Heading back to Fort Myers for the third year in a row. Thanks, Florida Repertory Theatre, for you commitment to new American plays in your 2026 PlayLab staged reading series, April 30-May 3. bykennethjones.com/tennessee-wi...
Now playing at #pioneertheatre: the world premiere of the vivacious coming-of-age musical TEN BRAVE SECONDS by #jefftalbott and #willvandyke.
TEN BRAVE SECONDS, a world premiere musical, is in the works at Utah's Pioneer Theatre Company. An original story of family, friendship, loss, love and coming of age. All the feels. Plus, an infectious pop score by Will Van Dyke and Jeff Talbott. bykennethjones.com/john-cariani...
Merry Christmas to all my fellow storytellers.
The Berkshire Edge raves about Barrington Stage Company's "fuzzy," a new musical by Jeff Talbott and Will Van Dyke. A musical (with puppets!) about family, coming home, showing up and taking care of one another. Also, it's a love letter to storytelling. Find it. theberkshireedge.com/theater-revi...
First preview tonight, July 8, for the world premiere of "fuzzy" at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Check out my interview with the authors Jeff Talbott and Will Van Dyke. John Cariani, Cass Morgan and Teddy Yudain star. bykennethjones.com/new-musical-...
It’s Liz Callaway tonight! In Chicago!
RIP, Charles Strouse, the Broadway composer who had a gift for a catchy melody, spinning gold with lyricists Lee Adams ("Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause," "Golden Boy"), Martin Charnin ("Annie") and Stephen Schwartz ("Rags"). When I think of a show tune, I think of him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDNq...
Happy opening to the freshman players of the theater department of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, offering the college premiere of my comedy TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH April 23-27. Break legs! #collegetheater #playwrightsopfbluesky bykennethjones.com/ten-minutes-...
The 2025-26 season at Theatre Tuscaloosa includes ALABAMA STORY, my play about a librarian at risk for promoting a children's book. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. #playwright bykennethjones.com/alabama-stor...
My three-character, one-set comedy-drama WHY WE GO TO FLORIDA has been invited to the 2025 PlayLab at Florida Repertory Theatre May 1-4. See you in Fort Myers. area.bykennethjones.com/florida-reps-playlab-inv...
My 6-actor comedy HOLLYWOOD, NEBRASKA makes its Nebraska premiere tonight at Lofte Theatre in Manley, NE. A love letter to small towns, big dreams, theater people, creativity, family ties and coming home. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. Break legs! bykennethjones.com/hollywood-ne...
An essential American actress and song interpreter, Kate Baldwin, returns to @54below.bsky.social March 6-8, with special guests and musical director Georgia Stitt. Show tunes, pop hits and Stitt's new songs. Go! 54below.org/events/kate-...
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE, my chewy new six-character play about three generations of white restaurateurs devouring each other over arguments of systemic racism in their family business, is getting a free Manhattan reading March 3 by Ground UP Productions. bykennethjones.com/restaurants-...
I just snagged a fourth booking for my new salty and sweet romantic comedy, TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH, a collection of two-handers depicting first dates. Maybe you want it for your theater? Ask for a perusal copy. bykennethjones.com/ten-minutes-...
My play ALABAMA STORY makes its Alaska premiere today, Feb. 7, 2025. The true story of a librarian persecuted for doing her job — ensuring the free flow of information. Thanks, Anchorage Community Theatre. Another booking through Dramatists Play Service. bykennethjones.com/alabama-stor...
Sorry to hear of the passing of longtime South Florida theater critic Christine Dolen. Rest in peace, and thank you for your advocacy of new plays.
Loved reading this interview with DC-area director Eleanore Tapscott, who staged the Annapolis premiere of my book-banning and censorship
play ALABAMA STORY @thecolonialplayers.bsky.social. Hope @velshi.bsky.social will see the play one day!
Current mood: “It’s called letting go your illusions and don’t confuse them with dreams.” -Stephen Sondheim
My three-act, six-character, one-set play TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE will get a staged reading March 3 in New York City by Ground UP Productions. It's about a family of white restaurateurs devouring itself over questions of their culpability in systemic racism. bykennethjones.com/ground-ups-2...
Happy January 10 opening to the company of ALABAMA STORY presented by Colonial Players of Annapolis, MD (@thecolonialplayers.bsky.social). The capital premiere of my play about censorship and Civil Rights, and a heroic, persecuted, real-life librarian. I'll appear at the 1/26 matinee.
Why Johnny can’t read.
One of the best plays of the season. A flinty and funny comedy about civil discourse, parents, trauma, and people who lead with their feelings rather than the facts. Powerfully specific and universal. A play for our times. Now on Broadway from playwright Jonathan Spector and Manhattan Theatre Club.
Seen in far western Nebraska. Is this a national thing, too? Gingerbread Men Peeps?
Kinda shitty that @nytimes.com doesn’t have an item dedicated to added two weeks for SWEPT AWAY on Broadway. It continues to 12/29. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/t...
Why do so few Broadway shows have accounts on BlueSky? I get that it’s a new app but surely producers want fresh eyes on their shows and new streams — or even trickles — of cash toward box office. Same goes for regional theaters. Are we only tub-thumping in the same old places? #broadway #theatre
December 1 is World AIDS Day, when we remember those we lost, celebrate those with HIV who are healthy today because of science, and look to a day when HIV/AIDS is eradicated. I will never forget my dear friend Douglas Hugh Wright (1958-1993), an essential friend and mentor in my life.
A little pot of @harneyandsons.bsky.social Paris tea with milk on a cold Connecticut morning.
