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