ADVENTUREPHILE
by Melissa Li and Kit Yan
directed by Morgan Green

Starring Stephanie Mieko Cohen, Emiko Dunn, Kennedy Kanagawa, and Zachary Noah Piser

Sound Design by Fan Zhang
Musical Direction by Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh
Music Assistance by Bronwen Chan
Music Mixed by Jay Eigenmann
Stage Managed by Norman Anthony Small

Released FREE on Friday May 21st at 7pm EST

Keen Company debuts Adventurephile, a newly commissioned piece of audio theater by musical team Melissa Li and Kit Yan.

Welcome to Adventurephile, the only podcast that takes listeners on unforgettable journeys to unexplored destinations. On this episode, we travel to an uninhabited island off the southern coast of China. This trip is going to be so good, it's scary.

Musical team Melissa Li and Kit Yan have individually won an extensive list of awards and honorary fellowships. They have also collaborated on Interstate which won the Outstanding Lyrics award at the 2018 New York Musical Festival, Miss Step which won the 2019 Vivace Award through The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation. Together and separately, Melissa and Kit have made an impact creating work centered on the Asian-American, Queer, and transgender communities with an emphasis on social justice and LGBTQ+ awareness. The Village Voice called Interstate “a glorious pop-rock musical about inclusivity, Queer and Trans community, and the open road.” The team’s one-act musical Cancelled was commissioned for our 2020 Keen Teens program.

Melissa Li and Kit Yan are a Queer Asian-American creative team based in New York City. They are the winners of the 2021 Kleban award and the 2019 Vivace award, 2019 Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellows, MacDowell Colony Fellows, Lincoln Center Writers-in-Residence, and 2019-2020 Musical Theater Factory MAKERS. Their works include Interstate, which had its world premiere in March 2020 at Mixed Blood Theater and won “Best Lyrics” at the 2018 New York Musical Festival, and MISS STEP, which was commissioned by The 5th Avenue Theater’s first draft program and won a 2019 Vivace Award from the Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation. Their work has been supported by The 5th Avenue Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Weston Playhouse, NewYorkRep, Goodspeed Musicals Johnny Mercer Colony, The Village Theater, Musical Theater Factory, Dixon Place, and many others. The team’s one-act musical Cancelled was commissioned for our 2020 Keen Teens program.

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The Hear/Now Season of Audio Theater

Keen Company’s 21st Season reimagines the classic radio drama with the debut of five world premiere audio plays from a multifaceted group of Off-Broadway playwrights. Hear/Now welcomes patrons into a theater of their imagination, showcasing new work by Pearl Cleage, Kate Cortesi, finkle, James Anthony Tyler, and musical team Melissa Li and Kit Yan. All audio plays will be released completely FREE for everyone here on Keen Company’s website as well as through popular podcast platforms. Looking for special perks? Membership options start at just $1 a month and bonus content includes talkbacks with playwrights and artists, panels with experts, behind the scenes interviews, digital programs, opening night premiere parties, and more!