
James Kennedy
About
James Kennedy makes plays and musicals and things in-between. Most recently, his new musical Prodigy enjoyed a sold-out extended run at University Settlement’s Speyer Hall. When not self-producing his work in bespoke development, concert, and production events, his writing has been produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville/The Humana Festival of New American Plays, The Washington National Opera at The Kennedy Center, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Upstart Creatures, Emerson College, Dartmouth College, and Superhero Clubhouse, and he has performed sold out concerts at National Sawdust and the Green Room 42. He has received residencies from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Everwood Farmstead, and The Orchard Project, and he is the recipient of the Rod Parker Playwrighting Fellowship and the Betsy Carpenter Playwrighting Award, as well as a finalist for the Princess Grace award. www.jameshkennedy.com
At The Orchard Project
- 2025Performance Lab
Songs for Children
When five queer adults try to write a children's album about the history of gay rights and gender identity, things quickly dissolve into the surreal as they attempt to explain the inexplicable in song.
