26-year buzz play "Secret Passage" opened second-phase tickets today (15th) and released three pair posters, continuing the hot opening excitement.
The play "Secret Passage," which opens on Feb. 13, 2026, is a work generating buzz for its six-person cast lineup that raises expectations for the performance by name alone: actors Yang Kyung-won, Kim Seon-ho, Kim Sungkyu, Lee Shi-hyung, Oh Kyung-joo and Kang Seung Ho. It is based on the original work "Meeting room of flaws" by Tomohiro Maekawa, a playwright and director who represents Japan's theater world and is a recipient of the Yomiuri Theater Award's best director and best play awards. Young director Min Sae-rom, who is attracting attention in Korea's theater world with works such as "Jellyfish," "On the beat" and "Repairing the living," directs, and the production company ContentsHap, which developed a new and original story and achieved box office success, produces, making it one of the most anticipated plays in the 2026 theater scene.
The play "Secret Passage" is a story that deals with life and death, the ties and death read in the small gaps between them, and the review of repeated lives, as two people who have lost memories of their lives in an unfamiliar space encounter each other and read books filled with intertwined memories. Yang Kyung-won, Kim Seon-ho and Kim Sungkyu play the role of Dongjae, a man who seems to have been living in a familiar time for as long as he can remember, while Lee Shi-hyung, Oh Kyung-joo and Kang Seung Ho play the role of Seojin, a man who begins to fire questions in an unfamiliar space.
The three released pair posters draw attention with copy that suggests the strange connection between Dongjae and Seojin — who face each other and calmly stare into the other's eyes — and hints at their odd relationship.
In each pair poster, Seojin asks fundamental questions about their ties and relationship, saying, "This story, I feel like I've done this before," "What am I doing here?" and "Do you know who I am?", and Dongjae ties up all those questions with the answer, "I was waiting for you," provoking curiosity about the two men's strange connection and the tightly layered personal stories within it.
In particular, the actors' refined gazes and deep emotional lines visible even in the posters foreshadow the dramatic density that "Secret Passage" will offer and raise expectations for the work. The six actors take on the challenging task of playing multiple roles, portraying the play in a delicate and sharp, and sometimes humorous, manner.
The play "Secret Passage," which will be a strange and tender journey across time and space, is expected to offer warm comfort to modern people tired of relationships and lacking leisure.
Meanwhile, the play "Secret Passage," which has emerged as one of 2026's most anticipated works, opened second-phase tickets today (15th) via NOL Ticket and Ticketlink; the performance period available in this ticket opening runs from Mar. 4 (Wed.) to Mar. 22 (Sun.), with a total of 25 performances.
[Photo] Play "Secret Passage" / producer ContentsHap
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