CHUANG Stage and Seoulful Productions present ‘Did You Eat (밥 먹었니)?’ Written and performed by Zoë Kim. Directed by Chris Yejin. Choreography by Christopher Shin. Set and Costume Design by Szu-Fen Chen. Sound Design by Katie Kuan-Yu Chen. Lighting Design by Ari Kim. Projection Design by Michi Zaya. At Boston Center for the Arts, Black Box Theatre, 539 Tremont Street, through November 30, 2024.

By Linda Chin

As we transition into colder and darker winter weather and approach the holiday season and its accompanying triggers (stress, travel, grief, family dynamics, food, lack of belonging, anyone?), being in a room with other compassionate and kind humans can be an antidote to loneliness. In that respect, the timing of CHUANG Stage and Seoulful Productions’ world premiere of the new solo show Did You Eat?( 밥 먹었니 ?), stunningly penned and performed by Asian American storyteller Zoë Kim, couldn’t have been more perfectly planned. At the Black Box Theater in the depths of the Boston Center for the Arts, Kim shares her life journey from birth to now, transporting us to places and spaces in Korea and the US that have felt unsafe, while taking audiences on a deep dive into the complexities of identity, love, and family.