A one-day experimental theater project in Seoul will challenge how audiences experience performance by dissolving boundaries of language, space and form. On Sunday, the Mangwon Theater Project will stage five original short plays inside a working cafe, Bumgoal Coffee in western Seoul, blending Korean and English dialogue and placing audiences directly within the action. Rather than separating performers from viewers, the production will unfold within an everyday environment. Actors will be among the audience, with no fixed stage or backstage, the performances beginning before viewers realize they have started, transforming the cafe into an immersive setting. Staging the work in a cafe is central to the project’s concept, but the intimacy it creates also brings uncertainty. Kwon Min-chun, who wrote three of the five plays and is directing four of the performances, said the lack of physical separation between audience and actors makes each show unpredictable. “This is my first time directing, so we’re all figuring this out together,” he said. “This setting has good aspects, but t