Keen Company Sets Ninth Season of Keen Teens

The Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company will present the Ninth Season of Keen Teens. This season's offerings will be OLD FOLKS by Max Posner, directed by Mark Armstrong, featuring: Steve Alvarez, Romy Bavli, Maria Broom, Ella Campos, Francesca Iannacone, Jessy Jogodnik, Hillel Rosenshine, Yordy Rosso, Craig Steeley, and Devante Rowe; THE LOST GIRL, OR FIRST CHAIR by Lauren Yee, directed by Liz Carlson, featuring: Chelsea Allison, Kaisheem Bryant, Nicholas Johnson, Bahsil Moody, Elsie Razo, Liv Reis, Hillel Rosenshine, Cory Sierra, Lucille Vasquez, and Karla Ynfante; THE ASTONISHING AND DANGEROUS HISTORY OF MAZEFIELD THE FROG by Jen Silverman, directed by Tyne Rafaeli, featuring: Steve Alvarez, Roza Chervinsy, SaCha Coleman, Olivia Hockenberry, Francesca Iannacone, Jarek Liang, Bahsil Moody, Maya Pagan, Yordy Rosso, and Juwan Wyatt.

Performances will be Friday April 24th at 8pm, Saturday April 25th at 3pm & 8pm, and Sunday April 26th at 2pm & 5pm at The Lion Theatre in Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues). Tickets are only $19.25 and may be purchased by calling Telecharge at 212-239-6200 or online at www.telecharge.com.

Keen Teens is a unique educational theatre program which seeks to improve the quality of plays written for high school students by commissioning scripts from highly regarded professional writers. Playwrights write plays 30 minutes in length that involve a large cast and also reflect Keen Company's mission of producing plays that provoke identification, reflection and emotional connection. The plays are performed by high school students from across the metropolitan area, as part of a free program which allows students an immersive experience in new play production. The productions are all designed and directed by theatre professionals, allowing the students a unique opportunity to work alongside some of the most talented emerging artists working in New York today. Keen's program partner, Samuel French, Inc., then publishes the plays and make them available for future productions around the globe. In its first eight seasons, Keen Teens produced plays by Courtney Baron, Barton Bishop, Bekah Brunstetter, Jonathan Caren, Kristoffer Diaz, Bathsheba Doran, Anton Dudley, Halley Feiffer, Kenny Finkle, Liz Flahive, Marcus Gardley, Madeleine George, Jason Grote, Naomi Iizuka and Ryan Pavelchik, Greg Kotis, Mike Lew, Cheri Magid, Winter Miller, Michael Mitnick, Anna Moench, Janine Nabers, Qui Nguyen, Jenny Schwartz, and Kathryn Walat. Keen Teens was originally developed by Keen Company and Playscripts, Inc.

"Since 2007, Keen Teens has been an incredible event for both playwrights and young actors. Over nine seasons Keen Teens has featured some of the most dynamic new playwrights in the country. Max, Jen and Lauren are wildly theatrical writers whose work will resonate in the imaginations of our teen actors." Armstrong added.

"I am so pleased to welcome Max, Jen and Lauren into the Keen family. Keen Teens is a unique program for professionals and students and I am thrilled to have these three exceptional talents work with our talented teens this season," said Keen Artistic Director Jonathan Silverstein.

For more information, go to www.keencompany.org.