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KIM’S CONVENIENCE is the hilarious and heartwarming award-winning comedy drama about a Korean family-run corner store. Popularized by the hit Netflix series, KIM’S CONVENIENCE is a feel-good ode to generations of immigrants who have made Canada the country that it is today.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Playwright Ins Choi stars as Korean immigrant/convenience store owner Mr. Kim in American Conservatory Theater’s season closer, “Kim’s Convenience.” Adapted as a six-season Netflix show, Choi’s comedy-drama focuses on Mr. Kim’s struggles to adjust to his gentrifying Toronto neighborhood and relate to his Canadian-born children. (Choi directed and played the son at the Toronto Fringe Festival premiere in 2011; here Weyni Mengesha directs.)
Jean Schiffman
Contributing Writer, Theater
American Conservatory Theater - ACT
Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness.
Under the leadership of Tony Award-winning Artistic Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness.