these welcome my good friend, daniel dae kim!applause] >> wow, what a warm house! >> ronny: yeah! everybody loves you, man peered you're the man. >> well, everybody loves ronny. who doesn't love ronny chieng? >> ronny: i don't know about that. [applause] they are forcing it, they are forcing it. so you are one of those guys that's become so rich and famous you have to do broadway now to get your kicks. >> [laughs] that's it, slumming it in theater. >> ronny: you came from theater. >> i did. i started my training here in new york and went to drama school here at nyu and that's where -- yeah, nyu! and so yeah, i did theater for a number of years before heading out to l.a. >> ronny: so that was where you learned your craft and you were running around town just being a theater kid in new york city? >> yeah, whatever little i know, i learned here. >> ronny: i don't know about little, but -- i wish we all could learn as little as you then. >> [laughs] >> and what is this play about? >> it's a semiautobiographical play, i don't know if