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Kenneth Jones is a New York City-based playwright, lyricist, librettist and theatre advocate. ByKennethJones.com is the official website about his creative work, but it also serves as a blog about new American plays and musicals, dramatists, theatre people, creative expression and events, and as an archive of some of his past reporting. His works for the stage include… continue→

Playwrights Lee Osorio, Sandra Seaton, Malcolm Tariq, Steve Yockey Get Readings in Southern Writers Fest

Mar 15, 2023

New scripts that explore Southern identity will be presented in staged readings in the 2023 Southern Writers Festival of New Plays at Alabama Shakespeare Festival March 17-18 in Montgomery, AL. The featured playwrights are Malcolm Tariq, Lee Osorio, Steve Yockey and Sandra Seaton.

The two-day event offers script-in-hand readings of new plays, plus talkbacks, audience engagement and networking … Read Full Article→

“Alabama Story”: A New Play About Books, Race, Censorship and the American Character

Mar 8, 2023

Alabama Story, playwright Kenneth Jones’ six-actor, one-set play inspired by real events that touch on censorship and Civil Rights issues in “the Deep South of the imagination,” had its world premiere in January 2015 by Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, UT. Artistic director Karen Azenberg directed the staging, which earned rave reviews, standing ovations and … Read Full Article→

Peninsula Players Reads Plays by John Reeger, Christopher G. Smith and Jeff Talbott

Jan 18, 2023

Peninsula Players is famous in the Midwest for its summer productions in Door County, Wisconsin, but it’s not dormant all winter long. Plays are tested off-season, too. Titles in the company’s 2023 winter reading series, dubbed The Play’s the Thing! — running February, March and April in Baileys Harbor, WI — will include Painted Desert by Christopher G. … Read Full Article→

Dramatists Play Service Publishes Acting Edition of “Alabama Story”

Nov 28, 2022

Alabama Story, Kenneth Jones’ fact-inspired play about an embattled librarian in the Civil Rights era, is now published in an Acting Edition from Dramatists Play Service, which also licenses the drama to theaters throughout the world. Six actors and one set are all that’s required to bring to life “the Deep South of the imagination” … Read Full Article→

“Alabama Story” Gets West Virginia Premiere at Greenbrier Valley Theatre

Dec 26, 2022

Alabama Story, the true story of an embattled librarian persecuted for protecting children’s books in the Deep South of 1959, will make its West Virginia debut at Greenbrier Valley Theatre in spring 2023. Kenneth Jones’ humor-laced six-actor history play will run May 12-21 at the Equity company in Lewisburg, WV. It’s the State Professional Theatre of West … Read Full Article→

“Hollywood, Nebraska,” a Comedy About Coming Home, Gets Three Premiere Productions

Sep 25, 2022

Kenneth Jones’ six-actor comedy Hollywood, Nebraska — the story of two actresses returning to their dying hometown — is getting at least three “rolling world premiere” productions by American theater companies in the 2022-23 season. It’s also available for licensing in future seasons.

The contemporary play about small towns, big dreams, moving away and coming home is a … Read Full Article→

Nandita Shenoy’s Fertile “The Future Is Female…” Premieres at Flint Rep

Feb 3, 2023

At a women’s wellness retreat run by an unseen male guru, cloistered attendees Lois, Toni, Maria and Aditi meet, share housing, chafe, bond and ask questions of themselves and the world in Nandita Shenoy’s new comedy The Future Is Female…, getting a world premiere production by Flint Repertory Theatre in Michigan Feb. 3-19. This so-called “baby camp” … Read Full Article→

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