Ken’s recent play, HALFTIME WITH DON, received three productions in 2018 as part of an NNPN Rolling World Premiere. Ken’s previous productions include, among others, THE CATCH (The Denver Center Theatre Company), FIRE IN THE GARDEN (Indiana Repertory Theatre), THE AS IF BODY LOOP (Humana Festival), ARRANGEMENTS (Atlantic Theatre Company). His devised work includes, Memorabilia (Alliance Theatre), Hominid (Out of Hand Theatre/Theatre Emory/Oerol Festival Netherlands), and Stadium 360 (Out of Hand Theatre). Current plays in progress include SEAL BOY (upcoming production at BETC, workshop production at AADA Main Stage Live, developed with Keen Company Playwrights Lab, Lark Meeting of the Minds, Playwrights Center core workshop, winner of BETC’s Generations competition), SPIN MOVES (Victory Gardens Ignition Festival, Theatre Lab, New Harmony Project). National Awards include The L Arnold Weissberger Award for Playwriting for ARRANGEMENTS, TCG Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award for THE CATCH, the Fratti/Newman Political Play Contest Award for FIRE IN THE GARDEN, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s Generations competition for SEAL BOY, and South Coast Repertory’s Elizabeth George Commission for an Outstanding Emerging Playwright. Organizations who have commissioned Ken’s work include the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Arena Stage, the Alliance Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatre Emory, Out of Hand Theatre, and South Coast Repertory Theatre. Ken received his MFA from University of California, San Diego and has taught at UCSD, Emory University, Indiana University (head of MFA in Playwriting) and, currently, at Stony Brook University.