Derek Kenney

Set in the not-so-distant future United States, a panel of unalike strangers share with the audience their diverse opinions on new, controversial medical practices and the overall impact they have on society.

Based on the Anglo-Saxon poem of the same name, the story follows a Geatish hero who visits the Danish crown to rid them of their monster problem. He later finds himself a controversial monarch of his own with one last monster to be faced.

The tragically true story of Audrey Marie Munson, a trailblazing figure model and actress who was active in early 20th century New York.

An unhoused man comes across a roadside advertisement for The Frontier Casino. Out of it appears an interactive hologram of a Wild West saloon girl. The two visit each other over the span of 10 days, in of which, feelings are developed and secrets are revealed.

Fifty-six years after the events of Charles Dickens’s "A Christmas Carol," Timothy Cratchit is the longtime owner and operator of a successful financial firm, having inherited it from the late Ebenezer Scrooge. Timothy has lived his life with unwavering generosity, but it has not been without its setbacks. As his company faces a crippling audit on Christmas Eve, Timothy must go through a spiritual journey of his own to help him rediscover his purpose. New and familiar characters mingle in this unsanctioned sequel to the Victorian holiday classic.

A subversion of the princess/knight-in-shining-armor trope that incorporates both a minimalistic, Brechtian style and interchanging genres.

A five-year-old girl is narrating a story. The abstract fairytale consists of a royal family attempting to avoid the clutches of an evil warlock with the assistance of an anthropomorphic teddy bear. It becomes progressively clear that the story she is telling is true, or at least a fantastical version of the truth. The narrative often shifts between "reality” and “fantasy" as the little girl tries to make sense of the strange world around her.

Hades is the misunderstood and mistreated god of the Underworld, forced to rub elbows with the unsavory higher-ups of the Greek Pantheon. After being shamed and slandered for his marriage with Persephone, Hades pushes back, an effort that only worsens his situation—that is, until a new threat emerges. This subversive drama reimagines classic Greek mythology as a modern-day corporation, riddled with corruption, controversy, and infighting.

A vulgar, absurd, and (kinda) true story about a family of evangelical clowns and their violent feud with a fellow small-town entertainer.

In an alternate version of 1987-1988 American politics, a small town mayor named Donovan Johnson is elected to be the next POTUS. He is handsome, charming, and charismatic. He also harbors plenty of secrets and has an odd abhorrence of lickable stamps. We follow Donovan’s campaign in reverse-chronological order as he attempts to hurdle over scandals, advocate his bizarre platform, and interact with the various women in his life. As his political journey reaches its genesis, one last secret may explain his most unorthodox characteristic.

An adorable little meeting between two potential lovers at a wishing well is interrupted by a couple of eccentric and hungry goblins.

A pantomime anthology loosely based on the Biblical book of Judges.

A classic girl-meets-snake story. Hope wishes for nothing more than to better connect with her new reptilian friend, but her efforts may lead to much more than she bargained for when the snake unexpectedly turns into a man.

In an alternate reality from our own, a Florida lawyer receives a visit from a recently deceased O.J. Simpson who asks her to write a will for him post-mortem.

*The first draft of this play was completed in 2018, and it first premiered in 2020, predating Orenthal James Simpson's real passing in 2024. Any similarities to actual events are merely coincidental.*

Based on the iconic silent film of the same name that itself adapted real trial records, this minimalistic play serves as a retelling of the trial and execution of French Saint, Joan of Arc, at the hands of English patriarchs.

An unnamed protagonist sleeps in an odd position to help relieve their mind of night terrors. However, a mysterious hand wants to pay them a visit.

When a music teacher is carted off in an ambulance for unknown reasons, she leaves behind a bloodied shoe that attracts the attention of a group of preschool children. They theorize over what happened to the teacher until the oddest of the bunch suggests the footwear may be a symbol of something much greater.

Agatha, an elderly Jewish woman, is lying on her deathbed while being interviewed by a mysterious stranger in black. After she passes, her distraught granddaughter, Zooey, strikes up a conversation with the man.

He is in a box. He does not know how or why he is there, nor does he know who he is. People are staring at him, and all he can do is respond with his progressively expanding knowledge of experiences he has never experienced personally. He has a desire to speak, wax philosophical, and the audience has no choice but to listen.

A team of spies are tasked to investigate a giant infested city behind an intimidating great wall.