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Kenyon Brown

Kenyon Brown

Kenyon Brown is an award-winning playwright whose productions include Pillow Fight; Notification; All A-Twitter; In View of; Goodbye, Room; and The Roof Needs Replacing. He has been produced in SF, NYC, and LA as well as internationally. Several of his plays for young actors and audiences are available from YouthPLAYS: All-A-Twitter; Goodbye, Room; Hi, We Thought You Were Dead; My Big Adele Moment; The Zombie Effect; and Annatude. Hi, We Thought You Were Dead and My Big Adele Moment also appear in Middle Schoolin’ It: Fifteen Short Plays for Middle School Actors, which is also available at YouthPLAYS. His professional theatre experience includes working at Circle Repertory Company in NYC. He was awarded the Hopwood Award for Drama from the University of Michigan. He is a member of The Playwrights' Center, The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., Theatre Communications Group, and The Writer's Center of Indiana.

 

Works by Kenyon Brown

Shorts All A-Twitter cover Dramedy All A-Twitter While two sisters watch a meteor shower, their divorced mother's annoying cell phone "tweets" force them to question their uncertain future and the reality of their lives, ultimately bringing them closer together. 10-12 min 2 females.
Shorts Annatude cover Dramedy Annatude A smart and feisty 15-year-old pulls no punches as she takes on losing her hair, the (not so joyous) joys of chemotherapy and her friendship with an older girl, Kiele, that she meets at the hospital. 10 min 1 female.
Shorts Goodbye, Room cover Dramedy Goodbye, Room Two sisters prepare to move out of the bedroom they share—and discover they haven't packed everything. 10 min 2 females.
One-Act Plays Hi, We Thought You Were Dead cover Dramedy Hi, We Thought You Were Dead A middle school star basketball player has died in a car accident—at least that's what they tell him when he shows up for school. 15-20 min 4 males.
Performable Collections Middle Schoolin' It cover Performable Collection Middle Schoolin' It Fifteen short plays, ideal for classroom use, competition or one-act festivals, offer middle school actors the opportunity to tackle a wide variety of styles and subjects in plays that range from light-hearted romps to serious looks at what it means to grow up. 140-160 min Up to 23 females and 19 males.
One-Act Plays My Big Adele Moment cover Dramedy My Big Adele Moment As two best friends wait backstage at a rehearsal for the school talent show, will their competitiveness get the best of them and ruin their friendship? 15-20 min 2 females.
One-Act Plays The Zombie Effect cover Dramedy The Zombie Effect When a zombie comes to his rescue—again—and helps a boy captures one of the guys who attacked him in the park, will there be food for thought, or food of another kind...? 35-40 min 4 males, 2 females.
Book Go Solo: Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors cover Book Go Solo: Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors A diverse collection of more than six dozen monologues from plays published by YouthPLAYS, for young actors ranging from middle school through university, ideal for auditions, classroom work and competition. Available as a paperback book for individual use or as an ebook that includes a photocopy license for classroom use.