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Kenneth Lin

KENNETH LIN  (1978 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency CA  

Kenneth Lin's plays said Said, agency*, Po Boy Tango, Intelligence-Slave, Genius in Love and the Lynching of a White Man in Rural, Ca have been premiered, commissioned and developed at Theaters throughout the country, including the alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Northlight Theatre Company, South Coast Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Wilma Theatre, Arena Stage and P73 Productions. He is the winner of the Princess Grace award, the Alliance Theatre's Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Williamstown Theatre's L. arnold Weissberger award and the edgerton New Play Prize. Recently, he was recognized by the Dramatists Guild as a top "Playwright to be Watched." Lin is an alumnus of Cornell University, the U.S. Fulbright Fellowship Program and the Yale School of Drama where he was awarded the Cole Porter Prize for excellence in playwriting.

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below is a list of Kenneth Lin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Agency*         Genius In Love         Intelligence-Slave         Lynching Of A White Man In Rural, Ca, The         Po Boy Tango         Said Said         Warrior Class

Agency*

Synopsis:
a Catholic priest, turned assassin is given a new assignment -- his next target is a computer that has become conscious and barracaded itself in the home of an autistic child.

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1st Produced:
the New theater    2005

Organisations:
Yale School of Drama

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Genre:
Science Fiction

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Genius In Love

Synopsis:
Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz, fierce rivals and towers of the enlightenment come together at the ends of their lives to complete the world's greatest invention -- a love potion.

Notes:
This play, commissioned by the Wilma theater, is written in verse.

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Intelligence-Slave

Synopsis:
Intelligence-Slave tells the story of Curt Herzstark, a concentration camp prisoner who was kept alive by the Nazis because he was rumored to have invented the world's first hand-held four function calculator - a great prize if it could be re-created. Caught between the thrill of technological discovery and the fear of rendering himself obsolete if he produces a working device, Curt's survival plan takes a turn when the Nazis introduce him to a wunderkind Hitler Youth with a soul that might be salvageable.

Notes:
Originally commissioned by Manhattan theatre Club And the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

1st Produced:
Neuhaus Stage    2010

Organisations:
the alley Theatre

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Lynching Of A White Man In Rural, Ca, The

Synopsis:
a well-heeled New england woman arrives in rural California to meet the men who murdered her son aaron, a young man who renounced his Ivy-League pedigree and traveled the country as a migrant farm worker.

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Commissioned by Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.

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Genre:
Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Po Boy Tango

Synopsis:
a Taiwanese immigrant and an African-American soul food chef come together to cook a great banquet. In so doing, they investigate what happened ten years ago, when a child was saved, but a friendship was lost.

Notes:
Commissioned by South Coast Rep, Costa Mesa, Ca And featured in the 2007 Pacific Playwrights Festival

1st Produced:
Northlight Theatre Company, Skokie, IL    2008

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Genre:
Drama/Comedy

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Said Said

Synopsis:
an algerian political prisoner and his French torturer are re-united, years later, to decipher a message written in a dying language that only they understand.

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1st Produced:
the Hertz stage    2006

Organisations:
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, Ga

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Genre:
Tragedy

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Warrior Class

Synopsis:
When assemblyman Julius Lee makes a bid for Congress, the ghosts of his college days come back to haunt him. Nothing reveals true colors like a sprint to the finish, when friends become enemies and allies can turn on a dime. the Warrior Class is a political battle of race, romance, forgiveness and debt.
- nytheatre.com

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1st Produced:
McGinn Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, 4th floor, New York, NY 10024    11 Jul 2012

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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service Inc   978-0-8222-2799-1

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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