Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s)
Three brothers have a magical ability: to conjure images and sounds into the air. But what good is that in a hard, unmagical world? Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s) is a colorful journey through a queer Asian fantasia brimming with pop divas, anime princesses, disapproving ancestral spirits and more.
The Writer
Kevin Wong (Book & Music & Lyrics) is a composer-lyricist, singer/musician, and dramaturg. His musicals include: Recurring John; Polly Peel (with Julie Tepperman); Out of Stock; Drama 101 (with Steven Gallagher); In Real Life (with Nick Green); Believers (with Ali Joy Richardson), Take Me Back (with Amir Haidar); and Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s). Kevin streams weekly on Twitch (twitch.tv/kevinywong). He is the only three-time winner of the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Tom Hendry Award for New Musical. Recordings include: “Small Ways to Move” and “Covers” (on streaming services everywhere).
Development History
Soft Magical Tofu Boy(s) was commissioned in 2022 by the Musical Stage Company in Toronto as with funding from the Aubrey and Marla Dan Fund for New Musicals. It has been developed and supported by the Musical Stage Company along with fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company through a series of workshops in Toronto from 2023-present. It was developed with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center as part of the 2024 National Music Theatre Conference in Waterford, CT. In 2024, it won the Playwrights Guild of Canada’s Dan School of Drama & Music Award for Best New Musical.
Connect
Colin Rivers – Marquis Literary, colin@mqent.ca, 416.960.9123 x226