THEATRE PREVIEW

OCTOBER 2025 | Volume 268

 

Pacific Theatre Brings Award-Winning Production Back to Vancouver 
Son of a Preacherman
Written & Performed by Ins Choi

After hugely successful runs in both Ottawa and Toronto, Pacific Theatre is honoured to bring Ins Choi's Son of a Preacherman back to Vancouver this fall, running Tuesday, November 10 to Saturday, November 14 at The Revue Stage on Granville Island, before heading to Kamloops' Sagebrush Theatre from November 18 to 29 for the final stop of this Canadian tour.

Bursting with warmth, wit, and musical flair, Ins Choi dives into stories of faith, creativity, and growing up as the only son of the head pastor at a Korean church. This deeply personal show sits at the intersection of faith and art – a whimsical and heartfelt tribute from a Canadian theatre icon to his father, his passion, and Korean-Canadian communities.

Nominated for six Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Direction, and Outstanding Performance in a Comedic Lead Role, and the recipient of awards for Outstanding Original Script and Significant Artistic Achievement, Son of a Preacherman is a funny, profound, and irresistibly engaging production from the creator of Kim's Convenience.

"✭✭✭✭✭ ...absolutely perfect for such a personal story."– Glenn Sumi | So Sumi

"The stories Choi tells are also at the same time intimately familial and grandly philosophical, and his warm, self-effacing stage presence adds to the tales' appeal."– Ilana Lucas | The Globe and Mail

"A love letter, not only to his family that came before him, but to the artists who have inspired, created space, and for the ones who come next and are still figuring it out."
– Samara Caplan and Laura Gauthier | Apt613

"...a tender triumph. Son of a Preacherman is unlike anything I've seen before, and I highly recommend it."– Courtney Castelino | BroadwayWorld

"... the honesty in how it's all delivered is hard not to love, as is Choi's gift for storytelling and the generosity of his performance."– Angie Rico | Stir Vancouver

"It's a joyful yet therapeutic telling of the highs and lows of the Korean-Canadian experience..."
– Rick Chung | YVArcade.com

"It feels warm and vulnerable, and invites the audience to lean in and listen to every word and parable uttered."– Reham Cojuangco | Intermission Magazine

"... a testament to Choi's finesse. In life and art, he navigates the tensions between creative calling and cultural expectations, between devotion and self-expression."– Isabel Ong | Christianity Today

"If Kim's Convenience showed a slice of an immigrant family's life, Son of a Preacherman brings a deeper personal and collective memory onto the surface."— The Joong Ang Korea Daily

Creative Team: 
Playwright/Performer:  Ins Choi
Director:  Kaitlin Williams
Stage Manager:  Sarah Miller
Musician/Actor:  Rachel Angco
Musician/Actor:  Ben Elliott
Musical Director/Musician/Actor:  Haneul Yi
Production, Set, & Costume Designer:  Jessica Oostergo
Lighting Designer:  Jonathan Kim
Producer:  Pacific Theatre

November 10 – 14, 2026 | The Revue Stage on Granville Island | 1601 Johnston Street
Opening Night:  Wednesday, November 11 at 7:30pm 
Preview Performance:  November 10 at 7:30pm 
Performance Times:  Tuesday - Saturday at 7:30pm
 Matinee:  November 14 at 2:00pm

Tickets:  $30 - $50 | Available online at www.pacifictheatre.org

 

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