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, 2021

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: 2018-2019 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

  • NAMT Production Grant to TheatreWorks for Happy Pleasant Valley

  • 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
Dramatists Guild of America, Compensation Survey Working Group (2022-2023)
Theatre for Young Audiences/USA (Board Member 2019-2022)
Creativity Coaching Association
Theatre Communications Group
Theatre Bay Area

PUBLISHED ARTICLES

2024

  • The Dramatist, “Making Connections,” Author

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, Rough Draft Workshop, 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, PlayCafe, Berkeley, CA

  • 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