David Quang Pham

David Quang Pham is a musical theater science communicator. He writes science musicals and consults on stories that explore STEM. His musicals personifying astrophysics, quantum mechanics, and botany are respectively: Ellipses (2023 Musical Theatre Factory, Signature Theatre; 2023 MilkyWay Theatre Company, Theatre 71; 2022 Colorado New Musical Festival; 2022 O'Neill semifinalist), Tour (2020 Downtown Urban Arts Festival finalist), and Turnover: A New Leaf.

Theatre on the Verge will produce a concert reading of Turnover at Abington Art Center on March 17, 2024. This reading is directed by Aliyah Curry, Pham’s frequent collaborator. Queer Theatre Kalamazoo is producing Turnover to finish their tenth season from May 10–19, 2024. This production is directed by Milan Levy.

Janelle Lawrence mentors him, helping to forge his broad range of musical styles including pop, punk, tango, and Quan ho. After completing an astrophysics and theatre education at Michigan State University, he studied playwriting as a Working Title Playwrights apprentice in Atlanta and Playwrights Foundation fellow in San Francisco. His moonbase is in Washington Heights. His earth is Wyoming, Michigan. Be up to lightspeed at sciencetheatre.us and @sciencetheatre.