KEEN TEENS PROGRAM HISTORY
YEAR 1: 2007
CONSPICUOUS
by Winter Miller
directed by Blake Lawrence
CIRCUMVENTION
by Anton Dudley
directed by Mark Armstrong
YEAR 2: 2008
THINGS FALL
by Barton Bishop
directed by Meredith McDonough
NOWHERE IN AMERICA
by Bathsheba Doran
directed by Lisa Rothe
TO KNOW KNOW KNOW ME
by Courtney Baron
directed by Daniel Rigazzi
FREAK
by Naomi Iizuka and Ryan Pavelchek
directed by Blake Lawrence
YEAR 3: 2009
FIREBIRDS
by Liz Flahive
directed by Blake Lawrence
THE SOUTHRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL FORENSICS TEAM PRESENTS
ASSORTED TALES OF ROBIN HOOD
by Jason Grote
directed by Heath Cullens
THE GHOST OF ENOCH CHARLTON
by Cheri Magid
directed by Leah C. Gardiner
YEAR 4: 2010
THE FINAL ROSE
by Bekah Brunstetter
directed by Carlos Armesto
THE VICTORIAN
by Marcus Gardley
directed by Blake Lawrence
ALIENS vs CHEERLEADERS
by Qui Nguyen
directed by Robert Ross Parker
YEAR 5: 2011
THE BORING-EST POEM IN THE WORLD
by Greg Kotis
directed by John Clancy
VIRTUAL CONGRESS
by Mike Lew
directed by David F. Chapman
THE FLIP SIDE
by Jenny Schwartz
directed by Sarah Cameron Sunde
YEAR 6: 2012
WAYWARD LOAFERS OF GOOSEBERRY HIGH
by Michael Mitnick
directed by Christopher Mirto
LETTERS TO KURT
by Janine Nabers
directed by Cat Miller
DRAMA GEEKS vs ZOMBIE CHEERLEADERS
by Kathryn Walat
directed by Portia Krieger
YEAR 7: 2013
THE DANCE COMPANY
by Jonathan Caren
directed by Kel Haney
FLIP TURN
by Madeline George
directed by Larissa Lury
A POLAR BEAR IN NEW JERSEY
by Anna Moench
directed by Shelley Butler
YEAR 8: 2014
GOING LEFT
by Kristoffer Diaz
directed by Daisy Walker
WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD ALREADY
by Halley Feiffer
directed by Liz Carlson
SYD ARTHUR
written and original songs by Kenny Finkle
directed by Jesse Geiger
YEAR 9: 2015
OLD FOLKS
by Max Posner
directed by Mark Armstrong
THE LOST GIRL (or FIRST CHAIR)
by Lauren Yee
directed by Liz Carlson
THE ASTONISHING AND DANGEROUS HISTORY OF MAZEFIELD THE FROG
by Jen Silverman
directed by Tyne Rafaeli
YEAR 10: 2016
LANDLINES
by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen
directed by Liz Carlson
HOW THE MOON WOULD TALK
by Nick Gandiello
directed by Sash Bischoff
30 MILLION
music and lyrics by Max Vernon
book by Jason Kim
directed by Mark Armstrong
choreographed by Brad Landers
music direction by Lena Gabrielle
YEAR 11: 2017
RAT COURT
by Boo Killebrew
directed by Daisy Walker
TILDA SWINTON BETRAYED US
by A. Rey Pamatmat
directed by Zi Alikhan
AND...ACTION
by Eleanor Burgess
directed by Julie Kramer
YEAR 12: 2018
WINIFRED & MYRTLE GO TO HIGH SCHOOL!!!
by Leah Nanako Winkler
directed by Michael Goldfried
AROUND 2
by James Anthony Tyler
directed by Estefania Fadul
CARIBBEAN QUEEN
book by Jamie Cowperthwait music and lyrics by Salomon Lerner
directed and choreographed by Ilana Ransom Toeplitz
YEAR 13: 2019
REBELLIOUS RHYMES OF J NICE
by NSangou Njikam
directed by Dennis Allen
FOREIGN BODIES
by C.A. Johnson
directed by Temar Underwood
CITIZENS UNITED
by Kate Cortesi
directed by Heather Lanza
YEAR 14: 2020
WE <3 LOVE MR MARSDEN
by Chisa Hutchinson
Directed by Lynne M. Rosenberg
A SUDDEN RUSH
by Matthew Stephen Smith
directed by Dennis Allen
CANCELLED
music and lyrics by Melissa Li and Kit Yan
directed by Adam Odsess-Rubin
choreographed by James Watson
musical Directed by Anessa Marie
YEAR 15: 2021
FACE TO FACE: SOMEWHERE OVER THE INTERNET
Performed and Conceived by the 2021 Keen Teens Ensemble: Jaden Burton, Quinn Canales, Angel Encarnacion, Maya Evans, Shoshana Hoover, Evelyn Ibague, Yana Khandaker, Alexandra Pereira Shorey, Yauri Taveras
Direction: Jasminn Johnson
Playwright Mentors: Christina Quintana and Forrest Malloy
Video Design: Jack Dorfman
This special video presentation is available to watch for free here.
YEAR 16: 2022
A LITTLE BIT OF TEA WITH THAT
by Bleu Beckford-Burrell
directed by Mark Cirnigliaro
BAKE SALE
dy Stephanie Swirsky
birected by Sarah Krohn
HATCH
dy C. Quintana
directed by Lynne Marie Rosenberg
Presented by Keen Company and Concord Theatricals Keen Teens is made possible by The Axe-Houghton Foundation and the Keen Teens Ambassadors.