Producer
Lorne Oliver
Stage Manager
Tori King
Assistant Stage Managers
Sarah Smith, Elizabeth Martin,
Steven Manning
Technical Director
Brian T. Petersen
Subtitle Translator
Su Hahn
Subtitle Operator
Daria Seok, Nicole Stepanek
Lighting Design and Operator
David Besch
Sound Operator
Tori King
Usher
Emma Russell, Giovanna Gamez, Jiwon Oh, Mphahlee Mashoto, Onke Lokothwayo Mtshali, Sasha Dudock, Evelina Manchik, Ana Hernandez
Poster Designers
Janete da Rocha, Ryan Walters
Host
Pat Bong
Photographer
Robert Evans
Videographer
Jonathan Tommy
Front of House
Andrea Tollefsen, Jamie Davison, Luanna Munn, Su Hahn, Angela Parra, Aria Bang, Sejin Kim, Nick Holmes
Seoul Players Board Members
Brian T. Petersen, Lorne Oliver,
Janete da Rocha, InSook Bang
Pat Bong – Host
Pat Bong has performed and produced shows in Korea’s English-language stand-up scene for three years and won a comedy prize at Taco Amigo’s talent show on his fourth attempt. He studied English Literature and Psychology at university, and suspects that if either prepared him for an indefinite career teaching English in Korea, it’s the latter. Pat also majored in introversion-fueled social isolation outside of work, a degree hard-earned over a decade. Comedy has been its undoing. Hosting the Ten-Minute Play Festival is a little outside his element, but he’s delighted to have been invited.
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Tori Smith – Stage Manager
Tori King is a Canadian English teacher who has lived in South Korea for over 6 years. She has had a deep love for theater for over 15 years in English and Korean. This is her second 10-Minute Play Festival and she is excited to return. Each performance is another story being brought to life by the talented actors, and she can’t wait to see the show.
David Besch – Light Designer
David Besch has studied opera performance at Lawrence University and has continued to be a part of the perfomance scene since his college days. He is excited to design and run lights for the play festival and help to showcase all of the directors’ and actors’ hard work.
Elizabeth Martin – Assistant Stage Manager
Elizabeth Martin is a Canadian theatre practitioner and teacher. She holds a combined B.A. in Dramatic Arts and English Language and Literature with a concentration in stage management. Prior to teaching in Korea, she worked with the Hamilton fringe festival and local theatre groups within her community. Since coming to Korea, she has been an ASM for Seoul Players’ 2024 and 2025 10 Minute Festivals, as well as SSC’s 2025 production of Romeo and Juliet. She also stage managed SSC’s 2026 production of Romeo and Juliet. She also stage managed SSC’s 2026 production of Taming of the Shrew. She is incredibly excited to have been welcomed back to ASM for the 2026 10 Minute Festival once more!
Sarah Smith – Assistant Stage Manager
Sarah Smith is a literature teacher who spent over a decade living in South Korea. She has had the pleasure of working for the 10 Minute Play Festival for three years. These experiences made her fall even more in love with the artistry of theater as long days, tireless commitment, and raw energy punctuate each performance. She is eternally grateful to her husband for sacrificing weekend dates and the theater community for welcoming her back each year.
Steven Manning – Assistant Stage Manager
Steven is a musician from Seattle who has participated with several Seoul Players productions in the past, mainly the Rocky Horror Shadowcast and 10 Minute Plays. I enjoy being on stage and helping out the community whenever and however I can!
Lorne Oliver – Producer
Lorne has a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and he has been an active member of the Seoul Players community since 2013. As a professional voice actor in Seoul for almost twenty years, and live sound engineer in Hongdae for what seemed like twenty years, he is proud to be part of the very talented pool of people that puts on such great shows.