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about Kenneth
Kenneth is a 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence at Manhattan’s the cell theatre, where he is currently commissioned to develop his latest full-length play Line Up, and an Artist-in-Residence at Oye Group, an Obie-award winning Brooklyn based artistic community & creative incubator founded by Modesto 'Flako' Jimenez. They are also a 2026 Artist-in-Residence at the North American Cultural Laboratory and a FY2026 New York State Council on the Arts/NYSCA Grantee. In 2023/24 he was an Artist-In-Residence with the Performance Project@University Settlement, which developed and staged their postcolonial Filipino space opera Brought Up. Kenneth is a recipient of the Philippines’ national award for literature – the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award. They have been selected as a Finalist for The Civilians/Princeton’s Next Forever Initiative 2024 for Harmonic Tremors, co-written with Guelan Luarca. They have also been selected as a Princess Grace Fellowship semifinalist for playwriting. In NYC, their 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.
He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and attained his MFA in Theatre in 2023 from Sarah Lawrence College. as an improv artist
Kenneth credits his years with the Silly People’s Improv Theater as formative in his understanding of theater, performance and how to keep a paying audience engaged.
as an educator
Kenneth believes that the world would be kinder if everyone were given access to arts education and subsequent creative opportunities.
He has taught Shakespeare to teens in the South Bronx under Guns Down Life Up/Oye Group to help them process and prevent further gang violence, and has led creative aging classes for the New York Public Library in Staten Island to help seniors find their creative voice/listen and empathise with their grandchildren at Thanksgiving. They have also taught theater at the Abrons Arts Center for Oye Group, in New York City public schools for Ping Chong & Co (now Pink Fang), and at Sarah Lawrence College’s Writing Institute. During his tenure as Program Manager at ¡OYE! Group, the Brooklyn-based theatre nonprofit received an Obie award in recognition of its work in the New York City arts community. |
Highlights
AwardsObie Award as ¡OYE! Group Program Manager
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) 2026 Grantee Line Up, 2025-26, Princess Grace Award in Playwriting (Semifinalist) Harmonic Tremors, Civilians/Princeton Next Forever Initiative (Finalist) Line Up, Oct 2024, Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature CommissionsLook Up, My Love, 2026, mind dream theater
Our Manila Is Not For Them, 2025, Mad Ones Theater Company/Guelan Luarca Carabao , 2025, Scene Change Theater Company/Giancarlo Abrahan Fix the Future, 2025, Quick + Dirty Residencies2026, Artist-in-Residence at ¡Oye! Group
2026, Artist-in-Residence at North American Cultural Laboratory (NACL) 2025/26, Artist-in-Residence at the cell theatre 2023/24, Artist-in-Residence at the Performance Project/University Settlement |
Workshops & ProductionsPlan-B, 2026, Chain Summer Works Festival
Buong/Buo, 2026, The Brick, ?! New Works Festival Buong-buo Binaliktad, 2025, Wild Project, SFX Festival Buong-buo, 2025, Life World, SalOn! Parish the Thought, 2025, A.R.T./NYC Mezzanine Theater, ReVenue AMA, 2025, Target Margin Theater/Exponential Festival Through, 2024, The Tank/International Human Rights Festival Here Dies Love, 2024, JACK Theatre/Oye Avant Garde Festival Time’s Up, 2024, Chain Theater/Summer Shorts Festival AMA, 2023, The Tank Time’s Up, 2023, The Tank Wake Up, 2023, Sarah Lawrence College Core Selection |