Simcheong’s Secret Recipe is a bilingual, community-engaged performance project that brings together Korean American elders and younger generations through food, storytelling, and theater. Developed by Masil Theater in collaboration with Korean American Community Services and Rising Youth Theatre, the project centers on immigrant women whose stories have rarely been heard on stage. Many elders feel disconnected from their children and grandchildren due to language and cultural shifts. While younger generations may not speak Korean, food remains a shared bridge, carrying memories, identity, and care across time. Through interviews, story-based workshops, and a staged reading in San Jose, participants will create and perform original material based on their lived experiences. This work aims to reconnect generations, honor unseen labor, and spark healing dialogue within the Korean American community through the shared language of food and performance.
In the hope Art gives rest to live, and life gives breath to the Art
We constantly connect the two, and sometimes we create by looking at it anew. We have been making theatre for the very young and community and are doing art eucation.

