RESUMÉ FOR MIN KAHNG
PLAYS & MUSICALS - SHORT PLAYS - DISCOGRAPHY - SONGWRITING - FILM
AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS - EDUCATION & TRAINING - PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS - PUBLISHED ARTICLES
PLAYS & MUSICALS
Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical (in development), commissioned by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Staged Readings: Aug 2023, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley New Works Festival, Palo Alto, CA
Workshop: Dec 2022, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Redwood City, CA
Residency: Aug 2022, MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
Residency: May 2022, Willapa Bay AiR, Oysterville, WA
Reading: November 2020, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Zoom
Workshop: December 2019, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Redwood City, CA
Writers Retreat: January 2019, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Redwood City, CA
The Last Tram (in development)
Reading: May 2023, Playwrights Foundation & Crowded Fire Theater, San Francisco, CA
Calafia: A Reimagining (in development)
Movement Workshop: June 2019, Self-Produced, Funded by a Theatre Bay Area CA$H Grant, San Francisco, CA
Workshop: June 2018, Berkeley Rep's The Ground Floor, Berkeley, CA
Experimental Sound Workshop: May 2016, Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Freedom Conference (in development)
Residency: March 2019, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
New Play Lab: 2018-2019, Just Theater, Berkeley, CA
Jin vs. the Beach, commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse
School Tour: Mar-Apr 2023, Various Locations, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, CA
Workshop: Sep 2022, Shank Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA
Residency: May 2022, Willapa Bay AiR, Oysterville, WA
The Adventures of Honey & Leon, the Musical, commissioned by New York City Children’s Theater
World Premiere: Oct 2022, New York City Children’s Theater, Theatre Row, NYC, NY
Residency: Aug 2022, MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
Workshop: July 2022, New York City Children’s Theater, Ripley Grier Studios, NYC, NY
Iris Lee’s Audio Odyssey: A 21st Century Radio Play
Published by Playscripts
GOLD: The Midas Musical
Production: July-August 2023, Virginia Repertory Theatre, Richmond, VA
World Premiere: February 23, 2019, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Workshop: October 2018, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Oakland, CA
Residency: September 2018, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA
Table Reading: June 2018, Bay Area Children's Theatre, Oakland, CA
Table Reading: November 2016, Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, CA
Inside Out & Back Again, commissioned by Bay Area Children’s Theatre
World Premiere: March 31, 2018, Bay Area Children's Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Workshop: December 2017, Bay Area Children's Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Table Reading: August 2017, Bay Area Children's Theatre, Berkeley, CA
The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga
World Premiere: July 12, 2017 at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto, CA with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Concert Reading: November 2019, University of Southern California/Artists At Play LA
Workshop: April 2017, Playwrights Foundation, San Francisco, CA.
Staged Readings: August 2016, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley New Works Festival, Palo Alto, CA
Staged Reading: December 2015, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Redwood City, CA
Excerpt Reading: January 2015, Musical Cafe Showcase, Oakland, CA
Writers Retreat: April 2014, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Redwood City, CA
Story Explorers, commissioned by Bay Area Children’s Theatre
School Tour: March 2018-Ongoing at various schools throughout the Bay Area
World premiere: February 18, 2017, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley, CA
In-school Workshops: September 2015-December 2015, and January 2017 in various Bay Area schools.
Bad Kitty On Stage!, co-commissioned by Bay Area Children’s Theatre & Oregon Children’s Theatre
Co-World Premiere: January 23, 2016, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley & San Francisco, CA
Co-World Premiere: February 27, 2016, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Portland, OR
Production: January 2017, TYKEs at the JCC Rochester, NY.
Production: May-June 2017, Gifford Family Theatre, Syracuse, NY.
Workshop: August 2015, Oakland, CA. Bay Area Children's Theatre.
Workshop: July 2015, Portland, OR. Oregon Children's Theatre.
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: A Musical Adaptation, commissioned by Bay Area Children’s Theatre
World premiere: February 22, 2014, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Production: September-October 2019, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Production: February 2020, South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA
Production: April-May 2023, Oregon Children’s Theatre, Portland, OR
Recipient of three Theatre Bay Area Awards in 2014; Finalist in seven categories
The Song of the Nightingale
World premiere: October 11, 2013, Altarena Playhouse in Alameda, CA
Production: October 2017, Town Hall Theatre in Lafayette, CA
Production: May 2021, Beijing City International School in Beijing, China
Production: April-March 2023, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre, Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton, CA
Table Reading at Diablo Theatre Company, June 2011
Staged Reading produced by Altarena Playhouse November 22, 2010 at the Little Theater in Alameda, CA
Tales of Olympus for Young Performers
World premiere: September 18, 2015, Firehouse Arts Center, Civic Arts Stage Company & Bay Area Children's Theatre, Pleasanton, CA
Tales of Olympus: A Greek Myth Musical, commissioned by Bay Area Children’s Theatre
World Premiere: December 8, 2012, Bay Area Children’s Theatre, Berkeley, CA
Production: June-July 2019, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, IN
School Tour: January-February 2013, various Bay Area schools
Chicagoland Tour: 2014-2019, American Eagle Productions.
SHORT PLAYS
Half a Dozen of the Other, 2020 Play At Home Commission, Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Variations on a Fairy Tale, The Leap 2017, American Conservatory Theater MFA Program
Please Seat Yourself, ShortLived 2017, PianoFight
Homeless Fairy Godmother, FlashPlays 2016, Playwrights Foundation
Space Spelunker, FlashPlays 2016, Playwrights Foundation
DISCOGRAPHY
GOLD: The Midas Musical, Original Cast Album, 2020
The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga, Original Cast Album, 2018
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: A Musical Adaptation, Original Cast Album, 2014
Tales of Olympus: A Greek Myth Musical, Cast Album, 2013
SONGWRITING
Various, Lyrics by William Shakespeare & Maryssa Wanlass, Music by Min Kahng, for San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Cymbeline, 2023
Lulla-Lulla-Lullaby (Titania’s Lullaby), for San Francisco Shakespeare Festival’s touring production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2023
We’re Back!, for the CalShakes 2021 Virtual Fundraiser
Are You Ready For Me?, for Monica Ho & Theatre Mu’s virtual production of Elizabeth Wong’s China Doll
Oh, Sponsors & Donors, for the CalShakes 2020 Gala
Various, Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht, Translated by Tony Kushner, Music by Min Kahng, for CalShakes’ production of The Good Person of Szechwan, 2019
Extraordinary, Lyrics by Leah Nanako Winkler, Music by Min Kahng, for Ferocious Lotus Theatre Company's production of Two Mile Hollow by Leah Nanako Winkler, 2018
This Woman Does It All, "Instant Song" in honor of Charlotte Jacobs MD, TheatreWorks, 2018
Like Lotto, What's Your Story Bay Area? Muttville, FOGG Theatre Company, 2018
FILM
15: Gin, Original Music scored by Min Kahng; directed & written by Bob Shryock, produced by Bob Shryock in collaboration with Oklahoma City University MFA in Screen Acting
AWARDS, GRANTS & HONORS
2024
O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference Semi-Finalist for Happy Pleasant Valley
2023
Travis Bogard Artist in Residence Fellowship, Eugene O’Neill Foundation
2022
MacDowell Fellowship
Willapa Bay AiR Residency
O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist for Freedom Conference
2021
Theatre Bay Area CA$H Grant for Opera for Monsters
2020
Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist for Freedom Conference
Playwrights Realm Scratchpad Series Semi-Finalist for Freedom Conference
2019
NAMT Writers Residency Grant to TheatreWorks for Happy Pleasant Valley
Theatre Bay Area Award for Outstanding World Premiere of a Musical - GOLD: The Midas Musical
Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist for Freedom Conference
Richard Rodgers Award Finalist for The Four Immigrants
Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency
2018
Theatre Bay Area CA$H Grant for Calafia: A Reimagining
Just Theater New Play Lab Playwright
Djerassi Residency
Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist for GOLD: The Midas Musical
Safeway Foundation Grant to Bay Area Children's Theatre for Story Explorers School Tour
Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for Original Script, Original Music, and Entire Production - The Four Immigrants
2017
Theatre Bay Area Award for Outstanding World Premiere of a Musical - The Four Immigrants
Edgerton Foundation New Play Award to TheatreWorks for The Four Immigrants
NAMT Production Grant to TheatreWorks for The Four Immigrants
Lafayette Community Foundation, Anonymous Donor to Town Hall Theatre for The Song of the Nightingale
Bill Graham Foundation Grant to Town Hall Theatre for The Song of the Nightingale
Mechanics Bank Grant, Lafayette Branch to Town Hall Theatre for The Song of the Nightingale
2016
Theatre Bay Area CA$H Grant for Story Explorers
East Bay Fund for Artists Grant for Story Explorers
Resident Playwright with Playwrights Foundation
2015
NEA Grant to Bay Area Children's Theatre for Story Explorers
NAMT Writers Residency Grant to TheatreWorks for The Four Immigrants
Theatre Bay Area CA$H Grant for The Four Immigrants
2014
TheatreWorks Writers Retreat participant
2013
Theatre Bay Area Titan Award recipient
2012
East Bay Fund for Artists Grant for Tales of Olympus
Safeway Foundation Grant to Bay Area Children's Theatre for Tales of Olympus
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2016-2019 Resident Playwright with Playwrights Foundation
2013 Business of Arts Workshop: East Bay Community Foundation & Center for Cultural Innovation
2013 ATLAS for Playwrights: Theatre Bay Area
2004 BA Music & Rhetoric: University of California, Berkeley
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Dramatists Guild of America, Publications Committee
Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (Board Member 2019-2022)
Creativity Coaching Association
Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Bay Area
PUBLISHED ARTICLES
2023
The Dramatist, “California – North Season in Review 2022-2023,” Author
Young Dramatists, “Dramatists Bill of Rights, Royalties,” Contributor
2020
The Dramatist, “On Writing For Young Audiences,” Roundtable Panelist
2016
The Dramatist, "What are the Obligations of Writing Outside Your Own Ethnicity?" Contributor
SPEAKING & PANEL EXPERIENCE
2023
Reader, Young Playwrights in Progress, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Panelist, Sifting Through the Rubble: The State of Playwriting in Our Sort-of-Post-Pandemic Landscape, Theatre Bay Area Conference, Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley, CA
Panelist, TYA/USA Song Slam
Instructor, Songaturgy: The Dramaturgy of a Song, Dramatists Guild Institute, Virtual
Panelist, Behind the Scenes: Writing a New Musical, Playwrights Foundation, Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, CA
2022
Compensation Survey Working Group Member, Dramatists Guild
Reader, Young Playwrights in Process, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
2021
Panelist, ReImagining New Play Development Pathways, TYA USA Conference & Festival, Virtual
Workshop Leader, The Craft of Music & Lyrics in Storytelling, Play Cafe, Virtual
Panelist; Playwright Panel: Career Pathways, Theatre Bay Area, Virtual
Guest Artist, A Life in the Arts Series, Altarena Playhouse, Virtual
2020
Reader, Young Playwrights in Process, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Panelist; Listen, Learn, Lead: Antiracism in TYA Webinar Series, TYA USA, Virtual.
Workshop Leader, Song-aturgy: How Musical Theatre Songs Work, Play Cafe, Virtual
Workshop Leader, Digital Self-Marketing for Playwrights, Play Cafe, Virtual
Panelist, Cross-Community Panels, TYA USA Conference & Festival, Virtual
Reader, Musical Theatre Factory Makers Program, New York, NY
2019
Panelist, The Four Immigrants: From Manga to Musical, Artists At Play/USC Visions & Voices, Cammilleri Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Presenter, Envisioning the Future of Theater for Young Audiences, NEA-TYA/USA-TCG, The Jewel Box, Miami, FL
Guest Artist, Young Playwrights of The Rose Theater, Omaha, NE
Reader, Musical Theatre Factory Makers Program, New York, NY
Guest Artist, Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, Berkeley, CA
2018
Guest Speaker, From Manga to Musical: The Journey of the Four Immigrants, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Guest Artist, Musical Theater Workshop, Learning from Performers, Office for the Arts at Harvard, Cambridge, MA
Reader, Young Playwrights in Process, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
Panelist, The Great American Musical, ConFest, Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists, Chicago, IL
Guest Artist, Practical Aspects of Being A Professional Musician, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA
Guest Artist, Creating A Musical, TAPS department, Stanford University, CA
2017
Master Class Teacher, Song-aturgy: Making Musical Songs Serve Your Story
Guest Presenter, Lit Up, Town Hall Theatre, Lafayette, CA
Panelist, Radical Hope & The New Resistance, Dramatists Guild Town Hall at 3 Girls Theatre New Works Festival, San Francisco, CA
Guest Speaker, How Musical Theatre Songs Work, Town Hall Theatre Summer Camp, Lafayette, CA
Panelist, TITAN Award, Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco, CA
Presenter, Song Slam, One Theatre World Conference, Berkeley, CA
Guest Artist, Theatre and Loneliness, TDPS department, UC Berkeley, CA
Resume Doctor, Theatre Bay Area Annual Conference, Berkeley, CA
2016
Panelist, How to Get Your Musical Produced, Musical Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2015
CA$H Grant Panelist, Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco, CA
Master Class Teacher, Song and Dramaturgy, Playwrights' Center of San Francisco, CA
Guest Lecturer, Theatre/Forensics, San Jose State University, CA
TBA Conference Panelist, Intrinsic Impact, Berkeley, CA
2014
Open Door Panelist, TheatreWorks (San Francisco State, Berkeley High, Willow Glen High), CA
DRAMATURGY
2021
Musical Café, Next Stages Program
The White Rose, Brian Belding & Natalie Brice
2020
Musical Café, Next Stages Program
Finding Medusa, Jeff Dunn & Madeline Puccioni
The Unseen World, Ira Marlowe
2019
Musical Café, Next Stages Program
Paper Raincoat, Amber Rubarth, Alex Wong & Devon Copley
Pickpocket, Sandy Kasten & Billy Wolfe
Love the Struggle, Stacy Kray
2016
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, the Musical, Austin Zumbro, Bay Area Children’s Theatre