Kon Yi was born în 1974 în Sun-cheon city, Korea.
In 2002, after completing the theatre directing MFA at the Korea National University of Arts, he worked in directing at Theatre Group ZakEunShinHwa and Theatre Troupe Jeockin Seoul, Korea. After completing an MFA in theatre directing under the guidance of Anne Bogart, the artistic director of SITI Company and the professor at Columbia University in 2011, he is currently working in theater, music, and performance in Seoul. He is a professor of Department of Theatre at Chungwoon University, and an artistic director of Theatre Troupe Jeock.
Director Kon Yi has been introducing abroad playwrights’works into Korean. The works include Collected Stories by Donald Margulies (2019, 2016), Nether by Jeniffer Hale (2017), Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire (2014), Screaming with Maria by John Duglas Weidner (2014). He has also been focusing on re-making of classics since his graduation of Columbia University.
Now preparing for the production The Tragedy of Hamlet in August, 2021 at Seoul, Korea. The past works include The Revenger’s Tragedy (2020), Duchess of Malfi (2018), The Walls-Iphigenie in Exile (2016), The Cherry Orchard (2015), The Bacchae (2014), Macbeth (2013), Alcestis(2011, 2012).
He has been artistic director of Theatre Troupe Jeock which is focused on remaking of classics and developing original works by Korean playwrights. Founded in 2003 by young theatre artists in Korea, the company produced Milkwood, adaptation of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood (2003, 2004, 2005), The Transposed Heads, adaptation of Thomas Mann’s novel (2006, 2007), Alcestis (2011, 2012), Macbeth (2013), Screaming with Maria (2014), Fuddy Meers (2014), Collected Stories (2016, 2019), Nether (2017), Malfi (2018), The Revenger’s Tragedy (2020) etc.
He has also worked as a director in Theatre Group ZakEunShinHwa since 2002. The company was founded in 1986 and became one of the prestigious theatre companies in Korea. The company has been focusing on original works by Korean playwrights. Kon Yi’s directing works include Hae-ju’s Hair Shop (2015), The Aliens (2011), The Small Cottage by the Railroad (2007, 2008), There Is No Mirae (2007) etc.