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Kenneth Keng is a New York-based Filipino-Chinese playwright and performer who makes work about falling in love with a culture devouring his own.
Selected honors include: 2026 Artist-in-Residence at the North American Cultural Laboratory, 2026 New York State Council on the Arts/NYSCA Grantee, 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence at the cell theatre NYC, 2025 Princess Grace Fellowship (Semifinalist), 2024 Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, 2024 The Civilians/Princeton Next Forever Initiative (Finalist), 2023/24 Artist-in-Residence at the University Settlement/Performance Project. In NYC, Kenneth’s plays have been selected for staging at the Target Margin, A.R.T. Mezzanine, Brick Aux, JACK, Life World, Chain, Tank, Maker’s Space and Speyer Hall theatres.
Kenneth is currently the Program Manager at Oye Group, an Obie-award winning Brooklyn based artistic community & creative incubator founded by Modesto ‘Flako’ Jimenez. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and attained his MFA in Theatre in 2023 from Sarah Lawrence College. |