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.