Draft:BBALLE (Laundry) (Musical)

Musical BBALLE(Laundry) is the Korean Original Musical From CHSOOBAK. Playwright by Choo Min-Joo.

Official Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@chsoobak

The Korea National University of Arts' theater graduate's work was recognized for its potential and was officially premiered as a commercial work at the National Theater's Byeoloreum Theater(별오름극장) in 2005. Since then, the performance has been supplemented through Sangmyung Art Hall 1 in Daehakro, Art Center K (formerly Wonder Space) Nemo Theater, Al-gwa-haek Small Theater, and Doosan Art Center Yonkang Hall, and since 2009, it has performed close to the open run at Hakjeon Green Small Theater. However, with the demolition of Hakjeon Green in 2013, performances were performed at Art One Theater 2 from July 2013 and at Art Center K (formerly Wonder Space) Nemo Theater until March 2014. Afterwards, the performance was held at the Dongyang Arts Theater located in Daehakro, but the performance was suspended in 2020 due to the coronavirus. The 25th production, which resumed in November 2021, is being performed again at Daehakro Uniplex Hall 2.

In recognition of its warm portrayal of the lives of petit bourgeois on the outskirts of Seoul, “BBALLE(Laundry)” won the Best Lyrics and Best Screenplay at the 11th Korea Musical Awards and the Best Lyrics, Best Composer, and Best Screenplay at the 4th The Musical Awards. Additionally, it most recently won the Yegreen Grand Prize at the 6th 2017 Yegreen Awards.

Story
The BBALLE(laundry) story of Na-young, a girl from Gangwon-do, and Solongo, a young Mongolian man. Na-young, a 27-year-old who moved to a small town near the sky in Seoul, leaves her hometown in Gangwon-do and lives and works at a bookstore in Seoul. ‘Nayoung’ meets ‘Solongo’, a young man next door, on her rooftop to hang out her laundry. The two meet, which begins with an awkward first greeting, gets closer little by little due to laundry being blown away by the wind, and they take each step closer as they discover each other's pure sides...

Living in Seoul for 45 years, the House Owner grandmother's laundry story. She is The owner of the house where Na-young and Hee-jeong's mother lives is a cursing grandmother.

She makes a tough living by washing clothes in cold water to save the money for buying laundry machine, and picking up and carrying boxes to save money. but even today, she sighs and holds back tears as she looks at her Sick daughter's diapers fluttering on the clothesline.

The story of the charming and lovely Hee-jeong's mother and Mr. Koo. She accurately guesses Na-young's underwear size at a glance. Hee-jeong's mother who runs an underwear shop in Dongdaemun Market. She trembles at the daily fight with her lover Mr. Gu, but she shakes off her worries by washing Mr. Gu's underwear again today.

Our neighbors' laundry stories, an office worker who cares about his boss, a supermarket's uncle who is upset by customers who pay credit. The driver who drives the minibus that Packed. The friendly lives of today's small citizens(petit bourgeois) are depicted along with laundry.

Characters

 * Na-young: A confident girl from Gangwon-do who has lived in Seoul for 5 years. She lived in Yeongok-ri, Yeongok-myeon, Gangneung-si. Her family includes her mother, who remains alone in Gangneung. Her dream is to become a writer, but she is pushed back by various circumstances and her future seems to be blocked.
 * Solongo: His real name is Solongos. He is a pure Mongolian young man who has been in the rainbow country of Korea for five years to work and pursue his dream. He majored in Korea in college.
 * Houseowner Grandmother: The grandmother who owns the semi-basement room where Na-young and Hee-jeong’s mother live.
 * Hee-jeong's mom: A cute girl who fights with her lover day and night and causes a fuss in the whole neighborhood. She has her clothing store in room 408 of Cheongpyeonghwa Market in Dongdaemun.
 * Mr. Koo: A romanticist who fights with Hee-jeong's mother every day, but has a kind heart. However, he leaves Hee-jeong's mother and goes to Match-making date.
 * BBANG : A mean bookstore owner. A snack for all employees to enjoy to talk when they drink. He seems to have forgotten all the difficulties he faced in his youth.
 * Michael: Solongo's roommate and a talented Filipino. He gets fired after injuring his arm at the factory.
 * Female Employee: Nayoung’s coworker.
 * Kim Ji-Sook(Na-Youngs'supervisor), Supermarket Courple, Son of BBANG etc.