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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. 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.

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.

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.

He was the Interim Education Coordinator at Brookyn’s Oye Group before taking on his current position as Oye Group’s Program Manager.

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