Kim's Convenience
November 6 - 23, 2025
Written by Ins Choi
Directed by Weyni Mengesha
Adam Blanshay Productions presents the Soulpepper Theatre Company production in association with American Conservatory Theater
Synopsis:
Please note that Kim’s Convenience is a Huntington Selects production, which are specially curated shows that we are offering to our audiences in addition to our usual mainstage fare.
Cast & Crew:
INS CHOI
Playwright, the role of Appa
INS CHOI
INS CHOI was born in Korea but grew up and currently lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife and two children. His debut play, Kim’s Convenience, won the Best New Play Award and the Patron’s Pick at the 2011 Toronto Fringe festival. It then launched Soulpepper Theatre Company’s 2012 season, toured across Canada, and was adapted into a TV series of the same name with Thunderbird Entertainment on CBC and Netflix for 5 seasons.
ESTHER CHUNG
Umma
ESTHER CHUNG
ESTHER CHUNG was born in South Korea and raised in Thornhill, Ontario. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience (the role of Umma) OTHER THEATRE: World Premiere of Bigfoot! (Port Stanley Festival Theatre); Calendar Girls; Noises Off; Five Alarm; One Slight Hitch; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
RYAN JINN 진윤섭
Jung
RYAN JINN 진윤섭
RYAN JINN 진윤섭 was born in Los Angeles and raised in Vancouver, BC. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience (the role of Jung). OTHER THEATRE: Kim’s Convenience (Arts Club Vancouver); An Assertive Girl (Pull Festival).
BRANDON MCKNIGHT
Rich, Alex, Mr. Lee, Mike
BRANDON MCKNIGHT
BRANDON MCKNIGHT is a Canadian actor with Jamaican roots, born and raised in Toronto, ON. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience (the roles of Rich, Alex, Mr. Lee, and Mike) OTHER THEATRE: Judas Noir (Tarragon Theatre); Of Mice And Men (Unit 102 Theatre). SELECTED FILM & TELEVISION: The Flash (CW); The Shape of Water (FOX Searchlight); Morningside (Elevation Pictures); Most Dangerous Game (Tubi); Kim’s Convenience (CBC).
KELLY J. SEO
Janet
KELLY J. SEO
KELLY J. SEO SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience (the role of Janet). OTHER THEATRE: The Melville Boys (Foster Festival), Kim’s Convenience (Grand Theatre), Jenny’s House of Joy (Foster Festival), Twelfth Night (St Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), Kim’s Convenience (Thousand Islands Playhouse), Hana Hashimoto the Sixth Violin (Thousand Islands Playhouse), Fables For the Future (Clay and Paper Theatre).
WEYNI MENGESHA
Director
WEYNI MENGESHA
WEYNI MENGESHA is a stage and screen director who currently serves as the artistic director of Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto. She has directed acclaimed productions nationally and internationally, including ‘da Kink in my Hair, Kim’s Convenience, A Streetcar Named Desire, Queen Goneril, and Power of Sail. She has directed across Canada, London, New York, and Los Angeles, receiving numerous Dora Mavor Moore Awards, two NAACP nominations and recognition from the Drama League (New York) and Drama Critics Circle (Los Angeles).
JOANNA YU 余頌恩
Scenic Designer
JOANNA YU 余頌恩
JOANNA YU 余頌恩 was born in Hong Kong, raised in Thornhill, Ontario. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience. FOR SOULPEPPER: ‘da Kink in My Hair, Three Sisters. OTHER THEATRE: Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, National Arts Centre, Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Stage, Arts Club, Belfry Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Citadel Theatre, RMTC, The Grand, Tapestry Opera, Factory Theatre, Buddies in Bad Times, Tarragon, Obsidian, fu-Gen, Cahoots, Nightwood, and many others.
MING WONG 黄慧明
Costume Designer
MING WONG 黄慧明
MING WONG 黄慧明 is an award-winning Toronto costume designer working in theatre, dance, opera, and film & television for over 15 years. She is a graduate from the Ontario College of Art & Design. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience, A Strange Loop. FOR SOULPEPPER: The Master Plan, Three Sisters, De Profundis: Oscar Wilde in Jail, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Pipeline.
WEN LING LIAO 廖雯伶
Lighting Designer
WEN LING LIAO 廖雯伶
WEN LING LIAO 廖雯伶 was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. She is based in the Bay Area, USA. Her works can be seen across USA including American Conservatory Theater, Hartford Stage, Theaterworks Silicon Valley, Denver Performing Arts Center, People’s Light Theater, Marin Theater Company, California Shakespeare Theater, Actors Theater of Louisville, Dallas Theater Center, Huntington Theater Company, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Magic Theater, Center Repertory and San Francisco Playhouse.
NICOLE EUN-JU BELL
Video / Production Designer
NICOLE EUN-JU BELL
NICOLE EUN-JU BELL is a mixed-race multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto, ON. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience. FOR SOULPEPPER: Assistant Projection Design: Billie, Sarah, and Ella: Revolutionary Women in Jazz (2023).
FAN ZHANG 张颿
Sound Designer and Original Music
FAN ZHANG 张颿
FAN ZHANG 张颿 SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience. OTHER THEATRE: Good Bones (Public Theatre); Jordans (Public Theatre), At the Wedding ( Lincoln Center), The Far Country (Atlantic Theater Company); This Land Was Made (The Vineyard Theater ); Snow in Midsummer (Classic Stage Company); Paris (Atlantic Theater Company), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Second Stage Theater), Pumpgirl (Irish Repertory Theater), Suicide Forest (Ma-Yi Theater Company), Behind the Sheet (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Shakespeare Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Arena Stage, Steppenwolf Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Capital Repertory Theater, American Repertory Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Pittsburgh City Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Studio Theatre D.C., Two River Theatre, The Huntington, and Old Globe.
SEAN BAEK
Fight Director
SEAN BAEK
SEAN BAEK is a classically-trained actor (Birmingham Conservatory at the Stratford Festival, 2005) based in Toronto. With an acting career spanning nearly three decades, Sean has worked across Canada and internationally with extensive credits in Theatre, Film, Television, Voice, and Commercials. Sean Fight-Choreographed/-Directed the original Fringe Festival production of Kim’s Convenience. FOR SOULPEPPER (as Fight Director): Kim’s Convenience (the inaugural & subsequent productions thereafter); Pipeline (2022).
ROBERT HARDING
Stage Manager
ROBERT HARDING
ROBERT HARDING was born and raised in Lewisporte, NL. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience. FOR SOULPEPPER: Production Stage Manager 2015 – 2019. Over 20 credits including: A Streetcar Named Desire (2024), Three Sisters (w/ Obsidian Theatre), The Guide to Being Fabulous, Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha (w/ Volcano and Luminato), The Seagull, Queen Goneril, Pipeline, Almighty Voice and His Wife, Rose: A New Musical, Waiting for Godot, The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine, The 39 Steps, Marat/Sade, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Spoon River, Of Human Bondage, & The Barber of Seville.
ANGELA MAE BAGO
Assistant Stage Manager
ANGELA MAE BAGO
ANGELA MAE BAGO is a proud Filipino-Canadian woman who’s manifesting a fantastic life thanks to the nurture of her partner, family and friends. She’d like to shoutout her cousin and partner, Janica Mae Trono and David See Jr., for supporting her and being her partners in crime. SOULPEPPER 2025: Kim’s Convenience. FOR SOULPEPPER: The Seagull, Draw Me Close.
ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS
Producer
ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS
ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS is a UK Based company with over 60 productions worldwide to date. Recipient of 8 Tony, 10 Olivier, and 1 Helpmann Awards. ABP produced the highly acclaimed 2024 UK première of Kim’s Convenience starring Ins Choi, directed by Esther Jun at Park Theatre and Riverside Studios in London, ahead of a 17 week UK Tour which begins in March 2025.
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