reception (for ticketed guests)
6 p.m. (PDT) Live Program (free to view)
7 p.m. (PDT) After Party (for ticketed guests)


MORE INFO

Jully performing with YOUNG STORYTELLERS​ 4/23

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Performing in staged readings of 3 original scripts, written by the students of La Ballona Elementary School. FREE ADMISSION.

FRIDAY, APRIL 23 @ 1PM
www.zoom.us/join
WEBINAR ID: 926.1031.5330

Jully performing "FRIDAY JAM" Improv Show at Impro 4/16

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Impro presents...

GROUP THERAPY 
inspired by "Nichols & May"

FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 6PM
​
Starring Jully Lee, Robert Covarrubias, Adrienne Corcoran, Brian Lohman, Kimberly Lewis and Joseph Limbaugh

NOW AVAILABLE ON TWITCH

Jully Lee directs in BEST OF PLAYGROUND-LA Gala 2021

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Waiting for Umoja by Daysha Veronica
Directed by Jully Lee
​

Starring William Warren, Rogelio Douglas III, Marie-Francoise Theodore, Julio Hanson, and Victoria Dunn

A family faces old tensions during Christmas dinner as the conversation turns to gender roles, politics, and Kwanza.

MORE INFO  |  TICKETS***
Monday, APRIL 12 @7pm 
​via Zoom Live Stream


Best of PlayGround-LA plays:
  • Guiding Light by Starina Johnson
  • We Jump Broom by Mildred Inez Lewis
  • Courage by Scott Mullen
  • Underworld by Nicholas C. Pappas
  • The Speck by Nicki Spencer
  • Waiting for Umoja by Daysha Veronica​
***Free Admission, must register in advance | Donations appreciated

Jully Lee performs in The Creative Center's Monologue Showcase

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​Double Invasion by Jean Y. Leung
Written in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the January 6, 2021 attack on US Capitol.

Friday, April 9, 2021 | 2-4pm PDT

REGISTER FOR EVENT

Free Admission, Donations Appreciated
thecreativecenter.org

Jully Lee Ovation Award Nominee
​for Best Featured Actress in a Play

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Watch the Ceremony Live online on March 30 at 8pm. Hosted by Michael Shepperd.
​FREE ADMISSION

Jully Lee performing in SCRIPT TEASE with Impro & Cold Tofu

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​
"The Script Tease Project" is a playwright’s dream and an actor’s nightmare! With brand new scripts by KEN NARASAKI and ROSIE NARASAKI.

FEB 20 @ 7PM
WATCH LIVE on IMPRO's TWITCH
​
running time approx. 60 min

Starring: JULLY LEE, ​DOREEN CALDERON, ​ROBERT COVARRUBIAS, HOWARD HO, MIKE PALMA and KURT YAMAMOTO

MORE INFO @ IMPRO THEATRE

coldtofu.com


JULLY LEE   directing  STEAKING OFFENSE  by  ARTHUR KENG 2/8

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STEAKING OFFENSE
by Arthur Keng
​directed by Jully Lee


February 8, 2021
7pm
 via Zoom Live Stream

CAST: Jordan Covington, Zach Kumaishi, Christine Liao, Debba Rofheart, Anthony Rutowicz

TICKETS (FREE ADMISSION)

STILL HERE by DESIREE YORK
The COVID-19 Monologues presented by Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble

​Celebrating and Memorializing a Life
STILL HERE by Desiree York is part of a collection of monologues honoring those who have passed from COVID-19


Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble in collaboration with Protest Play Project put out calls for writers to honor those who have died. Selected pieces released starting January 26, 2021 on the Ensemble’s YouTube Channel: BreathOfFireTheater
​

BOFliterary@gmail.com  www.breathoffire.org

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​JULLY LEE as Emmy in THE ILLEGAL ​


​A new film by Danish Renzu
Starring Suraj Sharma and Iqbal Theba

A gritty story about a film school student from middle-class India who is forced to drop out to support his family while staying in the United States as an undocumented restaurant worker in Los Angeles.

AVAILABLE ON-DEMAND starting JANUARY 12

iTunes, Vimeo, Amazon, GooglePlay, Vudu, Vimeo, and U.S. cable providers Comcast, Spectrum, Charter, Cox, Dish, DirecTV and more.

​TRAILER

Jully Lee directs at MONDAY NIGHT with PLAYGROUND-LA 1/11

YOUR! AMAZING! GALAXY!
by Amanda L. Andrei
directed by Jully Lee

Starring
Stephanie T. Keefer,
Tiana Randall-Quant
Christina Wren


A mind-bending tour of the galaxy where you explore
the laws of physics and enlightenment
​

January 11, 2021 @7pm
livestream on Zoom
(on-demand viewing available until January 18)

INFO AND TICKETS

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Stephanie T. Keefer and Tiana Randall-Quant
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Christina Wren as both VOLUNTEER and ANTI-VOLUNTEER

​All programs will be available for live-stream viewing at the time of the performance and on-demand viewing for up to one week after for all pre-registered viewers using the original Zoom link.

Program

Jully Lee directs QUESTION 27, QUESTION 28 with JANM 1/7

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​As part of JANM's Virtual Oshogatsu Family Fest (Jan. 3-Jan. 8), Artists At Play will be presenting a virtual performance of “Question 27, Question 28” by Chay Yew, a play about the struggle, courage, and resilience of the Japanese American women during World War II.  Directed by Jully Lee. Free admission.
JANUARY 7
@2PM
​

​RESERVATIONS

Jully Lee directs at MONDAY NIGHT with PLAYGROUND-LA 12/14
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​Monday Night Playground
A night of short plays featuring works by Michael P. Adams,
Susan C. Hunter, Starina Johnson, Emily Brauer Rogers,
​Charles Velasquez-Witosky ​and Daysha Veronica


December 14, 2020
7pm
 via Zoom Live Stream

TWINKLERS
by Susan C. Hunter
​directed by Jully Lee

​
CAST: David Cramer, Maggie Dewan-Smith and Richard Ruyle

FREE ADMISSION - MORE INFO


Jully Lee performing in Le Roundabout with IMPRO 12/13

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 ON TWITCH

JULLY LEE directs at HOLIDAY MICRO-READ HOOK UP with LAFPI 12/06
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6th Annual Holiday Micro-Read Hook-Up: WISH LIST

Sunday, December 6th @ 6pm


 JULLY LEE directing...
"Wish List" by Rosemary Thomas &
​"Corner Shop Warm Fuzzies" by Leena Kurishnigal


A team of Women+ Directors will be working with a pool of Actors on 1-pg Micro-Reads written by Female-Identifying Playwrights and perform the pieces on the same day.

MORE INFO 
Guests are welcome to join for the Micro-Reads at 6pm – email lafpi.events@gmail.com to receive a private Zoom link

Jully Lee in reading for FIRST FIFTEEN on 12/6 @1pm

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​Virtual reading of "first fifteen" pages of pilot script presented by FIRST FIFTEEN

JULLY LEE appearing as NEWSCASTER in


NUT CITY 
by Tamika Simpkins

Sunday, December 6th @ 1pm

Also featuring readings of scripts by
Tiffany Yvonne Cox and Mildred Marie Langford  
and Lainnie Contreras Felan

Followed by a panel discussion with
Kemiyondo Coutinho and Alesia Etinoff

MORE INFO

Jully Lee  on  S.W.A.T.  on  CBS 11/18

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JULLY LEE as "Lulu"
Episode 403, The Black Hand Man

Wednesday, November 18
@10pm/9pm (CBS)

Now available on CBS All Access

Jully Lee directing THE WOODINGLE PUPPET SHOW 11/14
by
julie taiwo oni 
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​THE WOODINGLE PUPPET SHOW
WITH HOST MR. C., AS CONSTRUCTED BY MR. ASININE WITH CALCULATIONS AND ARTICULATIONS OF THE GENIUS SORT
by julie taiwo oni
directed by Jully Lee
​

Saturday, November 14 @ 6pm

julie taiwo oni’s riff on Miguel de Cervantes’ Retablo de las maravillas (The Marvelous Puppet Show) reimagines the anxieties around social and cultural belonging in the space of a rapidly gentrifying South LA. Oni explores questions of Blackness, and the hoops people are willing to jump through to prove that they are “black enough.”
​
Starring
Gerald James, Samantha Miller,
Carene Rose Merkertichyan
and Lex Helgerson
​


RESERVATIONS
Presented by LA Escena, A Noise Within and Playwrights' Arena

Jully Lee directing THE FACILITATOR by Starina Johnson 11/9

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TICKETS

Jully Lee performing in Le Roundabout with IMPRO 11/8

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Jully Lee performing in reading of  RESET by Howard Ho 10/25

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​RESET by  Howard Ho
Directed by Darin Anthony
​

2020 Chernobyl. A man takes part in a secret new life-changing treatment. But what he thinks is a self-help retreat turns into a
mind-bending quantum physics experiment.  


FEATURING
Brandon Bales, Anthony Mark Barrow
​Jully Lee and Carl Weintraub


virtual reading on
SUN, OCT 25 
Zoom @4:30pm
​
​TICKETS

ACCEPTING DONATIONS
​

Jully Lee​ performing in reading of  THE SNAKE GOD OF FIJI 10/19

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THE SNAKE GOD OF FIJI 
(A Prequel to Hedda Gabler)  
Written by Katherine Vondy
Directed by Desiree York 

Exploring the roles that memory and desire have in storytelling, The Snake God of Fiji (A Hedda Gabler Prequel) tells the peculiar tale of a mysterious book’s creation.

Starring Anisha Adusumilli, Jully Lee, Peter Pasco, Luke Rampersad & Samantha Rund 

MON, OCT 19 @8pm
MORE INFO

Jully Lee directing virtual staged reading in ALAP's Drama Pajama 10/11

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ALAP presents readings of 10-minute plays...

THE FORMER VIRGIN MARY
by Michael P. Adams | directed by Jully Lee
Starring Kevin Matsumoto and Jacqueline Misaye

SUNDAY, OCT. 11 at 1:30pm

$10 for DRAMA PAJAMA weekend event (10/10 & 10/11)
MORE INFO | TICKETS

JULLY LEE directing A FORK IN THE MIDDLE by ANNETTE LEE 10/9
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Together LA Festival celebrates the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of greater Los Angeles as ​34 theatre companies have collaborated to showcase new 10-minute works created for a digital platform. ​
​
This festival is presented by Alternative Theatre Los Angeles and LA STAGE Alliance.
​
The 3-week festival will take place on Twitch.
Free Admission. Register for tickets below. 


​​A FORK IN THE MIDDLE
a very short play by Annette Lee
directed by Jully Lee

Friday, Oct 9 at 7pm
​
WATCH NOW
(PLAY STARTS AT TIMESTAMP 24:30)

Presented by 
PLAYWRIGHTS' ARENA​
as part of Together LA A Virtual Stage Festival
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Starring Elaine Kao, Kim Miyori, ​Feodor Chin & Kevin Matsumoto
The usual family dinner takes an unexpected turn.
​Pass the dysfunction, please!

​AVAIL UNTIL 10/25


Jully Lee directing virtual staged reading of
(UN)RIVALED by Rosie Narasaki with The Road Theatre 10/5

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The Road Theatre

Jully Lee performing in reading of  RESET by Howard Ho 9/12

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​RESET by  Howard Ho
A play about destiny, the choices we make, and quantum physics

JULLY LEE reading the role of Aiko Tanaka

virtual reading on
SAT, SEP 12
Zoom @6pm
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Jully Lee performing in reading of  SEA LONGING by Nina Ki 8/30

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SEA LONGING,  a full-length audio drama
by Nina Ki

JULLY LEE reading the roles of Halmuni, Denise, "Friend Pup," and Stage Directions

Live performance on SUNDAY, AUG 30
​10:30am PT / 1:30pm ET

​Presented by The Parsnip Ship and  The Actor's Theatre of Boston
To request an invitation, please EMAIL

Jully Lee in Staged Reading 8/22 @5pm

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THE BIG RED
NAUGAHYDE BOOTH 

(OR WOULD-BE ELKS)


a new play by Jennie Webb
directed by Laura Stribling

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 @5PM
​
​A comedy about negotiations, acceptance and belonging, tracking the cocktails and confessions of a group of larger than life women who regularly meet to drink and dish. 
​
FEATURING​​
JULLY LEE, Susan Louise O’Connor, Erin Walker 
Cathy Carlton, Paula Weston Solano
Peter Pasco & Sarah Jo Provost


MORE INFO

Open to the public, please EMAIL for invitation and Zoom link


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BEYOND THE CONCEPT:
A CONVERSATION WITH
THE ARTISTS OF LADIES


AUG 20, 7PM

Join playwright Kit Steinkellner, director Jessica Kubzansky, and the entire cast of Boston Court’s production of Kit’s play LADIES over ZOOM for a conversation inspired by the play’s exploration of intersectional feminism, patriarchal systems, and what it means to be women in the world at this moment in time. Moderated by assistant director of LADIES and Artistic Associate of Boston Court, Margaret Starbuck.

Also featuring excerpts of LADIES performed by Carie Kawa, Meghan Andrews, Jully Lee and Tracey A. Leigh.


MORE INFO
​RSVP


Little Tokyo Arts & Culture Panel 8/19 @5pm

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Join EAST WEST PLAYERS as they host a panel with leaders from arts organizations in and around Little Tokyo.

Little Tokyo Community Council​​
JACCC
Visual Communications
Tuesday Night Project
Cold Tofu
Artists At Play
Grateful Crane
Teada!
hereandnow theatreco
​
WEDNESDAY, August 19 @5pm
​

Facebook Live

YouTube Live

NISEI WEEK'S VIRTUAL SERIES -- 8/15 @4pm

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The Nisei Week Foundation proudly presents...

The Nisei Week 2020 Virtual Series

JULLY LEE performs with COLD TOFU as they kick off this special 2-Day Virtual Event with some sketch comedy!

The fun starts Saturday, August 15 @4pm
​


Official Nisei Week YouTube | Nisei Week Facebook

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Company of Angels presents...

WHAT'S GOING ON? 
A VIRTUAL PLAY FESTIVAL
Saturdays, August 1 & 8 @8pm

Inspired by Marvin Gaye’s hit song, this virtual festival features fifteen 5-Minute Plays set during the latest uprising in Los Angeles and the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, written by Los Angeles-based playwrights for Company of Angels.

What happens when you add civil unrest to a pandemic, racism to a quarantine, or a mask to social media?


HOW'S THE STORE? by Mildred Lewis
Directed by Jully Lee
Starring Edward Hong and Gavin Lee

ORANGE JUICE: REST IN POWER, LATASHA HARLINS by Carene Rose Mekertichyan
Directed by Jacole Kitchen
Starring Jully Lee and Charlotte Williams

Both plays performed on August 8, 2020 at 8pm
Available on Facebook Live and YouTube Live


MORE INFO:
companyofangels.org/whatsgoingon

"THE NEW NORMAL READING SERIES"
​virtual reading on 7/25 @ 2pm

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​THE NEW NORMAL READING SERIES: Join us on July 25th at 2 PM Pacific - 5 PM Eastern for our 1st online New Normal Reading Series under the "New Normal." We will be reading 10 pages of original scripts from our African American, Latinx, Asian, Native American & South Asian groups. Plus some stand up comedy & live music. 

JULLY LEE performing in an excerpt from full-length play RAVAGE by Nina Ki
Also featuring Jessica Kwen, Whit Spurgeon, Jacky Jung, Alan Lee and Jennifer Yun
MORE INFO
Direct ​
ZOOM LINK

Jully directs for LAFPI's Virtual Micro Reads 7/13 @6pm

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Jully directs 2 pieces for Los Angeles Playwrights Initiative (LAFPI)'s Micro-Reads on July 13 at 6pm over ZOOM. 

WHO IS THAT MASKED WOMAN by Jen Huszcza
THE DROPSIES by Sarah Stanley.

Micro-Reads is an event of readings of  1-page submissions by any writer who identifies as female.
​To get involved, send an email to ​info@lafpi.com

Jully directs in ALAP's Pride Playreading Fest ​6/20 @4pm

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​
FORBIDDEN LOVE by Michael P. Adams
a prequel to William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
​
directed by JULLY LEE
starring KURT KANAZAWA, SCOTT KEIJI TAKEDA and DEBBA ROFHEART


Saturday, June 20, 2020 | 4:00pm - 5:30pm
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MORE INFO

Jully Lee in virtual reading for FIRST FIFTEEN on 6/13 @3pm
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​Virtual reading of "first fifteen" pages of pilot script presented by FIRST FIFTEEN

JULLY LEE appearing as UMMA in


SUCH NICE SHOES
by Christine Renee Miller


June 13 at 3pm

Also featuring readings of scripts by
Jaz Wright and Shawn Nabors

Followed by a panel discussion with
Kemiyondo Coutinho and Dewayne Perkins

MORE INFO

First Fifteen connects writers with actors for a lively table read of the "first fifteen" pages of their work followed by a panel of established industry talent and share feedback to move the script forward.

Jully Lee directs staged reading on May 27 @2pm

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​Special staged reading Zoom presentation
Invite-Only
​
INSIDE OUT
& BACK AGAIN
by Min Kahng
directed by Jully Lee

Ten-year-old Hà and her family flee from Vietnam to Alabama, where she dreams of her beloved papaya tree and struggles to adjust in a strange new land. Thanhha Lai’s award-winning book of poetry comes to life in this on-stage retelling of a young girl and her family’s journey to find a new home.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 2pm

Starring
Vyvy Nguyen
David Huynh
Carolina Do
Tracey A. Leigh
Steve Brady



Jully Lee directs at PLAYGROUNDZOOMFEST on May 18

​PlayGround Shorts Program B
Short plays by Cass Brayton, Nicole Jost, Robin Lynn Rodriguez, Kirk Shimano, Nic A. Sommerfeld, and Aaron Loeb

MISS FINKNAGLE SUCCUMBS TO CHAOS
 by Kirk Shimano
​
directed by Jully Lee

Monday, May 18, 2020 8pm via Zoom Live Stream
​FREE ADMISSION - MORE INFO
​

CAST: Cindy Goldfield, Michael Barrett Austin, Krystle Piamonte, 
​Rosemarie Kingfisher, 
JennyAn Nelson and Stephanie Prentice
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RSVP HERE

Jully Lee directs staged reading over Zoom on May 3
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​Artists At Play's first virtual outing.....
​(Invite-Only)
​

(UN)RIVALED 
​
by Rosie Narasaki
directed by Jully Lee

11th century ladies-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan's most beloved writers. (They also kind of hated each other.) 

​Sunday, May 3 at 2pm 

Starring
Jessica Jade Andres
Jacqueline Misaye
Krista Marie Yu
Eddie Liu

with
Julia Cho

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JULLY LEE as Emmy in THE ILLEGAL ​

A new film by Danish Renzu
Starring Suraj Sharma and Iqbal Theba

UPCOMING SCREENINGS
PASADENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
*CANCELLED*

SAN LUIS OBISPO FILM FESTIVAL
*CANCELLED*

TONGUES ON FIRE, United Kingdom
*CANCELLED*

BRAVEMAKER FILM FEST, Redwood City, CA
*CANCELLED*

SUNSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL, St. Petersberg, FL
Sunday, May 3 6:30pm
AMC Sundial 12, Theatre #3
151 2nd Ave N., St. Petersberg, FL



*POSTPONED*
​

JULLY LEE as ATSUKO in TEA by Velina Hasu Houston
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TEA
by Velina Hasu Houston
directed by Rebecca Wear


A powerful take of women, immigration and survival.

CAST
Jully Lee as Atsuko
Lisa Sanaye Dring as Himiko
Andrea Lwin as Chizuye
Rosie Narasaki as Teruko
Jane Park Smith as Setsuko

PERFORMANCES MOVED TO THE SUMMER
*NEW DATES TBD*


produced by

HERO
THEATRE

ATWATER VILLAGE THEATRE
3269 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles

MORE INFO

*POSTPONED*
​

JULLY LEE directing WHERE I'M FROM by Howard Ho
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​IT'S ALL RELATIONAL
       a short play festival at COMPANY OF ANGELS

WHERE I'M FROM by Howard Ho
directed by Jully Lee
starring: Victor Chi & Steven Ho
                    with Jennifer Cheung & Matt Callahan
​
Also featuring
Recuerdeme by Alex Alpharaoh 
Jumped the Gun by Cyndy Fujikawa 
Cooking by John Dubiel 
United Self Defense by Judy Soo Hoo
Dedications by Mildred Lewis 
City Dating by Tamadhur Al-Aqeel 
Mulholland by Tim Lounibos 
*​NEW DATES TBD*
Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays @8pm; Sundays @7pm
COMPANY OF ANGELS at LEGACY LA
1350 San Pablo Street | Los Angeles 90033​
​
MORE INFO | TICKETS

JULLY LEE directing at PlaygroundLA on April 20
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The Best of PlayGround Gala features a special presentation of the best six short plays originally developed through the Monday Night PlayGround staged reading series in its 8th season!  
​
​NOTE: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and current shelter-in-place order, this year’s event will be live streamed only via Zoom, with actors performing remotely. The performances will be followed by a virtual reception with the artists.

BEST OF PLAYGROUNDLA GALA
April 20, 2020 at 8pm via ZOOM

​hellokitty55 by Misao McGregor
directed by Jully Lee
cast: Rosie Narasaki & Jen Cheng

Program of All Plays
None of Your Business by 
Rachel Borders | Dining in the Desert by Julianne Jigour
hellkitty55 by Misao McGregor | Hamlet at the Prom by Scott Mullen
A Part of the Circle by Nicholas C. Pappas | Mother Earth Day by Daysha Veronica

​MORE INFO

Jully Lee directing staged reading of
(UN)RIVALED by Rosie Narasaki
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11th century ladies-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan's most beloved writers. (They also kind of hated each other.) 

​Sunday, March 3, 2020 at 12pm | @EST-LA
Starring: Jessica Jade Andres, Jacqueline Misaye,
​Sophie Oda, Edward Chen with Mary Kamitaki
Ensemble Studio Theatre LA
3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, California 90039

Jully Lee starring in staged reading of SEAMLESS 2/23@ 4pm
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Admission is FREE but reservations are required. Please make your reservation HERE

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JULLY LEE as Emmy in THE ILLEGAL 

A new film by Danish Renzu
Starring Suraj Sharma and Iqbal Theba

Hassan moves to LA in pursuit of his dreams of becoming a filmmaker, but his ambitions are disrupted when he must drop out of film school to support the family he left in India. 

UPCOMING SCREENINGS
SEATTLE ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
Saturday, Feb 22 @6:30pm | Northwest Film Form

PASADENA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Sunday, Mar 15 | Laemmle 7 @ 1:50pm

SAN LUIS OBISPO FILM FESTIVAL
Friday, Mar 20-22 | Downtown Centre 7 @ 7:15pm

DRAMA | FEATURE | UNITED STATES | 2019 | 86 mins

BROADWAY WORLD'S 2019 REGIONAL AWARDS
Jully Lee nominated  for Best Featured Actress for LADIES at BOSTON COURT
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Please register here to vote for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards


JULLY LEE performing in concert reading of THE FOUR IMMIGRANTS  Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 7pm at Visions and Voices 
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The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga is an award-winning musical about the adventures of four young Japanese immigrants in early 20th-century San Francisco. Based on Manga Yonin Shosei, a semi-autobiographical series of comic strips written and drawn by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama from 1924 to 1927.

Book, Music and Lyrics by: Min Kahng | Directed by: Leslie Martinson
Presented by: Artists At Play in collaboration with USC's Visions and Voices
​

Starring: 
Ewan Chung, Kurt Kanazawa, Scott Keiji Takeda, Reuben Uy, Jully Lee, Stella Kim, Yumi Iwama, Sophie Oda

7pm: Pre-Performance Discussion (Panelists: Min Kahng, Leslie Martinson, Frederik L. Schodt, Julia Cho)
7:30pm: Performance of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga

ADMISSION:
Admission is free. Reservations have reached capacity, but please join the  WAITLIST
MORE INFO

Jully Lee in AUBERGINE at South Coast Repertory 10/19-11/16
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TICKETS

JULLY LEE  performs as the  SHAPESHIFTER 
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HANNAH AND THE
DREAD GAZEBO
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​by Jiehae Park
directed by Jennifer Chang

Set in NYC and Seoul in the winter of 2011, just before the death of Kim Jong Il, Hannah's Korean American family goes on a surreal and heartbreaking adventure back to their roots in South and North Korea and the forbidden Demilitarized Zone that divides them.
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Starring
Monica Hong as Hannah
Gavin Lee as Dang
Hahn Cho as Father
Jennifer Chang as Mother
Wonjung Kim as Girl
and Jully Lee as Shapeshifter


AUG 17 - SEP 29
THE FOUNTAIN THEATRE
5060 Fountain Ave
Los Angeles 90029
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JULLY LEE  in LADIES at BOSTON COURT
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ADVISORY: THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS NUDITY, ADULT CONTENT, SEXUAL SITUATIONS AND PROFANITY AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR MINORS


​LADIES
by
KIT STEINKELLNER
directed by
JESSICA KUBZANSKY

Ladies is a fictional account of the birth of The Blue Stocking Society, the world’s first major feminist movement in 1750’s London, told through a modern lens. ​

MEGHAN ANDREWS
CARIE KAWA
JULLY LEE
TRACEY A. LEIGH


MAY 24 - JUNE 30

BOSTON COURT THEATRE
70 N. Mentor Ave | Pasadena 91106
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Check out interview with JULLY LEE
"A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A STAGE ACTOR"

FULL ARTICLE
May 8, 2019 by Cat Elliott     

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THRILLER a film by DALLAS JACKSON
DIVIDE/CONQUER AND BLUMHOUSE PRODUCTIONS

Years after a childhood prank goes horribly wrong, a clique of South Central LA teens find themselves terrorized by a killer hell-bent on revenge.

JULLY LEE appears as Su-Mi

NOW STREAMING on NETFLIX
RELEASED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES ON APRIL 14
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- DEADLINE article on April 12, 2019

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