Seoulful Productions Podcast

Caroline Choe is a chef, artist, teacher and writer based in New York City, and is a proud daughter of Korean American immigrants. After a long career in education, she continued her journey into a culinary and creative career. She recently published her debut cookbook, "Banchan: 60 Korean American Recipes for Delicious, Shareable Sides" with Chronicle Books, which was named as one of "The 26 Best...

Taeuk Kang is a Korean stage manager working across Korea and New York. A Columbia University MFA graduate (2020), his credits include What Happened Was (Audible Theatre, 2026), Stranger Things: The First Shadow (Marquis Theatre, 2026), Moulin Rouge! (U.S. Tour, 2023–25), Did You Eat? (밥 먹었니?) and SUMO (The Public Theater/Ma-Yi Theater, 2025), Happy Fall (CATF, 2025), Harry Potter and the Curs...

JK Kim is a fine-line tattoo artist specializing in minimalist, story-driven designs, creating meaningful work since 2014. Shaped by a life of movement—from Texas to the Virginias and now between New York and beyond—she brings a sense of fluidity, intention, and timeless simplicity to every piece. Whether in private sessions or events, JK focuses on creating thoughtful, personal experiences that f...

Harriet Jung is a costume designer and co-creative director of Reid & Harriet. She has designed for choreographers including Kyle Abraham, Justin Peck, Christopher Wheeldon, and Pam Tanowitz, with works presented by New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and The Royal Ballet. Her work extends beyond the ballet stage to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Works & Process at the Guggenhe...

Julia Riew is a musical theater composer-lyricist and New York Times Bestselling novelist. Her musical theater work includes viral hit Dive (dir. Diane Paulus, upcoming at American Repertory Theater)—dubbed online as “The Korean Disney Princess musical”—as well as musicals ENDLESS (dir. Zi Alikhan) and Protégé (in development with Library Company), and several musicals for young audiences that hav...

SEONJAE KIM (sun in the sky + letter j) is a NYC-based director from Seoul, South Korea. Her credits include Dawn (Everyman Theater) Fly To Tomorrow (Baekham Arts Hall, Seoul, South Korea), KPOP (Associate, Broadway), Bald Sisters (Salt Lake Acting Company), Wild Goose Dreams (SpeakEasy Stage Company), The Wolves (Atlantic Acting School), Jar of Fat (Ma-Yi), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling...

Angela Kim is a international circus artist and former figure skater who has worked with some of the largest companies in the entertainment industry, including Art on Ice, Cirque du Soleil, Disney, and Netflix. Having spent most of her life performing under the spotlight, she has continually evolved her creative voice both on and off the stage. Angela has produced and co directed immersive contemp...

Yee Eun Nam is a visual artist and theater designer specializing in live performance and digital media. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, she studied painting, sculpture, video, and metal craft. Her recent projects include X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at the Metropolitan Opera, Yellow Face on Broadway at Roundabout Theatre Company, and Here Lies Love at Center Theatre Group. She is a two-time...

Andrew Ahn is a queer Korean American filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Ahn's latest film THE WEDDING BANQUET (Bleecker Street) starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang, and Kelly Marie Tran premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. His previous film FIRE ISLAND (Searchlight Pictures) was nominated for two Emmy Awards and won the Ensemble Tribute at the 2023 Gotham Awards and a GLAAD Award for Outsta...

Lisa Kim is the inaugural director of the Ford Foundation Gallery. She has led the development of the gallery’s exhibitions and public engagement programs since 2018. Prior to her appointment, Kim was director of cultural affairs at Two Trees Management Company, where she fostered artistic and creative community development. She also served as the director of the New York City Percent for Art Prog...

안녕하세요 and welcome to Seoulful Productions Podcast Season 2! We are so excited to be back this year with ten new interviews with amazing Korean diasporic artists.   Seoulful Productions is a Korean-American women-led, 501(c)(3) arts non-profit organization based in NY. Our mission is to create artistic experiences that celebrate the culture, artistry, and voices of the Korean Diaspora through...

Ji Hyun Joo is a writer raised in San Diego, CA and Gyeongido, South Korea, currently based in Queens, NY. She completed her M.F.A in Fiction at Columbia University, where she is a recipient of the 2020 Felipe P. De Alba Fellowship and a nominee for the Henfield Prize. Her fiction has been published in The Drift, Virginia Quarterly Review, West Branch, and elsewhere. https://www.jihyunjoo.com   Se...

Soojin Chung has edited over 30 feature films in the USA, plus major titles in South Korea, including Park Chan-Wook’s Lady Vengeance, nominated for the Golden Lion at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival. She edited and produced Escape From Tomorrow, which was shot entirely undercover at Disney World, and became one of the most talked about titles at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The LA...

Juliana is a senior at Boston University who's active in both New York and Boston dance communities. Born in South Korea, she has danced for majority of her life ever since she wore her tiny ballerina slippers as a 5-year-old. She currently dances with a Boston-based team called Project CxC as well as BU's K-Pop group called BU miXx. She has also performed with a BU team called Unofficial Project....

Duly is an architect, community advocate, and avatar of Korean Momma, a food-based project with the mission to bridge emotions and family bonds through Sweet Forgiveness. https://www.instagram.com/_koreanmomma_/   Seoulful Productions [서울풀 프로덕션스] is a Korean-American women-led, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in NY. Our mission is to create artistic experiences that celebrate the c...

Laura Sohn graduated from Rutgers University and is a proud Korean American actor. She has worked in film/tv and theater after graduating and is currently a member of The OneOne Project. @ laurastellasohn   Seoulful Productions [서울풀 프로덕션스] is a Korean-American women-led, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in NY. Our mission is to create artistic experiences that celebrate the culture,...

Ari Kim (she/her) is lighting designer based in NY. She has been working on Theatre art, Dance and performance art in museums. She is interested in stories that talk about boundaries and marginalized communities. She believes lighting design comes from the meanings of emotions and feelings which are non-verbal languages stimulated through human senses These are the most essential, important and po...

Nina Ki (xe/she/they) is a Queerean (Queer + Korean) American playwright living in Brooklyn. Xe graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2008 with a BFA in Dramatic Writing, and xer plays have been read, recorded, and presented nationwide, including with Clubbed Thumb, Ma-Yi Theater Company, MCC Theater, The Parsnip Ship, Yale Summer Cabaret, and Queens Theater. Xer play “M...

Jacquelyn Wells is an artist, musician and entrepreneur. Her unique roots as a Korean American adoptee have always influenced her life and art. Playing piano and singing since childhood, she writes, produces, and performs her own music & lyrics and performs live regularly. Her own personal journey with mental health drew her to be interested in wellness, natural healing, mindfulness, and yoga,...

Christopher Shin is a Korean-American artist who has spent his adult life as an actor/singer/dancer. He performed on Broadway in the closing company of Mary Poppins and has toured the country in the national tour of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Chris has worked at countless regional theatres around the country including: Arena Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Walnut Street Theatre, Sacramento Mus...

Gennie Rim is an Emmy-Award winning Writer/Producer with 25+ years in Animation, having worked at studios such as Pixar, Disney, Netflix and Google. While CEO at Glen Keane Productions, Gennie produced the Academy Award-winning film "Dear Basketball" with animation legend Glen Keane and the late, great Kobe Bryant. Gennie’s most recent film "Over The Moon" for Netflix was an Academy Award Nominee...

안녕하세요 and welcome to Seoulful Productions Podcast Season 1, consisting of ten interviews with incredible Korean diasporic artists from all over the world. Seoulful Productions is a Korean-American women-led, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in NY. Our mission is to create artistic experiences that celebrate the culture, artistry, and voices of the Korean Diaspora through our own eyes a...