Kenneth Jones
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Playwright. I put words in a certain order to try to make sense of the world. Sometimes I succeed. Plays: Alabama Story; Hollywood, Nebraska; Two Henrys; more.
New York City, usually
Joined March 2010
Taking a break from this platform until it's owned by someone I respect. If you want more information about the plays I write or theater people I love or how I'm walking through the world, you can find me on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and my website https://t.co/dhRFKTj00O.
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Journalist | Lyricist | Playwright
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Chicago premiere of ALABAMA STORY, my play about book-banning, staged by @GhostlightETC in two Windy City bookstores, Sept. 27-Oct. 20.
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Alabama Story, the drama that tells the true story of a librarian who was persecuted for protecting a children’s book in 1959, will get its Chicago premiere in apt venues: bookstores. Ghostlight...
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My interview with playwright Rachel Bublitz, on the topic of her serious comedy "Funny, Like an Abortion."
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In her new play Funny, Like an Abortion, playwright Rachel Bublitz is tackling a topic so in flux that she puts index cards in the hands of actors to convey the twists of current events. The two-ch...
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Don't post April Fools' Day jokes. There are enough lies in social media. Be information, not disinformation or misinformation.
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Looking for a comedy that echoes the heart and humor of STEEL MAGNOLIAS? My six-character play HOLLYWOOD, NEBRASKA is just the ticket.
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Hollywood, Nebraska, the rueful romantic comedy about show people, small towns and coming home, will dawn in a summer presentation by Actors Community Theatre (ACT) of Davie, FL. This is the play’s...
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My new comedy TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH is part of @FloridaRep's 2024 PlayLab Festival of New Works in May!
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Florida Repertory Theatre Announcing PlayLab 2024 Grand Sponsors Lee Moore & Dee Whited Playwright Sponsor Darlene Arnold | Networking Sponsor Naomi Bloom DUNK CITY by Stephen Brown Sponsored...
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Katie Britt is full of shit. Pass it on. From the party of The Big Lie comes little liars like @KatieBrittforAL. She should be teaching her kids: Be impeccable with your words; don't manipulate facts; don't lie; tell the truth; facts matter.
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Booked a basic economy ticket with an airline. Had to cancel my vacation plans. No change/refund/credit available at that level. Total loss of this $377 ticket. Airline pockets my money from forfeited ticket and gets to re-sell my seat. @SecretaryPete, please help reform this.
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March is #WomensHistoryMonth2024, a good time to honor the true story of heroic librarian Emily Reed, who, at great risk, protected books in Alabama libraries in 1959. My @DramatistsPlayS play about her, ALABAMA STORY, will get 8 productions in 2024-25.
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Alabama Story, playwright Kenneth Jones’ six-actor, one-set drama about censorship, book banning, Civil Rights and American character in “the Deep South of the imagination,” had its world premiere by...
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A new play by @NanditaShenoyNY opens this weekend @NJRep. Check out my interview with the frisky playwright, who mixes laughter and rue. A play about communication and connection. https://t.co/WEln8ZOIhx
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Actors often have side hustles, from waiting tables to word processing, but rarely are their performance skills so utilized as when they become “standardized patients,” presenting scripted symptoms...
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Misery is waiting for the 7 train for 15 minutes at Times Square subway station and hearing a loudspeaker announce that there are no trains to Queens due to track maintenance. No signage and none of the subway personnel telling us there's no service. Thanks, @MTA & @NYCTSubway
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In the Naples/Ft. Myers area, @GulfshorePlay's inaugural season at Baker Theatre/Education Center boasts Anything Goes, Every Brilliant Thing, Dial “M” For Murder, The Lehman Trilogy, Noises Off, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill & Sweet Charity. New sun in the Sunshine State.
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ALABAMA STORY makes its Mississippi premiere tonight! Break a leg, director Louie P. Gallo & Co. I love a clean, spare set that allows my “Deep South of the imagination” to be filled in by the actors and the words. Thanks, @sct_tweets. #Starkville
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My new play TEN MINUTES ON A BENCH gets a Manhattan reading tonight. I'm grateful for game, gifted artists.
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The set for Kenneth Jones’ new romantic comedy Ten Minutes On a Bench couldn’t be simpler: It’s a park bench. In the 17-scene vignette play — available in differently sized versions — that bench...
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Hello, Houston. Happy opening to the company of ALABAMA STORY at #Playhouse1960. Another booking through @DramatistsPlayS.
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Tickets are available now! Dates: Feb 02 - Feb 18 2024
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In Warwick, NY, Core Theatre Group, the new Hudson Valley pro theater, presents Jason Robert Brown’s THE LAST FIVE YEARS, Feb. 22-25. Maelyn Jarmon (“The Voice”) & Clay Singer (national tour of “The Band’s Visit”) star. Jessica McRoberts directs. https://t.co/sRULY94nCe
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