​DIGGING IN THE DARK
by Pearl Cleage​
directed by Taylor Reynolds

Starring Rachel Christopher, Russell G. Jones, and Janelle McDermoth
Sound Design by Fan Zhang
Stage Managed by Norman Anthony Small
Sound Engineered by Garrett Schultz

Released FREE on ​Friday February 26th at 7pm EST​

Keen Company is proud to debut a newly commissioned audio play by acclaimed playwright Pearl Cleage.

Digging in the Dark takes audiences to a moonless night in the woods outside Atlanta, where a woman awaits her scheming brother’s arrival. He thinks he’s coming to claim a valuable family heirloom, but she’s not to be underestimated.

Listen in as one family excavates generational wounds to settle an old score before sunrise.

Pearl Cleage (Flyin’ West and Oprah Book Club selection What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day) is an award-winning playwright, bestselling novelist, published poet, and popular newspaper columnist.

An incredibly multifaceted talent, Keen was proud to bring Cleage’s celebrated play Blues for An Alabama Sky to New York as part of our 20th Season in the spring of 2020.

THE PLAYWRIGHT

Pearl Cleage (Flyin’ West and Oprah Book Club selection What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day) is an award-winning playwright, bestselling novelist, published poet, and popular newspaper columnist. An incredibly multifaceted talent, Cleage writes with the rhythms of Black life as her muse and focuses on the experiences of love, sex, and female empowerment which she sees as vital to the African-American community. Keen was proud to bring Cleage’s celebrated play Blues for An Alabama Sky to New York as part of our 20th Season in the spring of 2020.

THE TEAM

Digging in the Dark
by Pearl Cleage
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Starring Rachel Christopher, Russell G. Jones, and Janelle McDermoth
Sound Design by Fan Zhang
Stage Managed by Norman Anthony Small
Sound Engineered by Garrett Schultz

The Hear/Now Season of Audio Theater is Artistic Directed by Jonathan Silverstein, with Director of New Work Jeremy Stoller. Hear/Now theme composed by Billy Recce.

Looking for Transcriptions? All Hear/Now episodes will be fully transcribed for deaf and hard of hearing patrons. Transcription services provided by Inclusive Communication Services, Inc.

The Hear/Now Season of Audio Theater

Keen Company’s 21st Season reimagines the classic radio drama with the debut of five world premiere audio plays from a multifaceted group of Off-Broadway playwrights. Hear/Now welcomes patrons into a theater of their imagination, showcasing new work by Pearl Cleage, Kate Cortesi, finkle, James Anthony Tyler, and musical team Melissa Li and Kit Yan. All audio plays will be released completely FREE for everyone here on Keen Company’s website as well as through popular podcast platforms. Looking for special perks? Membership options start at just $1 a month and bonus content includes talkbacks with playwrights and artists, panels with experts, behind the scenes interviews, digital programs, opening night premiere parties, and more!