Ins Choi he/ him

Playwright/Actor

Born in South Korea and raised in Toronto, Choi grew up as the only son of a Korean church pastor, an experience that profoundly shaped his storytelling. He studied theatre at York University and found his artistic voice in Toronto’s Asian Canadian theatre scene, where he first developed Kim’s Convenience. Over the years, he has created and performed a variety of works, including The Subway Stations of the Cross and The KJV: The Bible Show, each weaving together his faith, creativity, and lived experience.

In Son of a Preacherman, Choi takes audiences on an intimate and engaging journey through music, spoken word, and storytelling, reflecting on Bible stories, his creative process, and what it was like growing up in a Korean church. Filled with warmth, wit, and moments of deep reflection, this one-of-a-kind performance is sure to resonate long after the curtain falls.

Kaitlin Williams

Director

Kaitlin Williams is an interdisciplinary theatre artist born and raised on the unceded, shared territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Since earning her BFA in Acting at the University of Victoria, she has shared her heart and skills with many productions as a director, actor, and costume designer.

A long-time member of the Pacific Theatre community, Kaitlin began her theatre career in 2009 as a PT apprentice. She has had the honour of serving as Artistic Director since 2020. PT directing highlights: A Case for the Existence of God, Empire of the Son, God Said This, Wakey, Wakey, Kim's Convenience, Mother of the Maid, Almost Maine, Testament; PT acting highlights: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Foreigner, Jesus Freak, It’s a Wonderful Life.

Kaitlin has also worked with Bard on the Beach, the Arts Club, the Belfry Theatre, ITSAZOO, Delinquent Theatre, the Electric Company, Chemainus Theatre, Western Canada Theatre, Touchstone Theatre, Rumble Theatre, and many others. She has been grateful to receive Jessie nominations for both her acting and directing. In 2022 Kim’s Convenience won Calgary’s Betty Mitchell Award for Outstanding Production. She serves on the Canadian Actor Equity Association’s Director, Choreographer, Fight and Intimacy Directors’ Advisory Committee.

Above all, Kaitlin is a community builder and believes theatre is one of the best ways we can commune together--to bear witness to what it means to be human, grow in our empathy, and collectively attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the world around us. Kaitlin has served as Pacific Theatre’s Artistic Director since September 2020. When not in the theatre she is happiest spending time with her husband Ben, and their daughter Mirren June.

April Starr Land she/ her

Stage Manager

April Starr Land is a stage manger, born and raised in BC, and fourth generation Canadian. April Starr has enjoyed stage managing at Pacific Theatre, Bard on the Beach, Stratford Festival of Canada and Arts Club Theatre. Finally and most notably April Starr is a proud mama to Noah and auntie to Elizabeth. ❤️

Jessica Oostergo

Production Designer (set/ costumes)

Jessica is a Set and Costume Designer, born and raised in Vancouver BC, and a new resident of Edmonton. Her design work has been seen on stage and screens across North America. Jessica worked as the Assistant Head of Wardrobe at Bard on the Beach for seven seasons and has taught Design Foundations and Set Design for Studio 58. She is a three-time Jessie Richardson Award Winner with a total of seven nominations, and a graduate of Studio 58 and Emily Carr University of Art + Design Select Theatre Credits: Heist (Grand/Citadel), A Streetcar Named Desire (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); The Sound of Music (Grand/MTC/Citadel); Ring of Fire, The Legend of Georgia McBride (Arts Club); Sunrise Betties (ITSAZOO); Bunny, Stupid F*cking Bird (Search Party); An UnDeveloped Sound (Electric Company), Julius Caesar (Bard on the Beach). Visit jessicaoostergo.com!

Jono Kim

Lighting Designer

Jonathan, better known as Jono, is a Korean-Canadian lighting designer who currently lives and works on the unceded, stolen and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories (Vancouver, BC). He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University's Theatre Production and Design program. Recent credits: Into the Woods (Studio 58); CHILD-ish (Pacific Theatre); Jade Circle (rice & beans theatre); Red Velvet (Arts Club Theatre Company); Parifam (vAct & Medusa Theatre); Family Room (The Falling Company); Homecoming (Urban Ink); Maamawi (O.Dela Arts); I Fear Love (Katie Voravong); Take Form (Ballet BC); Eyes of the Beast: Climate Disaster Survivor Stories (Neworld Theatre); Agrimony (Sophie Dow & Laura Reznek).

Rachel Angco

Actor/ Musician

Rachel Angco is a second-generation Filipina-Canadian artist based in “Vancouver”. As a graduate of the UBC BFA Acting program, Rachel’s credits range from musical theatre and experimental theatre to film, motion capture, commercial, and voice-over work. Rachel began her performing journey singing jazz with live bands across the lower mainland and now continues her passion for music through songwriting and composition. Currently, in a Master of Management at UBC Sauder School of Business, she is passionate about story-telling as a tool for investigating cross-cultural identity building and the vastness of the human experience to build connections across differences.

Ben Elliot

Actor/ Musician

Ben, a fellow PK, is delighted to share the PT stage with these incredible performers. Ben's last project with PT was composer for Ron Reed's adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Next, you can catch Ben as Cal in The Arts Club's production of Waitress which runs this summer. Ben is a graduate of Studio 58, Bishops University and the lucky husband to Kori.

Haneul Yi

Musical Director/Actor

Haneul Yi (he/him) is a Korean-Canadian actor-musician, music & vocal director. As a performer/MD, he loves to veer away from the Western piano-centric sound and focus on a earthy, rhythmic, guitar-centric sound. His music is his language, integrity & honesty.
Recent Performing credits include Alligator Pie (SoulPepper), A Year With Frog & Toad (Capitol Theatre), Alice In Wonderland (Bad Hats), & Once (Thousand Islands Playhouse). MD'ing credits include new works Noche Buena and Kabilang Buhay.

Shona Struthers

Sound Engineer

Cassie Unger she/her

Apprentice Director

Cassie Unger is an artist and educator who is passionate about bringing powerful and meaningful stories to life through versatile and realistic performances. Born and raised in Oregon, she first performed onstage at the age of 10 and received a Bachelor of Creative Arts and Drama. Her artistic endeavours have continued since, spanning devised theatre, spoken word and vocal performance, film, script writing, teaching both youth and adult theatre classes, and helping to fund a theatre company (Little Dipper Theatre). Some of her favourite projects include: Tempting Providence (Gallery 7), The Trip to Bountiful (United Players), the 2023 Incubator Project (The Harlequin Theatre Society), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Pacific Theatre), devising and performing in Wild Light (Little Dipper).