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.
Learn more about the show here.
CAST / CREDITS
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
Audio Engineered by Garrett Schultz
Casting by Michael Cassara
Stage Managed by Norman Anthony Small
Keen Company Artistic Director: Jonathan Silverstein
The Hear/Now Audio Consultant: Garrett Schultz
The Hear/Now Theme Composer: Billy Recce
Transcriptions by Inclusive Communication Services, Inc.
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