Drama Stage

Drama Stage (Korean: 드라마 스테이지; RR: Deurama Seuteiji) is a South Korean weekly television program that features ten one-act dramas, which is similar to KBS2's Drama Special. The short plays were created by writers selected from the O'PEN Drama Storyteller Exhibition.^[a] O'PEN writers were recruited through an open call between January and March 2017. A total of 3,700 aspiring writers applied for competition with scripts for dramas or films during the contest period of about two months. Dozen of various drama and film industry officials judged the script in two to three rounds. The jury finally selected 35 new writers, including 20 new drama writers and 15 new movie writers.^[2] held by CJ E&M, and these are adapted as one-act dramas produced by the former's subsidiary Studio Dragon in partnership with other companies. It aired on tvN every Saturday at midnight.^[3][4]

Drama Stage
Promotional poster for season 6
Also known as	'O'PENing'
Hangul	드라마 스테이지
Genre	Drama
Created by	CJ E&M
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	59 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jinnie Choi (seasons 1–3) Kim Young-kyu (from season 4)
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	70 minutes
Production company	Studio Dragon (in partnership with some other production companies)
Budget	₩13 billion (season 1) (approx. US$18 million)[1]
Original release
Network	tvN
Release	December 2, 2017 (2017-12-02) – present (present)

On April 15 2022, it was announced by tvN that with season 5 the name of Drama Stage will be changed to 'O'PENing'. The 'Drama Stage', aired only one-act plays, but 'O'PENing' will broadcast two series and eight one-act episodes.^[5]