​RADIO NOWHERE
by Kate Cortesi
directed by Taylor Reynolds

Starring Alfredo Narciso, George Salazar, and Amelia Workman
Sound Design by Frederick Kennedy
Stage Managed by Avery Trunko
Sound Engineered by Garrett Schultz

Released FREE on Friday April 23rd at 7pm EST

Keen Company debuts Radio Nowhere, a newly commissioned audio play by acclaimed playwright Kate Cortesi.

Radio Nowhere is an irreverent comedy about a young artist’s attempt to save his strange little radio show by selling off an even stranger set of valuables. Tune in and join DJ Anonymous as his scrappy telethon turns into an exploration of grief, art, popularity, and the myth of the white male genius.

Kate Cortesi is a Brooklyn- and Boston-based playwright from Washington, D.C who writes about women, young people, liars, and the American psyche - with jokes. Full-length plays include Great Kills (Princess Grace Award), A Patron of the Arts (Cherry Lane Theatre, South Coast Rep New Scripts Series), ONE MORE LESS (NYFA award, Relentless Award finalist, Playwrights Horizons New Works Lab), Love (Sky Cooper New American Play Prize, Marin Theatre Company, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Kilroys List) and Is Edward Snowden Single? (The Jungle Theater, Single Carrot Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, The Pool). Her last piece for Keen was a play for teenagers called Citizens United, a comedy about the tragic Supreme Court ruling.

THE PLAYWRIGHT

Kate Cortesi is a Brooklyn- and Boston-based playwright from Washington, D.C who writes about women, young people, liars, and the American psyche - with jokes. Full-length plays include Great Kills (Princess Grace Award), A Patron of the Arts (Cherry Lane Theatre, South Coast Rep New Scripts Series), ONE MORE LESS (NYFA award, Relentless Award finalist, Playwrights Horizons New Works Lab), Love (Sky Cooper New American Play Prize, Marin Theatre Company, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Kilroys List) and Is Edward Snowden Single? (The Jungle Theater, Single Carrot Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, The Pool). Commissions from Playwrights Horizons, Keen Company and South Coast Rep. Resident playwright at New Dramatists, Huntington Playwriting Fellow, and New Georges Affiliated Artist. Cortesi's work has been seen across the US and overseas, including in translation, and is published by Samuel French. Her last piece for Keen was a play for teenagers called Citizens United, a comedy about the tragic Supreme Court ruling. Katecortesi.com

THE TEAM

Radio Nowhere
By Kate Cortesi
Directed by Taylor Reynolds
Starring Alfredo Narciso, George Salazar, and Amelia Workman
Sound Design by Frederick Kennedy
Stage Managed by Avery Trunko
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.

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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!