Painting of fabric and beauty products floating on water with handwritten text 찜질방 (jjim-jil-bang)

Where & When

THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 THROUGH
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 01
8:00PM
HARRY J. ELAM, JR. THATER

Admission

Tickets $5
Advance Purchase Required


Important Info

For safety reasons, we cannot accommodate late admission OR re-seating while the performance is in progress. Please plan on arriving with ample time to find parking, locate the theater, move through the box office, etc.

Water-Based Haze will be used in this production.


Content Warning

Beauty and body image issues and dysmorphia, disordered eating, plastic surgery, and intergenerational, cultural, and familial trauma. Not recommended for children.


Runtime

This production runs 60-minutes and is presented without intermission.


Accessibility

Request disability accommodations and access info via Stanford’s online form. Requests should be made by October 25th.

Electronic Assisted Listening Devices will be available for pickup at Will Call for all performances.


Sponsors

This production is supported by the Pigott Fund for Drama and the May Ellen Ritter Production Fund.

 

About 찜질방

(jjim-jil-bang)

찜질방 (pronounced jjim-jil-bang in English) roughly translates to public bath and spa house in Korean. 찜질방 follows the story of a group of Korean teenage girls sharing their first jjimjilbang experience, where truths emerge in the physically vulnerable space from the girls’ conversations and a movement exploration of how the body speaks when it has been subjected to the unspeakable. A narration of the personal-turned-communal cultural reckonings with the unspeakably impactful body and beauty standards of the Korean American feminine experience, 찜질방 makes its debut as Stanford TAPS’s Fall 2025 Developmental Stage.

Production Program

The Making of 

TAPS Graduate Student + TABLEWORK Host Marina Johnson interviews playwright and director Emily Miyeon Lim (‘27) on what this project will examine in the rehearsal room and on the stage.

Production Credits

Director/Playwright
Emily Miyeon Lim

Assistant Director
Lenny Wang

Stage Manager
Henry Tian

Assistant Stage Managers
Phoung Ho, Alex Stumpf

Choreographer/Multimedia Designer
Yinuo Yu

Dramaturg
Sarah Sohn

Scenic Designer
Eunice Jeong

Scenic Design Advisor
Nina Ball

Costume Designer
Tracy Li

Assistant Costume Designer
Sandi Khine

Costume Design Advisor
Becky Bodurtha

Lighting Designer
Raina Yang

Lighting Design Advisor
Christian Mejia

Sound Designer
Chloë Jones

Composer
Sebastian Hochman

Lyricist
Nayoung Son

Graphic Designer
Da-Hee Kim

TAPS 39 Crew
Jenin Al Shalabi,
Gayoung Lee,
Vencent Vang

Cast

Minji
Melody Ding

Chloe
J Yim

Rachel
Jasmine Xu

Hana
Lauren Yu