Off-Broadway Dance Comedy Break Out Extends

The limited engagement of Break Out has extended at off-Broadway's Union Square Theatre. The extreme dance comedy from the creative team of Jump will now play through November 30. The show, which combines hip-hop, gymnastics, yoga, slapstick and more, was originally scheduled to close on October 16.

A mostly nonverbal dance comedy, Break Out tells the tale of a night-in-the-life of a group of desperate prisoners whose nightmare existence changes beyond belief when an ancient and sacred text mysteriously drops into the prison. This mysterious arrival inspires the inmates to plan a daring escape into the outside world, where they are able to enjoy a brief, and hilarious, moment of freedom.

Break Out premiered in Korea in April 2007 and played London’s Peacock Theatre the same month. The show has since played all over the world, including India, Malaysia, Bangkok, Laos and the 2007 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A sit-down production opened at the Break Out Theatre in Seoul, Korea in December 2007.

The cast includes Dae-Hyeok Lim, Won-Jun Song, Jong-Wook Jeong, Chul-Hee Han, Yong-Nam Song, Jae-Hong Park, Seong-June Park, Ji-Hee Jang, Jin-Hee Kim and Yoon-Hui Choi.

The design team includes Se-Jin Han visual arts design, Tae-Young Kim set design, Yun-Young Koo lighting design, Yo-Chan Kim sound design, Hee-Ju Kim costume design, Mi-Suk Kim make-up design, Hee-Jung Lim props design and original music by Sang-Ku Kang and Uk-Hyun Lee.