The Keen Collection, Volume 6

Keen Teens is a unique and free educational theatre program run by the Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company. Keen Teens seeks to improve the quality of plays written for high school students by commissioning scripts from highly regarded playwrights and gives students the opportunity to work with professional artists in an Off-Broadway setting. This collection includes:

Winifred and Myrtle Go to High School
(13m or f, flexible ensemble)
Winifred and Myrtle are old. Super old. Like a hundred. And so is their dog. But when a birthday wish magically transforms them in a way they never expected, things are going to get lit at the local high school.

Around 2

(4m, 6f)
On the night of the 2016 presidential election, a high school government club gathers to watch the results come in. Evelyn, the club president, must make a difficult choice. As the night wears on and the winner becomes clear, the students struggle to understand what is happening between them and across the country.

The Caribbean Queen
(13m or f)
Parents are lame. Vacations are lame. Vacations with parents…I can’t even. But everything is not what it appears to be on this cruise ship. Sam is about to go on a fantastic journey much farther from home than she could have imagined.