Kevin Wong is a composer-lyricist, singer/musician, and dramaturg. His musicals include: Recurring John: A Song Cycle; STAR!(ving): A Collection of Songs; Polly Peel (with Julie Tepperman); Out of Stock; Drama 101 (with Steven Gallagher); In Real Life (with Nick Green); and Soft Magical Tofu Boys. Kevin streams online concerts weekly on the streaming service Twitch (twitch.tv/kevinywong). He is a member of the vocal group Asian Riffing Trio (with Chris Tsujiuchi and Colin Asuncion), is currently part-time faculty at Sheridan College, and is a two-time winner of the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Tom Hendry Award for Best New Musical. Most recently, he can be heard on the live album, UnCovered: The Music of ABBA (with The Musical Stage Company), and his own albums Small Ways to Move and Covers (available on streaming services everywhere).
Training: Royal Conservatory of Music (Violin/Harmony/Music History); NoteWorthy (The Musical Stage Company, 2014); Composium (Theatre20, 2015).
Selected past musical theatre writing: Recurring John: A Song Cycle (Toronto SummerWorks Festival 2014 / Chicago Musical Theatre Festival 2015); STAR!(ving): A Collection of Songs; Misprint (with bookwriter Lauren Toffan, Women of Musical Theatre Festival 2016); Drama 101 (with bookwriter & co-lyricist Steven Gallagher, Bravo Academy 2017 / Etobicoke School of the Arts 2018 / Stage Door Academy 2018); and Reframed (Musical Stage Company / Art Gallery of Ontario, Dora Nomination – Best New Musical/Opera).
Currently in Development (as Writer): The Preposterous Predicament of Polly Peel (Act One) (with bookwriter Julie Tepperman, most recently a sold-out hit at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival and winner of the 2018 Playwrights Guild of Canada Stage West New Musical Award), Believers (with bookwriter and co-lyricist Ali Joy Richardson), In Real Life (with bookwriter & co-lyricist Nick Green, most recently workshopped at Yes Theatre/Sudbury in October 2022), and Soft Magical Tofu Boys (Musical Stage Company Commission).
Other: Kevin streams online concerts of originals and covers three times a week on the streaming service Twitch (twitch.tv/kevinywong). Kevin was the Musical Stage Company’s Associate Artistic Director from 2016-2018. Most recently, he can be heard on the live album, UnCovered: The Music of ABBA (with The Musical Stage Company), and his own albums Small Ways to Move and Covers (available on streaming services everywhere). He is a member of the vocal group Asian Riffing Trio (with Chris Tsujiuchi and Colin Asuncion). He is currently part-time faculty at Sheridan College, and Creative Lead for the UnCovered concert series at The Musical Stage Company.
Dramaturgy: FIRST DRAFTS: Tiny Tenement of Horrors (Aaron Jan & alaska b); Destination Wedding (Jennifer Villaverde, Kodie Rollan, Maria Aragon); Parkdale (Meghan Swaby & Chris Tsujiuchi) (Sheridan College, 2021-2022), FIRST DRAFTS: Kensington (Beau Dixon & Raha Javanfar); Rooted: A Musical Poem (Jewelle Blackman); Nobody Asked to Be Here (Avery-Jean Brennan & Camila Diaz-Varela) (Sheridan College, 2022-2023, UnCovered: Queen & Bowie (The Musical Stage Company, 2016), UnCovered: Dylan & Springsteen (The Musical Stage Company, 2017), UnCovered: Prince & Stevie Wonder (The Musical Stage Company, 2019), Kabilang Buhay (August 2022 Workshop).