★★★2026 Pick of the audience!★★★

In recent years, no play has overwhelmed the audience with this much power.
-Chosun Media

“The rapists have come forward.”

With that single breaking headline, an ordinary life collapses. 

The glances once filled with care instantly turn to suspicion and resentment. 

At the end of every gaze lingers a question, sharp as a blade.

“Don’t you know what you’ve done?”

The moment the newspaper is opened, love gives way to the most brutal question.

 The press invokes relationships instead of names, and cameras magnify silence. 

As her expression is taken as proof of guilt and she is defined as “Mother of Him,” every certainty begins to unravel.

2026 Audience Favorite, Acclaimed by Critics and Audiences Alike

After a sold-out run from opening night and resounding audience acclaim, 

the production returns to the stage by popular demand.

Actor Jin Seo-yeon, who has left a striking impression across various genres and roles, takes on the role of Brenda, 

a mother whose son is accused of a horrific crime.

 Amid the chaos that follows, the play poses a piercing question about how far understanding can absolve responsibility. 

Under the precise direction of Ryu Joo-yeon, 

who carefully shapes silence and distance on stage,the performance unfolds with remarkable intensity. 

On the stage of Myeongdong Theater, 

video imagery and a cast of commanding performances draw the audience in, 

steadily building tension until there is no choice but to face an inescapable dilemma.

SYNOPSIS

A son who once felt familiar now seems like a stranger. 

A storm of condemnation closes in from all sides. 

A mother turns into both a victim and a monster. 

Lost in the chaos of it all, can she still hold her family together?

It seems like a morning like any other as Brenda prepares breakfast for her two sons. 

But today, her face is splashed across the cover of every newspaper. 

Jason refuses to go to school, while her teenage son, Matthew, is under house arrest upstairs. 

Matthew has committed a terrible crime, and as Brenda fights for him to be sentenced as a child,

 she is forced to confront an unsettling truth.

Written by Evan Placey

Evan is a Canadian-British playwright and screenwriter who lives in London, UK.

His debut play Mother of Him won the inaugural RBC National Playwriting Award at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto,

the King’s Cross Award in the UK, and the Samuel French Canadian Play Award in the USA.

The play went on to be produced internationally and was adapted for BBC Radio.

It was revived at the Park Theatre, London.

Major Works

Girls Like That, Orange Polar Bear, Keepy Uppy, Consensual,

Jekyll & Hyde, Pronoun, WiLd!, Scarberia, Holloway Jones, Banana Boys

Directed by Ryu Joo-yeon

Director of Theater Company Sansuyu

Ryu Joo-yeon is renowned for her nuanced portrayals of diverse characters’ inner worlds and her ability to forge deep emotional connections with audiences.

She has gained recognition for her skillful adaptations of translated works,

including Gyeongnam Changnyeong-gun Gilgok-myeon, Nukegara, and Twelve Angry Men.

By emphasizing natural expression and universal emotions,

she effectively overcomes the challenges of localization, making her works resonate powerfully with viewers.

Major Works

GOTT, Twelve Angry Men, You Don’t Know Your Son, The Fear Begins, Nooran Nooran,

Regretters, Strange Journey, Constellations, Gyeongnam Changnyeong-gun Gilgok-myeon, 1945