About
Soomin Kim is a musical bookwriter and lyricist whose works explore quiet resilience, emotional isolation, and the fragile moments where language and music meet. Her musicals have been produced and showcased in Korea, Japan, and China.
📍 Seoul, South Korea
✉️ soominscripts@gmail.com
🌐 soominscripts.com
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Selected Works & Productions
2026
Musical Rappaccini’s Garden — Tokyo Premiere (Book & Lyrics)
Book & Lyrics by Soomin Kim
New National Theatre, Tokyo
TOHO Creator's Showcase
Selected Writer, Development & Presentation of New Musical,
Theatre Creation, Tokyo
2025
Musical Rappaccini’s Garden — Arco Live Capture → CGV Nationwide Screening (Book & Lyrics)Korea Arts Council / CGV
Musical Nameless, Junhee (Book & Lyrics)
K-Musical Festival Showcase · Shanghai
Musical The Perfect Plan to Be Your Friend (Book & Lyrics)K-Musical International Market — Final Selection
Musical Rappaccini’s Garden — Seoul Production (Book & Lyrics)
Plus Theater, Seoul
Full-run production
Musical Nameless, Junhee (Book & Lyrics)
Link Art Center Dream Theatre, Seoul
Full-run production
2024
Musical Rappaccini’s Garden (Book & Lyrics)
Korea Arts Council — Selected as “New Work of the Year”
Published short story (Fiction)
“Midsummer’s P.E. Class”
(pen name: On Hana)
included in the anthology Today is Today’s Day
2023
Musical Spectrum (Showcase) (Book & Lyrics)
Into the Creation Program — Creative Talent Development
Novel Midsummer’s P.E. Class
Kyobo Book Centre Story Contest — Youth Fiction Prize
2022
Musical How to Become a Boy (Book & Lyrics)
Reading Performance, K-Arts
2021
Musical The Day Tom Died
Selected for New Play / Musical Development Program
2020
Musical Rappaccini’s Garden (Book & Lyrics)
Musical House Black & Blue Program — Final Selection
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Education
MFA-equivalent Program in Musical Theatre WritingKorea National University of Arts — Book & Lyrics
BA in Korean LiteratureDongduk Women’s University
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Training
Chungmu Art Center Musical Creation Academy
Completed Short-Form (2016) & Full-Length (2017) Courses
Selected Works & Productions
2026
뮤지컬 〈라파치니의 정원〉 신국립극장(도쿄) — 작가
TOHO Creator’s Showcase 선정 작가 · Theatre Creation(도쿄) 공연
2025
창작산실 Arco Live 뮤지컬 〈라파치니의 정원〉 CGV 상영 — 작가
K-뮤지컬 국제마켓 피칭 프로그램 최종 선정작
뮤지컬 〈너와 친구가 되기 위한 완벽한 계획〉 (구 〈스펙트럼〉) — 작가
뮤지컬 〈라파치니의 정원〉, 플러스씨어터 — 작가
뮤지컬 〈무명, 준희〉, 링크아트센터 드림 — 작가
2024
공연예술창작산실 올해의 신작 선정작 〈라파치니의 정원〉 — 작가
뮤지컬 〈소년이 되는 법〉 리딩 공연(한국예술종합학교) — 작가
2023
창의인재 Into the Creation 쇼케이스 〈스펙트럼〉 — 작가
제11회 교보문고 스토리대상 청소년소설 부문 우수상
〈한여름의 체육시간〉 — 작가 / 필명 ‘온하나’
2021
연극·창작뮤지컬 대본 공모 선정작 〈톰이 죽었던 날〉 — 작가
2020
뮤지컬하우스 블랙앤블루 최종 선정작 〈라파치니의 정원〉 — 작가
2021
연극·창작뮤지컬 대본 공모 선정작 〈톰이 죽었던 날〉 — 작가
2020
뮤지컬하우스 블랙앤블루 최종 선정작 〈라파치니의 정원〉 — 작가
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Education
한국예술종합학교 전문사 협동과정 음악극창작과(대본 및 작사 전공) 졸업
동덕여자대학교 국어국문학과 졸업
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Training
충무아트센터 뮤지컬 창작 아카데미
단편반 (2016) & 장편반 (2017) 수료