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
  1. Wagter, Caroline De (2013). "Mouths on Fire with Songs".: Negotiating Multi-Ethnic Identities on the Contemporary North American Stage. Rodopi. ISBN 9789401209540.
  2. "Toronto playwright cites youthfulness, Korean heritage as aid to writing". Ottawa Citizen, November 24, 1996.
  3. "Seoul sister launches play: M.J. Kang drama explores issue of cultural dislocation". Toronto Star, November 14, 1996.
  4. "Experimenting with Rhubarb Unpredictable fest of short works opens with six new shows". Toronto Star, February 1, 1996.
  5. "Promising new play a generational drama". Toronto Star, December 3, 1993.
  6. "Death of a Korean restaurateur". National Post, January 28, 2002.
  7. "Chronicle of the faded American dream". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2002.
  8. "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 27, 1998.
  9. "Riverdale tries to get street smart". Canadian Press, August 31, 1998.
  10. "Discovering new truths and making them stick". National Post, January 15, 2000.
  11. "Actress wears many hats, but all in good measure". Toronto Star, January 29, 2001.
  12. "Nice design, poorly built". Toronto Star, September 22, 2004.
  13. Harvey, Dennis, "Private Jokes, Public Places". Variety, April 16, 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  14. "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.
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