KENNETH LIN   (1978 - )


Kenneth Lin
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USA
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Plays by Kenneth Lin

KENNETH LIN
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1st Produced:
The New Theater
2005
Company:
Yale School of Drama
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Genre:
Science Fiction
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Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
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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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KENNETH LIN
Genius In Love
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Genre:
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Comedy
Parts:
Male
10
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
This play, commissioned by the Wilma Theater, is written in verse.
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.
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KENNETH LIN
Intelligence-Slave
1st Produced:
Neuhaus Stage
2010
Company:
The Alley Theatre
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Originally commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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.
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KENNETH LIN
Lynching of a White Man in Rural, CA, The
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Genre:
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Tragedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Commissioned by Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.
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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KENNETH LIN
Po Boy Tango
1st Produced:
Northlight Theatre Company, Skokie, IL
2008
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Genre:
Drama/Comedy
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Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Commissioned by South Coast Rep, Costa Mesa, CA and featured in the 2007 Pacific Playwrights Festival
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.
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KENNETH LIN
said Saïd
1st Produced:
The Hertz stage
2006
Company:
Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA
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Genre:
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Tragedy
Parts:
Male
2
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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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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