Lee Seojin X Ko Ah-sung will perform for the first time since his debut..Casting "Uncle Vanya" [Official]

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Actors Lee Seo-jin and Go Ah-sung will be on the stage of their first play since their debut.

On the 12th, LG Art Center unveiled the cast of "Uncle Vanya." In this work, actor Lee Seo-jin, who has long been loved across dramas, movies, and entertainment, will take his first stage in 27 years since his debut, and actor Go Ah-sung, who has built a wide acting spectrum from the movies "The Host" and "Snowpiercer" to Netflix's release, will also work together as his first play challenge. In addition, talented actors representing the theater industry are expected to join and present a denser new ensemble.

"Uncle Vanya" will be directed by Ahn Sang-gyu, who has been recognized for both his workability and box office performance with the play "The Life of Others," and will be performed at LG Art Center Seoul and LG SIGNATURE Hall from May 7 to 31. Lee Seo-jin and Go Ah-sung will play the main characters "Vanya" and "Sonya," respectively, while the two actors and all the cast will be on stage in the previous episode (22nd) one-cast.

Uncle Vanya is the representative work of Anton Chekhov, the great writer of Russia, and is still one of the most performed classic masterpieces on the world stage. It delicately depicts the stories of ordinary characters who have devoted their entire lives to their homes, families, and order within them, as well as "Vanya" and "Sonya," who at some point deviate from the trajectory of daily life and shake their entire lives.

Lee Seo-jin plays the main character "Vanya," who has a love for her family and a love for her dreams while constantly spewing dissatisfaction and skepticism about life. From strong and serious characters to warm humanity, actor Lee Seo-jin's unexpected charm is exquisite with the character "Vanya." The stage is expected to be an opportunity for him to expand his acting world once again at the closest distance to the audience, as he has made bold choices across the boundaries of genres and characters.

Actor Go Ah-sung, who works with Lee Seo-jin, plays the role of Sonya, a character who protects his base of life with Vanya in the play and moves toward the next generation. He was recognized for his acting ability early on by winning various rookie awards upon his debut with the movie "The Host" at the age of 14, and has since built a wide range of acting spectrum across times and genres through "Snowpiercer," "Samjin Group English Toy Class," and "Resistance: The Story of Yu Gwan-soon." Attention is focusing on Go Ah-sung's own "Sonya," which will be expressed on stage, in that it is his first theater stage of choice, which has proven his solid acting skills on screen.

In addition to Yang Jong-wook, a member of the bilateral project, who is enthusiastically supported by theater fans, Kim Soo-hyun, who showed overwhelming weight in "Richard II" and "Hamlet," and Cho Young-kyu, who won the 61st Dong-A Theater Award, will be joined. In addition, Lee Hwa-jung, who showed solid performances in "The Death of a Salesman" and "Kim's Convenience Store," and Min Yoon-jae and Byun Yoon-jung, who met the audience on a variety of contemporary stages, joined.

Uncle Vanya is a work that delicately intertwines the universal pain, joy, and irony of life and shows the essence of Chekhov's drama that resonates deeper than any other hero's narrative.

Ahn Sang-gyu, who is in charge of directing this work, is also a directing style that maximizes the original color of the story and the actor rather than a fancy device, and will naturally bring out the density of the character and relationship of Chekhov's work. Another point of view of this work is how far he will expand his directing world through the grand theater stage, which announced his successful directing debut by simultaneously proving his workability and box office performance with the play "The Life of Others" in 2024.

Meanwhile, the play "Uncle Vanya" will start selling the first ticket at 2 p.m. on February 27 through the LG Art Center's Seoul website and major reservation offices.

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