The play "Repairing the Living" explores differing perspectives around a 19-year-old surfer who is brought to the hospital brain-dead with his heart still beating. Staged at the National Jeongdong Theater, the one-actor drama follows family members, a lover, a transplant coordinator, and medical staff as they confront whether the parents can allow their son’s living organ to be given to another. Performed by Kim Shin-rok, the narration delivers restrained emotion while actors portray tense, tearful and composed moments as each viewpoint is argued. Based on a novel by Maylis de Kerangal, the production—now in its fifth season after selling out in 2019—leaves audiences asking, “What would I do?” and runs through March 8. (transplant coordinator: a medical professional who manages organ donation and placement)
