He was one of the three longest serving instructors at The Marsh, a nationally recognized solo performance theater and development space, where he co-taught for a decade with Charlie Varon.

Kenny is an apprentice of Chris Bayes, head of physical acting at the Yale School of Drama. He is one of the first Korean American solo theater teachers in the US.

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2026

• Taught solo performance at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference in Los Angeles.
• Started physical theater based clown teacher apprenticeship with Chris Bayes.
• Performs regularly in New York clown shows.
• Teaching solo theater workshop for clowns and actors.
• Taught solo theater for clowns workshop in New York.
• Devised new clown act with Julia Proctor, founder of Clown Gym and former apprentice of Chris Bayes.
• Acted in staged play reading of Gena Oppenheim’s “Jesus, Titanic & Coca-Cola” directed by Milli Cho.
• Acted in short-film Inhuma directed by Chi Tran.
• Completed second clown teacher training program with Chris Bayes.
• Started physical theatre training in Grotowski inspired Paratheatre.
• Attended more rigorous physical theater training with Budi Miller including at Celebration Barn.

2025

• Devised “The Three Fates Destined Salty Pain, or Miasma” a experimental play with The Assembly and an ensemble in New York.
• Performed regularly in New York clown shows Down to Clown and The Idiot’s Hour.
• Completed the Pandemonium Studio clown summer intensive and teacher training program with Chris Bayes, head of physical acting at the Yale School of Drama.
• As part of the Stanford Humanities Fellowship Program 2025, mentored a Bay Area MD in playwriting on his first script that was about anesthesia induced dreams.
• Taught solo performance at the San Francisco Writers Conference.
• Co-taught clown for solo performers workshop in San Francisco.