David Johann Kim fell hard for dramaturgy when working on new plays with powerhouse dramaturgs, Mame Hunt (at Berkeley Rep) and Morgan Jenness ( NYSF's New Works Now Festival and NY Theatre Workshops Dartmouth retreat) as an actor. Mabou Mines Ruth Malaczech asked David to be part of the writers group when she was devising A Drop In The Ocean. in residence at NYTW. Les Waters selected David to be part of the devising team for their Joint Stock-style production, Act 3 Sc 2 of Life at UC San Diego. He holds an MFA from UC San Diego and is a member of The Dramatists Guild, EST/LA’s Playwrights Unit, Chalk Rep’s Writers group, Playwrights ThinkTank and cofounder of EST/LA’s Ignite Project. His play PANG SPA was a semifinalist for the 2018 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Ashland New Play Festival and Bay Area Playwrights Festival and the final round of Dennis and Victoria Ross Foundation Playwrights Program. Both of his plays PANG SPA and TWO STOP were awarded the Los Angeles New Play Project Grant in November 2022.