Hometown Boy

by Keiko Green

After a decade away, James returns to his hometown in rural Georgia with his girlfriend to check in on Walter, his father, whose erratic behavior has been the talk of the town. Something stinks, and it’s not just this pig-stye of a house. Hometown Boy is a story of outsiders, power dynamics due to race and class, and a rotten core at the center of this story that is at last making its way to the surface.

After a decade away, James returns to his hometown in rural Georgia with his girlfriend to check in on Walter, his father, whose erratic behavior has been the talk of the town. Something stinks, and it’s not just this pig-stye of a house. Hometown Boy is a story of outsiders, power dynamics due to race and class, and a rotten core at the center of this story that is at last making its way to the surface.

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Hometown Boy

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  • Nick Malakhow: Hometown Boy by Keiko Green
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    A compelling and unsettling examination of confronting secrets, the complexities of small town life, personal and political power dynamics, sexual assault and its aftermath and impact on a person's relationships past and present, and the intersection of those things with race, class, and gender. All of the characters here are fully fleshed out and James, in particular, is an engaging central figure to track and trace. Threaded throughout are extremely effective visual/aural metaphors and some striking stage imagery! I'd love to see this in production!

    A compelling and unsettling examination of confronting secrets, the complexities of small town life, personal and political power dynamics, sexual assault and its aftermath and impact on a person's relationships past and present, and the intersection of those things with race, class, and gender. All of the characters here are fully fleshed out and James, in particular, is an engaging central figure to track and trace. Threaded throughout are extremely effective visual/aural metaphors and some striking stage imagery! I'd love to see this in production!

    ”
  • Shaun Leisher: Hometown Boy by Keiko Green
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    The use of the stinking garbage hiding in the basement in this play is absolutely brilliant. This is such a messy play about confronting the past and secrets and how everyone has a different reaction when things come to light. This one is gonna sit with me for a long time.

    The use of the stinking garbage hiding in the basement in this play is absolutely brilliant. This is such a messy play about confronting the past and secrets and how everyone has a different reaction when things come to light. This one is gonna sit with me for a long time.

    ”
  • National New Play Network: Hometown Boy by Keiko Green
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    Hometown Boy by Keiko Green was part of the 2020 NNPN MFA Playwrights’ Workshop, a partnership between the Kennedy Center Education Department (the American College Theatre Festival) and Stanford University’s National Center for New Plays

    Hometown Boy by Keiko Green was part of the 2020 NNPN MFA Playwrights’ Workshop, a partnership between the Kennedy Center Education Department (the American College Theatre Festival) and Stanford University’s National Center for New Plays

    ”

Development History

Production History

  • Professional, Actors Express, 2021

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