M. J. Kang

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Kang 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] She is the first Korean-Canadian playwright to be professionally produced on Canadian stages.

Kang's plays include Noran Bang: The Yellow Room,^[4] Blessings^[3] dreams of blonde & blue.^[5][6] and Questioning Condoms,^[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] recurring guest starring roles on Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Gangnam Project, Seal Team, 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]