S06 E08 - "Your Favourite" & Scott Carter Cooper

About this episode

This episode features a play by Ken Green, inspired by his experiences as a gallery officer at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Hello there and welcome to another episode in this sixth season of Theatrical Shenanigans as we move towards the end of the Season. Today we are bringing you a play by Ken Green (https://kengreen.me/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/8634/ken-green) Ken is a Chicagoan currently residing in the Dorchester neighbourhood of Boston, Massachusetts. He is a former Chicago news and sports reporter and editor, bad slam poet, and (by his own omission) worse standup comedian. He was co-host/co-producer of Story Club Boston, a storytelling/reading series. He has been featured on the nationally televised storytelling show, “Stories from the Stage” on PBS’ The World channel and has been a local Moth and Massmouth storytelling finalist. His plays have been produced by Chicago’s Stage Left Theater, Moonbox Production’s Boston’s New Works Festival 2023 & New Repertory Theater. If that wasn’t enough he was commissioned by New York City’s Ensemble for the Romantic Century to create a full-length audio drama on the life of Frederick Douglass. Ken’s play today is called “Your Favourite” (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2023523/your-favorite) and when talking about his inspiration Ken…

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Feeny-Williams

Guest: Ken Green

Topics covered

• playwriting
• storytelling
• art museums
• personal experiences
• theater production

Keywords

• Ken Green
• Your Favourite
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
• storytelling
• theater

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Story Club Boston, PBS, New York City’s Ensemble for the Romantic Century

Books & works: Your Favourite

Places: Chicago, Boston, Dorchester

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