Helen Park
{{Short description|American musical theatre writer (born 1986)}}
{{for|the South Korean tennis player|Helen Park (tennis)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Helen Park
| image = HelenPark2023.jpg
| birth_name = Hyunjung Park
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|3|23}}
| birth_place = Busan, South Korea
| occupations = Composer, lyricist, orchestrator, musician
| website = [http://www.helenparkmusic.com www.helenparkmusic.com]
| module = {{Infobox person
|child = yes
|education = New York University {{small|(MFA)}}}}
}}
Helen Park (born Hyunjung Park, March 23, 1986) is a South Korean-born composer based in New York City.{{Cite news|last=Mosher|first=Stephen|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Review-Audience-Cheers-NEW-WRITERS-AT-54-HELEN-PARK-IN-CONCERT-at-54-Below-20200201|title=BWW Review: Audience Cheers NEW WRITERS AT 54! HELEN PARK IN CONCERT at 54 Below|date=Feb 1, 2020|work=BroadwayWorld|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}} She is a 2018 Lucille Lortel Award Winner and the recipient of the 2018 Richard Rodgers Award. Best known for her score on the musical KPOP,{{Cite news|last=Struck|first=Chris|url=http://cabaretscenes.org/2020/02/04/helen-park/|title=Review: Helen Park|date=Feb 4, 2020|work=Cabaret Scenes|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}} Park was nominated for Best Original Score at the Tony Awards, as well as three Drama Desk Awards.
Biography
Park was born in Busan, South Korea, and moved to Canada in her third year of middle school.{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Sang Heun|url=http://weekly.chosun.com/client/news/viw.asp?nNewsNumb=002479100025&ctcd=|title=뉴욕 강타 뮤지컬 'KPOP' 작곡가 헬렌 박|date=Oct 23, 2017|work=Weekly Chosun|access-date=Feb 13, 2020|language=ko}} She attended New York University where she received her MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from the Tisch School of the Arts. Park is also an alumna of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
Work
Park is a composer-lyricist, music producer and orchestrator for the Broadway musical KPOP.{{Cite news|last=Rabinowitz|first=Chloe|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Helen-Park-Composer-of-Broadway-Bound-KPOP-is-Coming-to-Feinsteins54-Below-with-Guest-Appearance-by-Ashley-Park-20191112|title=Helen Park, Composer of Broadway-Bound KPOP is Coming to Feinstein's/54 Below with Guest Appearance by Ashley Park|date=Nov 12, 2019|work=BroadwayWorld|access-date=Feb 13, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Yoo|first=Yeon Seok|url=https://www.nocutnews.co.kr/news/4861284|title=美 브로드웨이에 오른 뮤지컬 'KPOP'을 아시나요?|date=Oct 17, 2017|work=No Cut News|access-date=Feb 13, 2020|language=ko}}{{Cite web|url=https://kpopbroadway.com//home/|title=KPOP | Broadway's Must-Experience New Musical|website=KPOP | Broadway's Must-Experience New Musical}} She is the first Asian female composer/lyricist for a Broadway play and the first to be nominated for a Tony Award. She is also the first Asian female writer to be nominated for a Tony in any writing category.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorktheatreguide.com/theatre-news/news/the-2023-tony-awards-by-the-numbers|title=The 2023 Tony Awards by the numbers|first=Sarah|last=Rebell|date=June 5, 2023|website=New York Theatre Guide}}
Park is a songwriter for Over the Moon, a Netflix musical animated feature film directed by Glen Keane, which was released on October 23, 2020.{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/glen-keane-direct-animated-movie-over-the-moon-1202689347/|title=Glen Keane to Direct Animation 'Over the Moon' for China's Pearl Studio, Netflix|last=McNary|first=Dave|date=Feb 6, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=November 23, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://media.netflix.com/en/only-on-netflix/80214236|title=Over the Moon|website=Netflix Media Center}}
Awards and Nominations
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.helenparkmusic.com Official website]
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American dramatists and playwrights
Category:American women composers
Category:21st-century American composers
Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni