Out now! Look Up, My Love by Kenneth Keng
Listen to Episode 2 of AMERICA 250
Two of Nueva Manila’s greatest military leaders must choose between love of country and loving each other.
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Credits
written by Kenneth Keng
directed by Molly Shayna Cohen
with Sergio Moritz Ang as Fleet Admiral Maurice Gaerlan, Carlos Enrique as General/Emperor Edmund Figuracion, Petrina Ampeire as Lord Archivist, Sam Schotland as Provisional Councilman Go, and Kenneth Keng as Assistant Archivist, Sergeant Cordero, and Skywatch Officer Cruz
sound design by Hannah Birch-Carl
engineered + mastered by Kegan Zema
recorded at Spaceman Sound
Sound content warning: use of gunshots
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About the artist
Kenneth Keng is a New York-based Filipino-Chinese playwright and performer who makes work about falling in love with a culture devouring his own. Selected honors include: 2026 Artist-in-Residence at the North American Cultural Laboratory, 2026 New York State Council on the Arts/NYSCA Grantee, 2025/26 Artist-in-Residence at the cell theatre, 2025 Princess Grace Fellowship (Semifinalist), 2024 Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, 2024 The Civilians/Princeton Next Forever Initiative (Finalist), 2023/24 Artist-in-Residence at the University Settlement/Performance Project. In NYC, Kenneth’s plays have been selected for staging at the Target Margin, A.R.T., Brick, JACK, Life World, Chain, Tank, Maker’s Space and Speyer Hall theatres. https://www.kennethkeng.com
