Popular play turned Netflix series 'Kim's Convenience,' about a Korean-Canadian family, comes to Atlanta area

"Kim's Convenience" is a comedic play about a Korean-Canadian family living in an up-and-coming neighborhood in Toronto. Actors Ryan Vo as Jung, Yingling Zhu as Umma, Caroline Donica as Janet. (Photo Courtesy of Casey Gardner Ford)

The hit play that took Canada by storm and launched a popular Netflix show has arrived in the Atlanta area. “Kim’s Convenience” is a comedic play about a Korean-Canadian family living in an up-and-coming neighborhood in Toronto. The show is on stage at Aurora Theatre in Lawrenceville through Feb. 19 and will move to Horizon Theatre in Atlanta’s Little Five Points neighborhood beginning Mar. 3. 

Director Rebecca Wear joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom about the heart-warming, thoughtful family story that’s made such waves on American stages and screens.

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