M. J. Kang
M.J. Kang is a Canadian playwright and actress.[1] Born in Seoul, South Korea, she immigrated to Toronto, Ontario with her family at the age of two.[2] She studied with the Playwrights Unit at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre.[3]
Her plays include Questioning Condoms,[4] Noran Bang: The Yellow Room,[5] Blessings[3] and dreams of blonde & blue.[6][7] She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre Division in 1998 for Noran Bang: The Yellow Room.[8]
As an actress, Kang had a regular role in the 1997 television series Riverdale,[9] and made guest appearances in E.N.G., Earth: Final Conflict, The City, Doc, Strong Medicine and Medium. On stage, she has performed in productions of Jean Yoon's The Yoko Ono Project,[10] Laurie Fyffe's The Malaysia Hotel[11] and Oren Safdie's Private Jokes, Public Places.[12] She has performed in productions of Private Jokes, Public Places in Toronto, New York City, London, Los Angeles and Berkeley, California.[13]
She is married to Oren Safdie.[14]
References
- ↑ Wagter, Caroline De (2013). "Mouths on Fire with Songs".: Negotiating Multi-Ethnic Identities on the Contemporary North American Stage. Rodopi. ISBN 9789401209540.
- ↑ "Toronto playwright cites youthfulness, Korean heritage as aid to writing". Ottawa Citizen, November 24, 1996.
- 1 2 "Seoul sister launches play: M.J. Kang drama explores issue of cultural dislocation". Toronto Star, November 14, 1996.
- ↑ "Experimenting with Rhubarb Unpredictable fest of short works opens with six new shows". Toronto Star, February 1, 1996.
- ↑ "Promising new play a generational drama". Toronto Star, December 3, 1993.
- ↑ "Death of a Korean restaurateur". National Post, January 28, 2002.
- ↑ "Chronicle of the faded American dream". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2002.
- ↑ "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 27, 1998.
- ↑ "Riverdale tries to get street smart". Canadian Press, August 31, 1998.
- ↑ "Discovering new truths and making them stick". National Post, January 15, 2000.
- ↑ "Actress wears many hats, but all in good measure". Toronto Star, January 29, 2001.
- ↑ "Nice design, poorly built". Toronto Star, September 22, 2004.
- ↑ Harvey, Dennis, "Private Jokes, Public Places". Variety, April 16, 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
- ↑ "Home is where the rejection is: Writer Oren Safdie is a hit in the U.S., but Canada isn't calling". National Post, November 24, 2000.