{"id":220349,"date":"2026-03-25T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/220349\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:14:09","slug":"fort-worth-play-explores-what-it-means-to-belong-and-be-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/220349\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth play explores what it means to belong and be loved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Three years ago at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/organization\/50c42a1c-fce6-4a50-aa54-353e017e49cd\/Amphibian-Stage\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/organization\/50c42a1c-fce6-4a50-aa54-353e017e49cd\/Amphibian-Stage\/\">Amphibian Stage<\/a>\u2019s SparkFest, Zo\u00eb Kim performed an early version of her one-woman play about the trials and tribulations of growing up Korean-American. The workshop production led to a world premiere in Boston and then an extended run at famed off-Broadway house The Public, the latter coproduced by a SparkFest judge who first saw the show at Amphibian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Now Kim and her play Did You Eat? (\ubc25 \uba39\uc5c8\ub2c8?) are back at the Fort Worth theater for a  three-weekend engagement. Billed as \u201craw and personal\u201d and \u201cnimble and tender,\u201d it deals with identity issues as Kim reckons with memories of her family and  what it means to belong and to be loved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Details: March 25-April 12 at Amphibian Stage. Tickets at <a href=\"http:\/\/amphibianstage.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">amphibianstage.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4096 \/ 2730\"   class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JPEGTQMWSNESZPSAD3TKFVTIAM.jpg\" alt=\"Zo\u00eb Kim is performing her one-woman show at Amphibian Stage this month and next. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Zo\u00eb Kim is performing her one-woman show at Amphibian Stage this month and next. <\/p>\n<p>Evan Michael Woods<\/p>\n<p>News Roundups<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Catch up on the day&#8217;s news you need to know.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/performing-arts\/2026\/03\/24\/dallas-natives-play-written-for-will-grace-star-comes-to-addison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774473249_869_LCSGXXCS4VGKNDT2TL2JPR4HMU.jpg\" alt=\"Backstage at &quot;Tonight Starring Jack Paar&quot; in a scene from &quot;Good Night, Oscar,&quot; Oscar Levant...\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doug Wright\u2019s 2022 \u201cGood Night, Oscar\u201d is about a celebrity\u2019s appearance on \u201cTonight Starring Jack Paar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__P4zn3 inline-block pr-8 shrink-0 w-auto flex flex-col\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/performing-arts\/2026\/03\/19\/dallas-classical-music-dance-groups-reimagine-stravinsky-pulcinella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-with-images-list-with-images-module__6H-hI dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774473249_595_CGYDIROXM5B3ZGTALXFGQURV7E.jpg\" alt=\"Avant Chamber Ballet dancer Mackenzie Oborny posing in her &quot;Pulcinella&quot; costume by Fernando...\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orchestra of New Spain and Avant Chamber Ballet are also presenting Manuel de Falla\u2019s Andalusian-flavored \u201cEl amor brujo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three years ago at Amphibian Stage\u2019s SparkFest, Zo\u00eb Kim performed an early version of her one-woman play about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[6818,116,118,117,5351,2509],"class_list":["post-220349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-amphibian-stage","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-performing-arts","tag-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}