Oct 1, 2026 — Nov 14, 2026
A funny, heartfelt, and irresistibly engaging production from the creator of Kim’s Convenience.
photo by Adam Blasberg
Ticket Notice
These tickets are for Toronto performances at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church.
| Tickets | Date | Time | Special Performances |
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| Sold Out | Thu, Oct 1, 2026 | 7:30 pm | Preview |
| Sold Out | Fri, Oct 2, 2026 | 7:30 pm | Preview |
| Sold Out | Sat, Oct 3, 2026 | 7:30 pm | Opening Night |
| Sold Out | Sun, Oct 4, 2026 | 7:30 pm | |
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Ticket Notice
These tickets are for Vancouver performances at the Revue Stage (Granville Island).
| Tickets | Date | Time | Special Performances |
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| Buy Tickets | Tue, Nov 10, 2026 | 7:30 pm | Preview |
| Buy Tickets | Wed, Nov 11, 2026 | 7:30 pm | Opening Night |
| Buy Tickets | Thu, Nov 12, 2026 | 7:30 pm | |
| Buy Tickets | Fri, Nov 13, 2026 | 7:30 pm | |
| Buy Tickets | Sat, Nov 14, 2026 | 2:00 pm | |
| Buy Tickets | Sat, Nov 14, 2026 | 7:30 pm |
Oct 1, 2026 — Nov 14, 2026
1 hour, 10 min. (no intermission)
Ins Choi and Pacific Theatre hit the road with Son of a Preacherman, bringing this award-winning show to audiences across Canada. Bursting with warmth, wit, and musical flair, Choi takes audiences on an intimate and engaging journey through stories of faith, creativity, and life as the only son of a Korean church pastor.
Blending spoken word, storytelling, and live music performed by a three-piece band, this one-of-a-kind performance moves effortlessly between laughter and reflection, and stays with you long after the curtain falls.
Nominated for six Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Production, Direction, and Performance. Winner for Outstanding Original Script & Significant Artistic Achievement.
For TORONTO: All performances take place at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church in an immersive, site-specific performance with very limited seating.
NATIONAL TOUR DATES:
National Arts Centre/Centre National Des Arts (Ottawa): nac-cna.ca
Western Canada Theatre (Kamloops): www.wctlive.ca
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A Pacific Theatre production
Playwright/Actor
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.
Director
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: Son of a Preacherman, 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: Meeting, 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 has served 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. When not in the theatre she is happiest spending time with her husband Ben, and their daughter Mirren June.
Email: ad@pacifictheatre.org
Music Director/Actor
Music 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.
Musician/Actor
Musician/Actor
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.
Musician/Actor
Musician/Actor
Belinda Corpuz is a Dora award-winning Filipina-Canadian multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto, Treaty 13. Her EP, All I Am, has garnered national radio-play, including features on CBC Radio. Her voice has been featured on film soundtracks: Robert Eggers’ The Witch, and Netflix’s In the Tall Grass. She has played various festivals and notable venues including Massey Hall, the Rex Hotel, Harbourfront Toronto’s Music Garden, the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, and Sofar Toronto. Belinda is a member of award-winning all-Filipina group, Tita Collective. She was featured in ACTRA’s inaugural Asian Performer Showcase. Belinda is a graduate of the 2024 Soulpepper Academy and the University of Toronto-Faculty of Music (BMus in Performance - Jazz Voice). SELECTED THEATRE: Snow White: The Panto (upcoming - Tweed & Co), Mary Mary Mary Mary (Crows - Dora Nomination), Narnia (Bad Hats/Soulpepper/Crows- Dora Nomination), Steel Magnolias (Capitol Theatre), Ladies of the Canyon (Soulpepper), Alligator Pie (Soulpepper - Dora Award), Dear Rita (Tweed & Co - BroadwayWorld Award - Best Supporting Actor in a Musical), Ms. Titaverse (Tita Collective - Second City Awards, Patron’s Pick Toronto Fringe), Ursa in Ursa: A Folk Musical (Tweed & Co/Uncommon Folk Collective), As You Like It (Canadian Stage), Tita Jokes (Tita Collective - JFL & Second City Awards, Patron’s Pick Toronto Fringe), Lady Sunrise (Factory), Hilot Means Healer (Cahoots/bcurrent), Prairie Nurse (Factory/Thousand Islands Playhouse). SELECTED FILM & TV: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (CBS), Lola’s Wake (Canadian Film Centre).
@belindacorpuz / www.belindacorpuz.com
Musician/Actor
Musician/Actor
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.
Musician/Actor
Musician/Actor
Yunike (you-NEE-ka) is a Dora nominated interdisciplinary performer based in Toronto. She is beyond excited to join the Ontario leg of this tour, as this show feels very close to her since she grew up in the church, playing in the worship band. Selected Credits: Bright Star (Mirvish), Prairie Nurse, A Year With Frog and Toad (Capitol Theatre), Playground (Toronto Fringe/Best of Fringe).
Thanks to my family, Aaron, and Talent House. This one goes out to my dad, Pastor Harry, who was my number one supporter in dropping out of pre-law to be an actor.
Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Credits include: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Crow’s Theatre/Musical Stage/Mirvish); A Strange Loop (Crow’s Theatre/Musical Stage/Soulpepper/TO Live); 1939 (Canadian Stage), Winter Solstice (Canadian Stage/Necessary Angel); Fall on Your Knees (Canadian Stage/Grand Theatre/National Arts Centre/Neptune Theatre), A Year with Frog & Toad, Little Shop of Horrors (Capitol Theatre); Bang Bang (Factory Theatre); The Runner (Human Cargo/Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish); Lil’ Red Robin Hood (Ross Petty Productions); Sizwe Banzi is Dead, Innocence Lost, Of Human Bondage, Spoon River, A Christmas Carol, Hosanna, The Heidi Chronicles, Angels in America (Soulpepper Theatre); Orestes, Yaga (Tarragon Theatre); Freedom Singer (Project Humanity).
Production Designer
Production Designer
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 four-time Jessie Richardson Award Winner with a total of eight nominations, and a graduate of Studio 58 and Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Select Credits: Antigone, Julie Caesar (Bard); The Play That Goes Wrong (Arts Club); Death of a Salesman (Citadel/Arts Club); the Handmaids Tale (Banff Centre/Detroit Opera); Elf (RMTC); Die Walküre, Siegfried (Edmonton Opera); Heist (Grand/Citadel), A Streetcar Named Desire (Citadel/Theatre Calgary); The Sound of Music (Grand/MTC/Citadel).
Lighting Designer
Lighting Designer
Jonathan, better known as Jono, is an award-winning Korean-Canadian lighting designer who currently lives and works on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations; also known as Vancouver, BC. He is a graduate of Simon Fraser University's: School for the Contemporary Arts - Performance Production & Design program.
Recent credits: Behind The Moon (Touchstone Theatre); Son of a Preacherman (Pacific Theatre); Casey and Diana (Arts Club); English (Blackout Art Society); The Baking Show Show: The Play (Ruby Slippers Theatre); A Journal of the Plague Year (Studio 58); Franklinland (Arts Club); Something Rotten! (Studio 58); Canadian Psycho (ITSAZOO / vAct); On Native Land (Urban Ink); The Paper Bag Princess (Carousel Theatre); Legally Blonde (Metro Theatre); The Little Mermaid (Theatre Under the Stars).
Producer
Producer
Laura McLeod is an independent theatre producer based in Toronto. With over 20 years of experience in both not-for-profit and commercial theatre, she’s worked with companies including Harbourfront Centre, Soulpepper Theatre, Outside the March, and Marquis Entertainment.
She also teaches theatre producing at the post-secondary level and is passionate about mentoring the next generation of artists. Laura believes strongly in the power of art and culture to bring people together, and is a proud member of the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative at Queen’s University.
The good. The not so good.
(But mostly the good.)
Part storytelling event, part stand-up comedy, part concert… it invites the audience to lean in and hear every word and parable uttered.
Outstanding show. Thoughtful, sensitive, humorous. Impactful and creative in sharing his story. These experiences are why we enjoy Pacific Theatre so much.
The play SON OF A PREACHERMAN was excellent, original, authentic and very relatable. The consideration of cultural nuances and subtle details was well thought out. Supporting music and sounds a perfect pairing. Choi’s story is a marvellous gift.