Min Kahng is a musical theatre writer whose work as a composer, lyricist and playwright centers on building story-driven theatrical experiences.
His work spans original musicals, literary adaptations, theatrical rituals, and family and youth-facing theatre, each shaped by curiosity, musicality, and wonder.
Min is especially interested in how artifice creates meaning: the idea that play, representation, and formal invention can lead us to profound insight, healing, and truth.
Across his work, three values consistently guide the process: Structure. Mischief. Heart.
Structure provides coherence and momentum. Mischief creates surprise and theatrical magic. Heart ensures that the experience remains grounded in genuine human feeling. Together, they shape projects that are intentionally built, emotionally accessible, and unafraid of humor even when engaging with complex subjects.
Min’s work has been commissioned, developed, and produced by a range of theatres, publishers, and educational institutions across the country, and he frequently collaborates with directors, dramaturgs, and producing partners throughout the development process. He values open communication, shared discovery, and a collaborative process that strengthens the work while preserving its artistic core.
He is based in the Los Angeles area and works nationally.
Bio
Min Kahng (he/him) is an award-winning musical theatre writer whose works include The Four Immigrants (San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award, NAMT Production Grant, Edgerton New Play Award); Happy Pleasant Valley (NAMT-Recommended, SFBATCC Award); Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, the Musical; GOLD: The Midas Musical; The Adventures of Honey & Leon, the Musical; The Song of the Nightingale and Tales of Olympus.
Kahng is a MacDowell Fellow, a Travis Bogard Fellow, and an alumnus of the Playwrights Foundation Resident Initiative, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor, Djerassi, and the TheatreWorks New Works Festival. He has been invited as a Guest Lecturer/Artist at Harvard University, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, San Jose State University and The San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Kahng is an NEA Grant Recipient, a Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist, a Richard Rodgers Award Finalist, and a Dramatists Guild committee member.